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Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

If ancient humans with brains a third the size of our own buried their dead, as some archaeologists are claiming, then our species may be less special than we thought

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What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?

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Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists

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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

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Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea living became a reality. Rowan Hooper tells us how it happened

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What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

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The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe

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