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A clump of yeast cells

Life

Simple lab life makes an evolutionary leap in a few generations

It only takes a few generations for snowflake lab yeasts to adopt distinct lifestyles – a great leap forward in early evolution of life

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Craggy landscape in Yunnan province, China

Earth

Some of the earliest plants took root by growing up, not down

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Humans

We need a new secular approach to dignity

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Brexit

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Why we're funny about facts and prefer emotions

Culture

Cactus bugs compensate for lack of weapons with bigger balls

Life

Cactus bugs compensate for lack of weapons with bigger balls

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A crow stands on a branch holding a twig in its beak

Life

Crows are first animals spotted using tools to carry objects

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Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

Life

Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

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Life

You are junk: Why it’s not your genes that make you human

Features

Neanderthal and human skulls side by side

Humans

Neanderthal skulls and brains may have developed just like ours

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People at sunset

Life

Mystery ancient human ancestor found in Australasian family tree

A genome analysis suggests that Asian and Pacific human populations share a single origin and their ancestors might have bred with Homo erectus

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Life

Universal ancestor of all life on Earth was only half alive

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Life

Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine

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Life

Boozy primates seek out nectar with the highest alcohol content

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Life

Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate

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