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• Neanderthals Were Just Really Old People: Disproven

  

  Whenever I write a post about Neanderthals I typically get three kinds of comments. There are the people who ask “just how smart were the Neanderthals?” After... Read more

  The 19 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Oh O’Malley

  

  Last month we started leopard trapping again. It’s always an exciting time for the project but also a lot of hard work. We had two leopard collars left which... Read more

  The 13 May 2014 by   Iratemonkey
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• Not Dead Yet: When Do We Give up on an Idea?

  

  Guest post by Carina Baskett written in response to Angela Moles and Jeff Ollerton's post on Dynamic Ecology: Is the notion that species interactions are... Read more

  The 16 May 2014 by   Bjornostman
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• When Did Language Evolve?

  

  Language is one of our most unique and important attributes. No other form of animal communication comes close to conveying the sheer amount of information we... Read more

  The 27 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Neanderthals Were Just as Smart as Us

  

  Humans are the last surviving members of our family, the hominins. Scientists have been trying to explain this fact for as long as its been known. Read more

  The 15 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Could Chimps Take Over the World?

  

  A chimp eating a monkey she killed with a spear. The beginning of the end for humans?Chimpanzees could pose stiff competition for humans. Read more

  The 29 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Neanderthal Technology on Par with Humans

  

  The Neanderthals were a close relative of ours that lived in Europe from 350,000 years ago; until we turned up on the scene and they promptly went extinct... Read more

  The 13 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Atheists View Other Atheists as Immoral

  

  Farming arose in the Near East around 10,000 years ago and, for the first time, this allowed for huge societies to flourish. Cities, armies and empires became... Read more

  The 16 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Skin, Hair and Eye Colour Still Evolving as Recently as 4,000 Years Ago

  

  Humans have been living in Europe for almost 50,000 years. During this time they’ve developed a handful of adaptations for northern climates; the most notable o... Read more

  The 20 May 2014 by   Reprieve
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