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Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human
A skeleton found decades ago in South Africa may be a new species of Australopithecus, and could help reveal when our ancestors evolved to walk on two feet
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Helen O’Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution
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Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers
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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa
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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature
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The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise
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Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago
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Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper
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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from
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People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk
Most Europeans have a genetic mutation that allows adults to digest milk, but it is less common elsewhere. Now it is spreading through Chile, and we don't know why
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Every man in Spain was wiped out 4500 years ago by hostile invaders
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Neanderthals had dexterous hands that could have held tools like a pen
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Volcanic eruption may have helped drive real-life hobbits extinct
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Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species
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