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Topic: humans

Cabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology. (kickstand via Getty Images)

New study upends human evolution history

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Dog looking out the window (Getty Images/spooh)

What dogs do when we're not looking

Matthew Rozsa
Girl with dog spending time in the park enjoying good music (Getty Images/martin-dm)

Why some dogs love to sing with humans

Matthew Rozsa
Trimming a bush (Getty Images/Adene Sanchez)

The scientific mystery of pubic hair

Matthew Rozsa
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Long-Tailed Macaques family (Getty Images)

The bioethics of human-monkey embryos

Matthew Rozsa
Antique Illustration, "Scene during the Lower Oolite Period (Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, a Marsupial, etc)" (Getty Images)

Primates coexisted with dinosaurs: study

Matthew Rozsa
Dogs by Mark Alizart (Provided by publicist)

A philosopher unpacks the humble dog

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Alex Potemkin)

Why cats and roommates don't mix

Keith A. Spencer
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(Getty/filistimlyanin)

How nonviolence changed our faces

Keith A. Spencer
Humanimal: How Homo sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature—A New Evolutionary History by Adam Rutherford (Getty/00Mate00/The Experiment)

Why humans are unique among animals

Adam Rutherford
(AP/Martin Meissner)

Neanderthal healthcare for all

Nicole Karlis
The 100 (The CW/Carole Segal)

Fun with Dystopian TV

Melanie McFarland
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(AP/Themba Hadebe)

Evolving humans

Ian Tattersall
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-912316p1.html'>Mediagram</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-245188p1.html'>Rich Carey</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Jenny Kutner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-61236p1.html'>Odin M. Eidskrem</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Sarah Gray
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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-428239p1.html'>Ermolaev Alexander</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
(Reuters/Larry Papke)

Sarah Gray
(AP/NASA)

Sarah Gray
Vegetables (shutterstock)

Sarah Gray
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Sarah Gray

Susan Cosier

Polar bears cure human apathy

David Sirota
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