Smell: an ancient animal sense

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Discover the remarkable resilience of Earth’s oldest and hardiest animals, overcoming mass extinctions and conquering the planet’s ever-changing climate

It all used to be so simple. The story of how we – that is Homo sapiens, today’s humans – emerged from Africa and spread across what’s become Europe and Asia was a neat, straightforward narrative. It

A few years ago I was in Greece with friends visiting a garden that I’d been working on. It was spring, and the wisteria in the garden was in full flower and at its very best. As we walked into the ga

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