Scientists just uncovered a shocking twist in the story of human evolution
Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...
Of hummingbirds, and human resilience in 'Every Little Thing'
Adapted from Terry Masear’s book “Fastest Things on Wings,” “Every Little Thing” is part nature documentary and part ...
Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...
Archaeologists find 'Pit of the Bones' containing thousands of ancient human fossils
The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...
What if We Select Ourselves Out of Existence?
Parents looking to promote health and intelligence in their children can pick and choose their embryos now. There could be ...
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War: The Dementedness of the Sapiens Species
After the horrors of World War II and yet again in humanity’s history, law was seen as a rational means for containing such ...
Mysterious Ancestors: Scientists Just Uncovered a Shocking Secret About Human Origins
Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...
Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger of dying out
Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.
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Who were they? "Mystery ancestor" gave humans 20% of our current DNA
Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.
New Fossil Discovery Challenges Assumptions About Early Human Size
Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...
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Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution
Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.