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X-rays of human and chimp

Mind

Humans evolved to think faster by slowing down brain development

Using stem cells to grow mini brains in a dish has let us compare the way brains develop in humans, chimpanzees and monkeys, and spot the differences

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Lee Berger at New Scientist Live

Humans

Lee Berger: We have made another major discovery about early humans

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Your body's hidden language: How smell reveals more than you ever knew

Humans

Your body's hidden language: How smell reveals more than you ever knew

Features

City simulations

Humans

We need to talk about technology that people use to influence others

Leader

The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

Humans

The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

Leader

Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral

Humans

Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral

Features

The first Americans: The untold story of the pioneers of the New World

Humans

The first Americans: The untold story of the pioneers of the New World

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Baby apes

Life

Mystery of why humans walk upright may be explained by surprise fossil

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European populations have accumulated many mutations

Humans

Europeans have steadily accumulated mutations for thousands of years

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The cranium was discovered in Ethiopia

Humans

We've finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors

A skull found in Ethiopia has been identified as belonging to Australopithecus anamensis, which lived 4 million years ago and may be one of our direct ancestors

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Humans

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Culture

Life

Don't Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds

Culture

Humans

Our ancestors may have begun barbecuing 1.5 million years ago

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Humans

Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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