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Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans

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Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans

We once shared the planet with at least seven other types of human. Ironically, our success may have been due to our deepest vulnerability: being dependent on others

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Neanderthals may have grown their baby teeth faster than we do

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Australopithecus sediba silhouette showing the newly-found vertebrae along with other skeletal remains from the species. The enlarged detail (a photograph of the fossils in articulation on the left; micro-computed tomography models on the right) shows the newly discovered fossils, in colour on the right between previously known elements in grey. Right: Life reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba com-missioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. [? Sculpture: Elisabeth Daynes / Photograph: S. Entres?sangle]

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New Australopithecus sediba bones suggest extinct hominin was bipedal

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Covid-19 news archive: September to October 2021

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Covid-19 news archive: September to October 2021

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13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves

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13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves

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Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal

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A top (dorsal) view of a day 16-19 human embryo

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Donated embryo offers rare glimpse of development after implantation

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Our Human Story newsletter: The patterns of domestication

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Why the ancestors of dogs were our colleagues not friends

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Lubricating arthritic knees with synthetic fluid may help tissue heal

Painful knee arthritis may occur when cartilage breaks down and increases friction in joints, but tests in rats suggest a synthetic lubricating fluid helps cartilage regenerate

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How our ape ancestors suddenly lost their tails 25 million years ago

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Covid-19 news archive: July to September 2021

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The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past

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We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species' origins

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