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EvoAnth
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A discussion of the latest research into human origins.
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Wild Chimps Use Medicine to Treat Illness
New discoveries are revealing chimps might be a lot more "human" than we once thought. They've been seen making spears, living in caves and more. Now researcher... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Top Human Evolution Discoveries in 2014
Modern humans evolved around 195,065 years ago (give or take a few thousand). What did we learn about in the last year about all those ones that came before it? Read more
Posted on 02 January 2015 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
75% of Evolutionary Psychology Can’t Be Trusted
evolutionary psychology's reliability is contingent upon the fact its results can be applied to all of humanity. Yet the fact that 75% of research only studies... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Pre-human Art Baffles Creationists
Scientists recently found art made before our species evolved. What was the creationist response to this discovery? Read more
Posted on 15 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Early Fire, Prehistoric Colonists and Baffled Scientists – Human Evolution Weekl...
It’s time for the human evolution weekly update! Here are the top 6 discoveries about our species’ history published this week. Read more
Posted on 12 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Does Grief Give an Evolutionary Advantage?
Posted on 11 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Does Grief Have an Evolutionary Advantage?
Grief can be an awful thing. The loss of someone or something can dominate our lives for months, if not years, after the event. Surely – from an evolutionary... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Did Finding Food Drive Our Brain’s Evolution?
It’s another week, which means it’s time for another theory about how humans evolved such big brains. Last week a scientist argued inter-group conflict was... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Scientists Baffled….in a Minority of Cases
Scientists are baffled! It seems like every other media report on science opens like that. Like news stories about the recent discovery that art may predate... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
First Pre-human Art Found
Art and humans go hand in hand. In fact, they're so intertwined researchers have tried to use art as a way to identify the intellectual emergence of our species... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
First Pre-human Art Found
Art and humans go hand in hand. In fact, they’re so intertwined researchers have tried to use art as a way to identify the intellectual emergence of our species. Read more
Posted on 04 December 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Did Conflict Drive the Evolution of the Human Brain?
Over the course of human evolution our brain has increased dramatically. 7 million years ago our brain could've easily fit in a coke can; now you'd struggle to... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Did Conflict Drive the Evolution of the Human Brain?
Over the course of human evolution our brain has increased dramatically. 7 million years ago our brain could’ve easily fit in a coke can; now you’d struggle to... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Religious Acceptance of Evolution Result of Dogma, Not Scientific Understanding
Earlier this month Pope Francis caused something of a media storm by announcing to the world he believes in evolution. Quite why this counted as news I'm not... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Religious Acceptance of Evolution Result of Dogma, Not Scientific Understanding
Earlier this month Pope Francis caused something of a media storm by announcing to the world he believes in evolution. Quite why this counted as news I’m not... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Nice Chimps Finish Last: Aggression Correlated with Reproductive Success in...
Language was invented for one reason, boys: to woo women. And a lot of other animal behaviour follows this pattern too; from the songs of birds to stags... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Nice Chimps Finish Last: Aggression Correlated with Reproductive Success in...
Chimps pictured during the one time a year in which they behave civillyLanguage was invented for one reason, boys: to woo women. Read more
Posted on 23 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Human Evolution Weekly Update (17/11/14): Ancient Pitchers, Piltdown Man and More
It's the human evolution weekly update; summing up the best human evolution discoveries for the week of the 17/11/14...and a bit before that as I've got a bit o... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Human Evolution Weekly Update (17/11/14): Ancient Pitchers, Piltdown Man and More
It’s the human evolution weekly update; summing up the best human evolution discoveries for the week of the 17/11/14…and a bit before that as I’ve got a bit of ... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
How Old is Throwing?
A chimp eating prey she killed with a (thankfully) non-thrown spearHumans aren’t particularly fast or strong, but we aren’t completely devoid of physical skills... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2014 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE