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An extinct monkey evolved to live like a sloth in the Caribbean
Jamaica was once home to a sloth-like monkey 鈥� now we know it was a strange descendant of South America鈥檚 titi monkeys that adapted to island life
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The Wider Earth review 鈥� Darwin’s Beagle days make a gripping play
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Orangutans are exceptionally good at keeping their infants alive
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Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites
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Crashing waves may have spurred the evolution of backbones
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Review: The Tangled Tree and Lamarck’s Revenge are genetic misfits
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Anjali Goswami: Digitising life from around the world
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Male birds can be good singers or good looking, but not both
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Earliest ever animal fossil is a 660-million-year-old sponge
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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from
Harvard geneticist David Reich and his team are DNA testing the bones of ancient humans. Their explosive results are still coming in, but one thing is already certain: much of what we thought we knew about human history is simply wrong
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You can recognise around 5000 faces, from family to celebrities
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Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises
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T. rex evolved into a monster predator by dumbing down its brain
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Baby giraffes with small and oval markings are most likely to die
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