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Archaeologists are racing to find a lost city before it's ransacked

Archaeologists are racing to find a lost city before it's ransacked

17 October 2019

Ancient tablets from the lost city of Iri-Sagrig are being recovered from smugglers. Now archaeologists are racing to trace it before it is completely ransacked
X-rays of human and chimp

Humans evolved to think faster by slowing down brain development

16 October 2019

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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