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How did humans evolve from apes?

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How did humans evolve from apes?

Many parents dread the moment when a child asks where they came from. Charles Darwin found the subject awkward too: On the Origin of Species makes almost no mention of human evolution.

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The archaeological site near the Yana River. Alla Mashezerskaya maps the artefacts in the area where two 31,000-year-old milk teeth were found.

Humans

Children's teeth reveal previously unknown ancient humans in Siberia

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A worker checks the jars used to contain rice wine at Shaoxing Nuerhong Winery Company in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province. The company maintains its traditional rice wine brewing method, which is composed of nearly 20 processing steps.

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Early farmers liked alcohol so much they invented two ways to brew it

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Angela Saini video interview: The return of race in mainstream science

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Angela Saini video interview: The return of race in mainstream science

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Denisovans

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Denisovans

How the young can rejuvenate the old

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How the young can rejuvenate the old

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How humans are shaping the planet: are we in the anthropocene?

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How humans are shaping the planet: are we in the anthropocene?

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Svalbard vault

Earth

Underland is a profound journey into the mirror world of the dead

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Tipping pills into hand

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Genetics studies are too white – that’s failing people and science

Three-quarters of people in studies linking genetics and health are of white European descent, leading us to miss vital clues, says researcher Scott Williams

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Mind

Our brains might sense Earth's magnetic field just like birds do

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Humans

Humans couldn't pronounce 'f' and 'v' sounds before farming developed

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Health

Opt-out organ donation law: Your questions answered

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Humans

Sailors spread the ancient fashion for monuments like Stonehenge

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