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• Our Brain is Shrinking but Our Frontal Lobe is Growing

  

  Taung, the first Australopithecus discovered, had an endocast. Endocasts are moulds of brains created from the imprints on the inside of the skull; allowing us... Read more

  The 13 March 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Welcome Caroline

  

  The Primate and Predator Project would like to extend a big welcome to Caroline Howlett, our new Primate Research Coordinator!Caroline first volunteered at... Read more

  The 13 March 2014 by   Iratemonkey
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• Dmanisi Contains Two Human Species After All?

  

  Last year Dmanisi, in Georgia, made headlines when a new fossil human skull (known as D4500, or skull 5 by people who want to have to remember less numbers)... Read more

  The 11 March 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Wy Do You Believe?

  

  If you say you believe in something, what is it that you mean by that? For example, if you say you believe you will find a hundred-dollar bill today, what is... Read more

  The 04 March 2014 by   Bjornostman
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• Evolutionary Dynamics in Holey Fitness Landscapes

  

  What do real fitness landscapes look like? Do they look more like the image on the left, a nearly-neutral holey fitness landscape, or the one on the right, a... Read more

  The 04 March 2014 by   Bjornostman
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• Pushing Back the Origin of Meat Eating

  

  Chimpanzees hunt and kill other animals, but it’s insignificant; only making up ~3% of their diet1. It seems seems to be more as a bonding activity than food,... Read more

  The 25 March 2014 by   Reprieve
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• How Old is Chimp Culture: Finding the Chimp Y-chromosomal Adam

  

  Some of the chimp cultures currently identified, along with the behaviours practised by each (you’re probably going to want to click to see a bigger... Read more

  The 02 March 2014 by   Reprieve
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