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Models of the skulls of human ancestors

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Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

Confused by the flood of news about ancient humans? Here’s the low-down on what new discoveries are revealing about the complicated story of our ancestors

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A sample containing DNA

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Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

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Illustration of a mastodon

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First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

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Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

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Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

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Some of the best early human bones ever found

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Homo naledi is only 250,000 years old – here’s why that matters

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

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Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Mystery human hobbit ancestor may have been first out of Africa

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Mystery human hobbit ancestor may have been first out of Africa

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The heretical passion of the man who first described Parkinson's

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Ant carrying back injured nestmate

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Soldier ants carry comrades wounded in raids back to base

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

Samples from a mud volcano contain biological signatures that suggest microbes lived in the material when it was rock several kilometres beneath the ocean floor

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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

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World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

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First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

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Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

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