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People with higher IQs are more likely to live to their 80s

A study of over 65,000 people has found that people who scored higher on an intelligence test at the age of 11 were less likely to die of a range of diseases

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DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid

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Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

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Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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Models of the skulls of human ancestors

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Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

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First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

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Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

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Your true self: The future is a foreign person

Present You regards Future You as someone else entirely. See past this mental blind spot, and Future You will be healthier, wealthier and wiser for it

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Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

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Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

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Inside knowledge: What's really going on in the minds of animals

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Should a child's health concerns trump sperm donor privacy?

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