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Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been used to show this activity is mostly random noise

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

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A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

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A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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The bones arranged in the approximate anatomical position of the right foot

Humans

Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted

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Sperm's evolutionary origins go back before multicellular animals

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Humans

Kissing may have evolved in an ape ancestor 21 million years ago

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New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree

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New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age

The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough

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Humans

Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Humans

Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved

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Humans

Early hominin had human-like dexterity and gorilla strength

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