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Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

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Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

It’s an evolutionary mystery how humans and other primates found the energy to support their large brains, but now it seems sacrificing some muscle might have helped

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A supermarket shelf stocked with different cans and jars

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Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

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Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

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Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

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Beetles hide by looking like the bite marks they make on leaves

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Beetles hide by looking like the bite marks they make on leaves

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North Atlantic right whale

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North Atlantic right whales didn't have a single calf this year

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Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies

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Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies

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Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

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Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

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Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth

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Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth

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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Modern gorillas can walk in a variety of styles, not just the famous “knuckle-walking”, suggesting our common ancestor was similarly resourceful

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People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

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Drone captures humpback whales catching krill with bubbles

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Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

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Expedition to uncover hidden life in mystery Antarctic realm

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