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• Optimizing Luck

  

  Each week on the NPR podcast How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews a founder of a successful enterprise like James Dyson or Ben and Jerry. At the end of mos... Read more

  The 22 september 2018 by   Ccc1685
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• Creationist Textbook is Rubbish, Says Creationist Study

  

  I often complain about creationists, and about as equally often I hear back "why bother with them". Well, I bother because they're incredibly harmful to... Read more

  The 20 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Ancient Children Were More Ape-like Than Their Parents

  

  Around 3 million years ago humans were basically just upright apes. Hence their name Australopithecus, which just means "southern ape". However, children from... Read more

  The 18 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• AI and Authoritarianism

  Much of the discourse on the future of AI , such as this one, has focused on people being displaced by machines. While this is certainly a worthy concern,... Read more

  The 14 september 2018 by   Ccc1685
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• Teamwork Makes Us Lazy and Slower at Learning

  Teamwork is something humans do really well. In fact, it's our niche; it's what we evolved to do. Whilst whales got big tales to swim, we got big brains to... Read more

  The 13 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Humans Are Really Good at Using Tools with Our Elbows

  Our hands are pretty good at using tools, probably because they've been adapting to do so for more than 3 million years 1. But it turns out they aren't the... Read more

  The 11 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Where Did Modern Humans Evolve? It’s Complicated

  

  You've probably heard that modern humans evolved in Africa. This is true, but not the most useful answer. After all, Africa is a ruddy big place 1. So, can we b... Read more

  The 06 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Scientists Build 61,000-year-old Bow and Arrow

  

  The invention of the bow and arrow was a big moment in our (pre)history. These sorts of projectile weapons may have even given us an advantage over other human... Read more

  The 04 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Chimps Like It Loud – Human Evolution News Update 14

  

  After last weeks discovery of Denny, the Neanderthal/Denisovan hybrid, this week might seems like it's been a little slow in the human evolution news... Read more

  The 02 september 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Bones Suggest Neanderthal Clothing Worse Than Ours

  

  Neanderthals were living in ice age Europe for thousands of years 1. Their body evolved to cope, and so did their technology. But Neanderthal clothing seems to... Read more

  The 30 august 2018 by   Reprieve
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