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How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains

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Neanderthals artwork

Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

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Ancient kangaroos

Life

Australia has been home to hopping kangaroos for 20 million years

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Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

Life

Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

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animal collection

Life

Is the idea of species now more trouble than it is worth?

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earliest animal

Life

Exclusive: 600-million-year old blobs are earliest animals ever found

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A picture of the simulation

Life

Robot version of our distant ancestor hints at how we learned to walk

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Dickinsonia fossil

Life

In the beginning: The full story of life on Earth can finally be told

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mimic poison frog

Life

Core set of genes explain why some animals stick to one mate at a time

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marine iguana

Life

Lost 'Darwinia' islands could be origin of species in the Galapagos

Millions of years before the Galapagos existed, another island chain may have shaped the evolution of the unusual wildlife that later inspired Charles Darwin

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Environment

Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

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Life

The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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Life

The mysterious demise of Europe's massive cave bears

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Humans

2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species’ deep evolutionary past

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