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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Some chimpanzee populations gained useful DNA from interbreeding with bonobos, and one may even have become more gentle and “bonobo-like” in its brain structure and behaviour

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Andy Serkis in Neanderthal make-up

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Can CGI finally convince us that Neanderthals were smart?

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

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DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

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Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

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The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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Someone made advanced stone tools in India 172,000 years ago

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Someone made advanced stone tools in India 172,000 years ago

A cache of stone tools found in south India reveals that the hominins living there over 170,000 years ago already had advanced tool-making skills

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Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

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Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

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We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

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Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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