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Two overlapping giraffes facing in opposite directions

Life

Giraffes got their long necks thanks to a few dozen gene changes

Comparing the genome of the giraffe and its shorter-necked okapi relative has pinpointed genes likely involved in the evolution of the long neck

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Reef fish get it on with other species at melting pot islands

Life

Reef fish get it on with other species at melting pot islands

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Diver surfaces as colleague standing above him holds large mastodon bone

Humans

First Americans hunted big game in Florida 14,500 years ago

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A red knot, which is brown, on the shoreline, with a white clam in its bill

Earth

Earlier ice melt in the Arctic cuts survival of birds in Africa

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Building blocks of life's first self-replicator recreated in lab

Life

Building blocks of life's first self-replicator recreated in lab

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skeleton in graveyard

Life

A history of love, art, power and religion in 10 graves

Features

human and dog skeletons

Life

Lovely bones: Fascinating skeletons of the past and present

Culture

Three skulls, black background

Humans

Game of bones: first Europeans' shifting fortunes found in DNA

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Humans

Thou shalt not tell us how to behave any more

Leader

confession

Humans

Why are religions so judgemental? Ask evolution

The rise of moralising religions like Christianity can be explained by evolution – and so can their eventual downfall, says evolutionary psychologist Nicolas Baumard

Features

Life

Lizard gets to grips with city life by evolving stickier feet

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Environment

Smallest perching bird’s long-lost family revealed by genetics

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Life

Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

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Earth

Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon's tepui mountains

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