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Pictures: Best Micro-Photos of 2012

National Geographic News - Posted: October 26th, 2012, 5:14pm EDT

From baby spiderlings to a blood-brain barrier—see the best microphotos chosen in the annual Small World photo competition.

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What Makes Us Human? Cooking, Study Says

National Geographic News - Posted: October 26th, 2012, 5:10pm EDT

pA surge in human brain size about 1.8 million years ago is linked to the innovation of cooking, a new study says./p

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New Coelacanth Species Discovered in Texas

National Geographic News - Posted: October 26th, 2012, 11:46am EDT

pA new species of hundred-million-year-old coelacanth has been identified—an ancestor to "fossil fish" of today, a new study says./p

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"Lucy's Baby" a Born Climber, Hinting Human Ancestors Lingered in Trees

National Geographic News - Posted: October 26th, 2012, 11:46am EDT

pA 3.3-million-year-old fossil adds to evidence that, when it came to leaving the trees for good, our apelike ancestors took baby steps./p

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