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50 years ago, Lucy, the famous fossil and most complete skeleton of
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
Bones create an internal armature that on some animals, such as an elephant or cow, appear quite stiff and rigid, but on others, such as the cheetah, they are gracile, loose and flexible, allowing for
What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...
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The cloning of animals – pets, farm animals, racehorses – is today done routinely on an industrial scale. Bianca Bosker investigates
