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Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion

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Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion

More than half a billion years ago, this predator cruised the seas in what is now Yunnan, China. The remarkable fossil is on display in a new exhibition

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Our ancestors may have begun barbecuing 1.5 million years ago

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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

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James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

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Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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Do you run with bent arms? Turns out it doesn't make much difference

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How did humans evolve from apes?

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How did humans evolve from apes?

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ancient crocodylians

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Ancient crocodile cousins evolved vegetarianism at least three times

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What is the body made of?

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What is the body made of?

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Ruth Mace on human evolution and surviving the apocalypse with yaks

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How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn't 10,000

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Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans

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