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Ancestors game

Video game Ancestors lets you meddle with the epic story of evolution

22 January 2020

Ancestors is the latest attempt to gamify millions of years of evolution but doesn't have the excitement gene, says Jacob Aron
Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors

Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors

15 January 2020

Since the discovery of Asgard archaea in 2015, evidence has mounted that these peculiar single-celled organisms could be the source of all complex life – including us

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