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Why do we have such a close relationship with animals?
Culture
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Humans
How our wolf-dogs hounded out the Neanderthals
Opinion
Fossils: Signs of early life
Features
Fossils: Not just bones and stones
Features
Fossils: The tales they tell
Features
Fossils: New answers from old DNA
Features
Life
Man's best friends: How animals made us human
Features
Birds do it . . . did dinosaurs?
Features
Science : Fur and feathers rose as plates pulled apart
News
Those ears were made for walking: Peering into the inner ear of fossil skulls may help us solve the mystery of when humans first stood up and walked. But, writes Pat Shipman, it may have an even bigger surprise in store
Features
Life
On the origin of races
Features
Science: Human ancestor's early steps out of Africa
News