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There was a decline of male diversity when humans took to agriculture

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imageThe move to cultivating the land for food has dramatic impact on the male population.Shutterstock/hiroshi teshigawara

When people abandoned a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and became agriculturalists, initially some 10,000 years ago, they gave up a lot of things.

This significant shift in the way they obtained their food was probably not something they...

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Re-doing the cycle: menstrual power protests and design

  • Written by: The Conversation

imageMenstrual art using raspberry syrupElizabeth Tunstall

Imagine if men were as disgusted with rape as they are with periods.

Reads one of the sanitary pads Elone Kastrati stuck up all over the streets of Karlsruhe Germany. This is probably not the imagined use when Southball designed the first commercial disposable sanitary pads in 1888. Read the...

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A political party is threatening the union – and it's not the SNP

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imageSo you see Nicola, the plan is to drag your name through the mud.Andrew Milligan/PA

The future of the United Kingdom as a unified nation is firmly on the table this election. This is not merely a question of the Scottish National Party’s policy on independence for Scotland, however. A far more pernicious influence is coming from the...

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  3. Manifesto Check: the Greens have detailed plans for health, but can they afford them?
  4. Manifesto Check: SNP uses welfare to trump Labour
  5. What the EU must do now to halt this tragedy on its shores
  6. Why we need to question the influence of the City on UK plc
  7. Finland election: anti-EU right marches onto centre stage
  8. Katie Hopkins and The Sun: when the unreadable prints the unspeakable
  9. Four years after West bombed Gaddafi, chaos rules in Libya
  10. Airport wars heat up as political window opens for new runways
  11. Between Worlds: the dangers of transforming 9/11 into stylised art
  12. Julie Bishop's Barrier Reef mission
  13. Anorexia is an illness – not something we can simply blame on the media
  14. Australian unis should take responsibility for corrupt practices in international education
  15. Explainer: History of the Asian-African Conference lives on
  16. The myth that holds Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations together
  17. Four undiscussed dangers that could shackle the UK recovery
  18. Hong Kong-based property buyers look to northern England as London overheats
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  20. 'Safe harbour' court ruling could prevent US firms from reaching European users
  21. We don't need digital detox, but there is a need to rethink our relationship with technology
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  23. Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: impacts on Gulf communities and seafood
  24. Attractive fundraisers and alpha male donors spur bidding wars on online charity sites
  25. The mystery of breast cancer
  26. Empathy on the street: How understanding between police and communities makes us safer
  27. Why are politicians still referring to marijuana as a gateway drug?
  28. Will religious freedom laws disrupt higher education for LGBTQ students?
  29. Indonesia's vast mangroves are a treasure worth saving
  30. Ms Bishop goes to Tehran: a story of good news and bad news
  31. Health Check: why does women's hair thin out?
  32. Islam and the media – let's not fear open debate
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  34. Let the people decide new place names on Mercury and Pluto
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  41. State of imprisonment: if locking 'em up is the goal, NT's a success
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  45. An ethical case for marriage equality in Australia
  46. How to build light rail in our cities without emptying the public purse
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