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stylophoran fossil

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Bizarre fossil that baffled us for years is early starfish ancestor

Extinct animals called stylophorans have caused confusion for decades, but fossils with preserved soft tissue reveal that they were relatives of starfish

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tungara frog

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City living makes urban male frogs far more attractive to females

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Humans

Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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cave art handprint with missing fingers

Humans

Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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humpback whale

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Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

Humans

The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

Evolutionary biologist Judith Mank explores the purpose of sex, and why its evolution can lead to males and females that look and behave differently.

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Humans

The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

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Humans

Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

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Life

An extinct monkey evolved to live like a sloth in the Caribbean

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The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

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