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Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans
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![Australopithecus sediba silhouette showing the newly-found vertebrae along with other skeletal remains from the species. The enlarged detail (a photograph of the fossils in articulation on the left; micro-computed tomography models on the right) shows the newly discovered fossils, in colour on the right between previously known elements in grey. Right: Life reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba com-missioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. [? Sculpture: Elisabeth Daynes / Photograph: S. Entres?sangle]](https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/23130516/PRI_211648445.jpg)
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Covid-19 news archive: September to October 2021
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13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves
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Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal
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Why are we conscious? The answer lies in other animals’ heads
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