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African landscape

How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

6 February 2019

The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains
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The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

14 November 2018

Celebrated for their biodiversity, the islands of Socotra could unlock secrets of humans' journey out of Africa – but war and weather hamper the journey there

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