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Keyword - Human evolution

- Oldest hominid skeleton revealed - Premium content
  
  At 4.4 million years, Ethiopian fossil clarifies human–chimp relationships.
  
  1 October 2009
- Human-chimp interbreeding challenged - Premium content
  
  Mutation rates may be explained by differences in female promiscuity.
  
  28 August 2009
- Scientists in bone battle - Premium content
  
  Native Americans lay claim to 10,000-year-old skeletons.
  
  18 March 2009
- Darwin 200: The other strand - Premium content
  
  Geneticists looked to the human genome to understand human evolution. But it's hard to interpret without considering the inheritance of culture, finds Erika Check Hayden.
  
  11 February 2009
- Darwin 200: Human nature: the remix - Premium content
  
  People's mindsets are neither fixed by evolution nor infinitely malleable by culture. Dan Jones looks for the similarities that underlie the diversity of human nature.
  
  11 February 2009
- Primate researchers ask the big questions - Premium content
  
  Scientists chart course for studies of humans' closest relatives.
  
  31 October 2008
- First complete Neanderthal genome sequenced - Premium content
  
  Full nuclear sequence, offering clues about our relatives' demise, expected within months.
  
  7 August 2008
- Human evolution: Details of being human - Premium content
  
  A difference in one molecule led physician Ajit Varki to question what sets humans apart from other apes. Bruce Lieberman meets a man who sees a big picture in the finer points.
  
  2 July 2008
- Largest yet survey of human genetic diversity - Premium content
  
  DNA analyses highlight human differences #20; and similarities.
  
  21 February 2008
- How women bend over backwards for baby - Premium content
  
  Extra spinal support helps women maintain balance during pregnancy without injury.
  
  12 December 2007