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Bizarre dinosaur reconstructed after 50 years of wild speculation
Deinocheirus mirificus, or 'unusual horrible hand', had long, clawed forearms, a sail on its back and a duck-like bill
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Ancient human bone helps date our first sex with Neanderthals
Oldest genome sequence of a modern human suggests Homo sapiens first bred with Neanderthals 50,000-60,000 years ago
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Ebola: how it spreads and what it does to you
Video (3min 08sec) Ian Sample explains how Ebola is transmitted, the organs it disrupts, the symptoms of infection and the chances of survival
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Parents of disabled child appeal to MPs to allow 'three-person embryos'
Parents of baby with fatal mitochondrial disease say techniques being considered by select committee could prevent them having another seriously ill child
