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We鈥檙e not the most successful human species
Homo sapiens are far from the most successful human on Earth 鈥� this smaller-brained predecessor was even more prosperous
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Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans
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Humans sleep the least of all apes 鈥� is it the secret to our success?
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Alice Roberts: The forgotten origins of the human body
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Alice Roberts: ‘We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals’
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These are the extinct humans that live on in your DNA
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Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus
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Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years
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Chimpanzee group’s violent rupture hints at evolutionary roots of war
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Our extinct Australopithecus relatives may have had difficult births
Simulations of Australopithecus hominins鈥� anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing
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Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming
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The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe
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When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers
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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human
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