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Biology

Environment

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Some chimpanzee populations gained useful DNA from interbreeding with bonobos, and one may even have become more gentle and “bonobo-like” in its brain structure and behaviour

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We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong

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Humans

World’s most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

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Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Earth

Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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Health

Can a repeat of disastrous Ebola epidemic be averted this time?

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Environment

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Earth

A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined

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Earth

Harsh: Europe’s cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Earth

Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time

Drones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too late

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Earth

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don’t know why

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Life

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life’s origin

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Earth

Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

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Humans

Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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