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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence is revealing their pivotal role

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Humans

Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why

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Photos of a newborn infant being carefully cradled by the medical professional helping to deliver it. The photos are taken from the perspective of the parent giving birth.

Humans

Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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Life

Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem

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Life

Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer

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Procoptodon prehistoric kangaroo

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Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size

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Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes

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Humans

Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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Common Octopus

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Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests something else is going on

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Humans

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

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Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

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Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

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