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Bernard Wood forecasts the future

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Lessons from lemurs

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Java Man by Garniss Curtis, Carl Swisher and Roger Lewin

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Creatures of chance

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Only collect

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Review : Skulls and crossed bones

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The helix where humans began

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In search of our foremothers: The Origin of Humankind by Richard Leakey, Weidenfeld & Nicholson/Basic Books, pp 171, £9.99/$20

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Review: Neander's valley of discovery

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