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Harsh: Europe’s cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived
Cannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 years
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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents
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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans
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The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats
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Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads
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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains
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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too
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The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation
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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire
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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk
The deaths of five Ugandan chimpanzees have been traced to a human cold virus, and DNA tests suggest all African chimps are vulnerable
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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change
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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era
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Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony’s army
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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere
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