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How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

9 December 2020

We’re slowly beginning to unpick the complex interplay of genes, environment and experience that make you who you are – and like no one else who ever existed
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Bird beak extra sense evolved more than 70 million years ago

2 December 2020

Some birds can detect the movement of hidden prey by plunging their beaks into soil or water – and the “sixth sense” may have begun to evolve in predatory dinosaurs

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