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• Venus Figurines, Indonesian Art and the Interconnectedness of the Stone Age

  

  Scientists recently discovered 39,000 year old cave art in Indonesia. This makes it older than most other stone age cave art, and located around 17,000 km away... Read more

  The 04 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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• 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

  The 27 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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• 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

  The 20 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Can We Predict Cultural Change?

  

  In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. But why wasn’t there a Native American explorer sailing in the opposite direction? 35,000 years before all that modern... Read more

  The 18 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Ken Ham Wants to Return to Whatever We Once Were

  

  Ken Ham delivers an awesome summary of the decline of religion's influence in his Answers Magazine. It reads really well, mostly, if you forget for a moment tha... Read more

  The 22 November 2014 by   Bjornostman
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• 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

  The 23 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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• 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

  The 21 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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• 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

  The 24 November 2014 by   Reprieve
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