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The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human evolution
New evidence reveals that Arabia was not a mere stopover for ancestral humans leaving Africa, but a lush homeland where they flourished and evolved
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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history
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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92
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Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution
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New fossil finds show we are far from understanding how humans evolved
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Newly identified ancestor of Neanderthals complicates the human story
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The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity’s most deadly disease
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Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies
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Brain’s movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution
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How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour
Humans need all the help they can get from their senses to stop them making mistakes with their varied diet. Let's hear it for aroma and flavour that helped make them what they are, say Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez in their fascinating book Delicious
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People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals
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Earliest human ancestors may have swung on branches like chimps
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The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation
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Our dexterous thumbs have a 2 million-year-old origin
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