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  1. Well-Tooled Primates

    People may have leaned on ancient primate-brain capacities to begin making stone tools by 2.5 million years ago, a transition that possibly spurred the development of language and other higher mental faculties.

    By Bruce Bower

  2. Alarming sex appeal

    Hens may find there’s just something about a guy that squawks at danger.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Life

    Genes & Cells: Science news of the year, 2008

    Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Genes & Cells. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.

    By Science News
  4. Life

    His master’s yawn

    When humans open up for a jaw-stretcher, so do their best friends.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Animals

    I, Magpie

    Some magpies recognize themselves in mirrors, indicating that a basic form of self-recognition evolved in one family of birds.

    By Bruce Bower

  6. Building Beauty

    Deconstructing flowers yields the secrets of petals, scents and hue.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  7. Health & Medicine

    New technique brings Parkinson’s treatment closer

    An efficient technique to make dopamine-producing nerve cells from human embryonic stem cells could mark a step toward devising therapies for Parkinson's disease.

    By Patrick Barry

  8. Shared Differences

    The architecture of our genomes is anything but basic.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Animals

    Swarm Savvy

    How bees, ants and other animals avoid dumb collective decisions

    By Susan Milius
  10. Animals

    Squeaky chimp sex, or not

    Female chimps tend toward silent sex when the other girls could overhear.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Animals

    Not Your Father’s Song

    The next generation of birds chooses its music.

    By Susan Milius
  12. Computing

    Computing Evolution

    Scientists sift through genetic data sets to better map twisting branches in the tree of life.

    By Patrick Barry