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Bronze age settlement

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Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

The DNA of people who lived in Great Britain thousands of years ago has markers of natural selection at work – and the driving force seems to have been a shortage of vitamin D

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Dryopithecus

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Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

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DNA sequence

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A new reference human genome could reflect our species’ true diversity

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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Inhaling leaded petrol as a child may affect an adult's IQ

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Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

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Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

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Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

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Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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percussion notches on large bovid humerus

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Ancient humans may have started hunting 2 million years ago

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Covid-19 news archive: November to December 2021

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Covid-19 news archive: November to December 2021

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Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

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Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

To explain the paradox of a smart species that embraces fake news, conspiracy theories and paranormal woo, we need to rethink rationality, says psychologist Steven Pinker

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Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

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Humans have been relatively short for thousands of years

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Canine teeth shrank in human ancestors at least 4.5 million years ago

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What can we can learn from being the last type of human left standing?

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