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How walking helped humans take over the planet

Humans

How walking helped humans take over the planet

We are all fitter for a good walk – and we become smarter just by standing up. In fact, says a new book, the act of walking helped humans colonise a whole planet

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Life

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Culture

Eight things we learned in the UK government's pre-Johnson info dump

Environment

Eight things we learned in the UK government's pre-Johnson info dump

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Fire

Humans

Our ancestors may have begun barbecuing 1.5 million years ago

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Geek coastline

Humans

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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Belly button lint

What is the body made of?

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What is the body made of?

Ruth Mace on human evolution and surviving the apocalypse with yaks

Humans

Ruth Mace on human evolution and surviving the apocalypse with yaks

Regulars

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

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

Forget 10,000 steps a day. Modern sports science and evolutionary biology now tell us how much exercise the human body really needs

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Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans

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What is CRISPR?

Humans

Children's teeth reveal previously unknown ancient humans in Siberia

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Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood

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