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How Neanderthal Language Differed From Modern Human – They Probably Didn’t Use Metaphors
IFLScience· 6 days agoThe Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike....
Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
LiveScience· 12 hours agoNeanderthals were among the closest extinct relatives of modern humans (Homo sapiens), with the ancestors of both lineages diverging about 500,000 years ...
Archaeologists Discover Clues to Ancient Migration Route That Brought Humans to Australia
Smithsonian Magazine· 14 hours agoArchaeologists on the Southeast Asian island of Timor have unearthed new evidence that helps...
A brave new world with fewer babies | Horsey cartoon
Seattle Times· 3 days agoNow, the new worry is a global phenomenon of declining birthrates and fertility that appears to be leading toward a drop in the world’s population that...
What New Research Says About Animal Behavior
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAnimals, including homo sapiens, also play to practice combat, hunting, mating, and territorial claims, all of which are needed later in life. “That we...
In this instance, my schadenfreude runs deep and wide
Real Change News· 3 days agoTrump is now a 34-times convicted felon. The news from New York: He was found guilty on all 34 felony counts, as decided unanimously by the 12 jurors on all the counts. Personally, I’d like ...
Astonishing Study Shows Evolution Really Does Repeat Itself
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSo much so that if we were to wind back the clock on evolution and "replay the tape of life," the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould said, he doubts "anything like Homo ...
Inside the Megachurch Where Shrooms and Weed Are Religion
Vice· 3 days agoIn the last year, the Church of Ambrosia – the nondenominational interfaith religion of which Zide...
Sea urchins made to order: US scientists make transgenic breakthrough
dpa international via Yahoo News· 5 days agoConsider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong...
Is Ancient Viral DNA To Blame For Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder?
Inverse· 6 days agoAround 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses.