Evolution
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People with more friends have higher pain thresholds, study suggestsLink between larger friendship circles and high pain thresholds may be down to the way the the brain’s endorphin system has evolved, researchers say
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Why creationists are out of time with history and scienceCreationists fail to appreciate the history of science as well as science itself
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Taiwan's oldest human fossil: mother and baby from 4,800 years agoArchaeologists uncover extraordinary remains of mother looking down at infant in her arms
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Deep male voices evolved to intimidate men, not attract womenStudy suggests that men’s voices evolved through male competition not female mating choices, and might show our ancestors were not made for monogamy
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Evolution makes scientific sense. So why do many people reject it?Child psychology studies have identified a natural human bias toward the theory of intelligent design, and pose a solution: teach evolution earlier
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'Hobbit-like' hominins died out sooner than thought. Were humans to blame?Analysis shows that the diminutive Homo floresiensis, died out at least 50,000 years ago, making competition with modern humans a likely cause
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Spiders' closest relative reveals silky secret of evolutionary successScans of spider-like fossil Idmonarachne brasieri point to the idea that the ability to spin silk has given spiders a leg up in evolutionary terms
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Bark to the future: ice age puppies may reveal canine evolutionStudies on pair discovered perfectly preserved in the Yakutia region in Russia five years ago may provide clues about when dogs were domesticated
Neanderthals built mysterious cave structures 175,000 years ago