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Evolution

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The World’s Oldest Living Organisms

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Cootie Catchers Say Lice Reveal Lots About Early Humans

Children are returning to school and parents have done all they can to prep. But not even the most diligent efforts can save your child from the lice bug

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The Mimic Octopus

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Flowers May Adapt Faster than Thought to Climate Change

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What Monkeynomics Can Tell Us About Us

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A Cat-Like Crocodile from the Cretaceous

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Koalas and Kangaroos Have South American Roots

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Is That Man a Bonobo or a Chimp?

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Humans and Neanderthals Interbred

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The Newest Member of the Human Family Tree

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Accepting the Idea of Extinction

Homo heidelbergensis—one of five sculptures crafted for the new exhibition hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History—takes shape at a Baltimore foundry.

Sculpting Evolution

A series of statues by sculptor John Gurche brings us face to face with our early ancestors

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When the Soviet Union Chose the Wrong Side on Genetics and Evolution

The Illustrated Origin of Species

Creation, a Missed Opportunity

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Nine Science Stories You Should Have Read This Year

From robot babies to counterfeit drugs, here’s what you missed

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Evolution in Two Minutes or Less

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White Coat on a Black Bear

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The Falklands Wolf: A Darwin Mystery Solved

A view upriver on the lower Congo River.

Evolution in the Deepest River in the World

New species are born in the turbulence of the Congo River

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The Impossibility of Avoiding Darwin on my Vacation

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