Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being ...

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The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

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Scientists in a recent research study have uncovered a surprising link between the 2.7 million-year-old climate tipping point and human evolution. The researchers led by the University of ...

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