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Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long distances?
New Scientist· 4 days agoThe energy gained by hunting in this way can far exceed the energy spent running, researchers have...
The Man Whose Musings Fuel Elon Musk’s Nightmares
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThe book is an extension of Saad’s career exploring how human evolution informs modern consumer behavior—a controversial way of looking ...
Larry Schwartz, AlterNet
The Raw Story· 6 days agoEvangelicals will be relieved to note that humans did not evolve from apes. Of course, that has never been the scientific claim that human evolution is ...
How fatherhood will change your body’s chemistry
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIf there’s one feature of family life that has changed most visibly over the last few decades, it’s the sight of fathers with their children. Whether in...
How sweat and stamina helped make humans exceptional runners–and hunters
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days ago[Related: Why are humans good at endurance running? The answer is murky.] “We were able to show that...
The Sneaky Side of Smart AI Systems
Gadgets 360· 2 days agoDubbed Shanidar Z, she walked the Earth some 75,000 years ago, her features now vividly resurrected through the marvels of modern technology. The skull, once fragmented and ...
Should the Stone Age be called the Wood Age?
Cosmos· 4 days agoNew research suggests it might be more correct to call the Stone Age the “Wood Age.” It was in 1836 that Danish antiquarian Christian Jürgensen Thomsen first proposed the subdivisions of prehistory ...
The disturbing rhetorical device permeating American politics - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoThe presumptive Republican presidential nominee had previously called unauthorized migrants...
Reconstructed Realities: Bringing a Crushed 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skull to Life
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoA new Netflix documentary, “Secrets of the Neanderthals,” has reconstructed the face of a...
My Octopus Teacher's Craig Foster dives into the ocean again in 'Amphibious Soul'
NPR· 4 days agoTo become fully immersed in the story of his quest for wild healing, it's necessary to go with...