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Our faces evolved because of the millions of years of fistfights our ancestors have been involved in

The Mammoth wipeout

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How dogs helped ancient humans hunt this grand pachyderm to extinction

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New neurons don’t just help us form new memories, but also lose some

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Why short men outlive their taller compatriots

Scent and Sensibility

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Humans can sniff masculinity apart from femininity

The limits of mortality

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The blood analysis of a woman who died at 115 reveals why death is life’s eventual certainty

Babies and Biases

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Toddlers as young as 15 months exhibit racial preferences in their choice of playmates

Retention of the Relevant

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Why we switch off our sensory systems now and then

Expressions and Evolution

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Our squinting or widening of eyes are evolutionary tools to help deal with the environment

A Good Nose

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Humans can tell apart as many as one trillion types of odour

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Face value

The Mammoth wipeout

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The limits of mortality

Babies and Biases

Retention of the Relevant

Expressions and Evolution

A Good Nose

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