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Chimps – like humans – may be lifelong learners, researchers say
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 36 minutes agoChimpanzees, like humans, may be life-long learners, a study suggests. Researchers have found these...
Neanderthals Hunted Lions with Spears, and New Research Reveals How They Might Have Done It
Outdoor Life via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA shot placement diagram demonstrating the angle that a wooden spear likely struck the ancient cave...
Recently found 'Neanderthal footprints' in the South of Spain could be 275,000 years old
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGeneral view of the site with hominid footprints on the beach of Matalascañas, Huelva (Spain). E....
Mysterious skull points to a possible new branch on human family tree
Popular Science· 9 months agoSome newly discovered specimens could shake up the timeline of hominid evolution. A 300,000 year-old...
12-million-year-old ape skull bares its fangs in virtual reconstruction
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFrom left, the Pierolapithecus cranium shortly after discovery, after initial preparation, and after...
Cremated remains still hold clues to life and death in the Bronze Age
Popular Science· 8 months agoA Late Bronze Age urn from Austria in roughly 1400-1300 BCE, containing cremated human remains....
Woolly mammoths were seasonal sex fiends just like elephants, study finds
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllustration of two woolly mammoths fighting during an ice age. Male woolly mammoths turned into sex...
Cut-up prehistoric bone raises questions about early human cannibalism
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoClose-up photos of three fossil animal specimens from the same area and time horizon as the fossil...
Some Neanderthals couldn't smell their own stink, suggests a new study recreating early humans'...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew research suggests Neanderthals couldn't smell some things quite as well as humans.©Neanderthal...
Crocodiles are drawn to the wails of crying human babies and infant primates
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLarge crocodile grins with open jaws. Nile crocodiles respond to the sound of human babies crying,...