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A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

A plant fossil that lay unnoticed for a century is unexpectedly large for something so old, and it could upend our ideas about the evolution of land plants

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Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse

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Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

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Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

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Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

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Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

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Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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A high IQ may protect men from a cause of psychological stress

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A soldierfish with its lachrymal sabre ready for combat

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These fish hide fluorescent switchblades in their faces

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Species with big sex differences are more likely to die out

When sexual selection leads to extreme differences between sexes like the peacock's tail, it makes species more likely go extinct

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Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

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Humans

DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

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The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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