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When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals a shocking story

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When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals a shocking story

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was hellishly hot and seemingly uninhabitable

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Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species

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Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species

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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago

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A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

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A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

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Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we're related to Australopithecus

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London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisingly ancient origins

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Traders work the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange November 9, 2005 in New York City. Following a report that inventories of crude and gasoline grew in the last week, oil prices dropped Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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How humans evolved to think about risk may cost Earth dearly

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AUSTRIA - JANUARY 01: Venus of Willendorf, statuette made of limestone, made about 25.000 BC. Photography by Gerhard Trumler, 1990. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Venus von Willendorf, Statuette aus Kalkstein, um 25.000 v. Chr. entstanden. Photographie von Gerhard Trumler, 1990.]

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How our ancestors invented clothing and transformed it into fashion

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The skull of a Smilodon, which were made up of saber-toothed cats

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Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again

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An African wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica) in the Kalahari desert, South Africa

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People ate lots of foxes and wildcats 10,000 years ago

Foxes and cats weren’t just caught for their pelts, hint cut marks and burns on bones found at a site in Israel

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How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans

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Ancient hominin Lucy was a lousy runner, simulations show

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Ancient genomes reveal when modern humans and Neanderthals interbred

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Survival of the wittiest: Could wordplay have boosted human evolution?

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