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Unexpected gorilla snacking behaviors make scientists question what we know about early humans

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Netflix’s “Our Planet” showed walruses in distress. We need to find what humanity’s role is

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Humans in South America evolved to live with arsenic poisoning

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The history of humanity is written across your smile

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