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Pikaia gracilens

Human's oldest ancestor found

06 Mar 2012

Most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans, discovered.

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Functional neuroimaging of the human brain

The communicative brain

29 Nov 2011

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William...

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milk

Indians and Europeans share a milky past

09 Sep 2011

Cambridge University researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who...

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Cambridge Ideas - Bird Tango

11 Nov 2010

Professor Nicky Clayton researches the social behaviour, intelligence and dance credentials of birds! //-->

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Sloth

How sloths got their long neck

19 Oct 2010

New research gives insight into one of the few mammals with more than seven neck vertebrae.

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The Cowbird's Nest

Bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts

23 Apr 2010

Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird's eye view of the world, Cambridge scientists have discovered how a...

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BUTTERFLY

How the butterflies got their spots

04 Feb 2010

How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin's day. Now, scientists...

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Neanderthal, New York

Does evolution always lead to bigger brains?

26 Jan 2010

The commonly held assumption that as primates evolved, their brains always tended to get bigger has been challenged by a team of scientists at...

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Bacteria

Scientists make new discoveries in battle with superbug

22 Jan 2010

New research from Cambridge should help hospitals control the spread of MRSA and other emerging superbugs.

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Haua Fteah cave

Evidence of the first modern humans in North Africa

01 Jan 2010

Excavation of the deepest archaeological trench in North Africa half a century after it was first dug is offering a glimpse of up to 200,000 years of...

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Korean Grandmother and Baby

The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren

29 Oct 2009

It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. Now research suggests that the pattern may...

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King's College Cambridge

Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

15 May 2009

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises...

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