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How to Write Papers for Money?
Everyone knows this that each one of us has some hidden talent inside us and it's all about finding that. I have met a lot of people in my life who have made... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2019 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Make Your Phd Thesis Writing Effective
If you are one of them who want to write the phd thesis then there is no need to worry. We will break out some of the points by which you will get to know that... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2019 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Personal Statement Help – Tips to Know
Personal statement help - Tips to know There are different kinds of tasks that are important for university applications and personal statement is one of them.... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2019 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Quick Tips for Writing a Persuasive Essay
Does not matter that you are attending your college or not, but one time in your academic studies, you need to write the persuasive essay. So you know how to... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2019 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Criteria for Choosing the Best Custom Writing Services
Custom writing services are high in demand among people. It plays a vital role in academic studies and for other purposes also. You can use the custom papers... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2019 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Human Missing Link Actually Missing in South Africa
Taung, the first Australopithecus discovered, had an brain cast South Africa is home of the original "missing link" of human evolution. It's where Raymond Dart... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
How Evolution Influences Marriage Customs
Evolution is all about passing your genes on and it's influenced your psychology to help that happen. For instance, we now find people with different genes... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Creationist Paper Published in Journal
Creationists have their own scientific journals in which they publish their research. However, getting their mates to say they did science good doesn't lend the... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
3 Optical Illusions That Trick Humans and Monkeys
During human evolution, our brain developed a bunch of exciting new abilities. However, not everything in our noggin is new; with our brain inheriting a lot of... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
8 Stone Age Murder Victims Found in Spain
430,000 years ago Spain an ancient species of human was living in Spain. Although our behaviour differed in many ways; it turns out we did share one interest:... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
430,000-year-old Ambidextrous Human Found
Modern humans are mostly right-handed, which is weird. After all, other apes hand preference is more evenly split 1. So what changed? Well, a group of... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Neanderthal Hands Could Have Made Human Tools
For most of their history Neanderthal technology was stuck in stasis 1. Meanwhile, we were inventing all sorts of new exciting stuff. Perhaps Neanderthal... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Food Preparation Gave Us Evolutionary Advantage
Food preparation is what sets me apart from Gordon Ramsey. Well, that and an obsession with lamb sauce. But could it also be the key difference between us and... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Was the First Grave an Accident?
In the 1980s archaeologists found a 400,000-year-old hominin bone in Sima de los Huesos, Spain. But the discoveries didn't stop there. By 1997 they had found... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Carbon Dating: Testing Creationist Arguments
In the 1940s Willard Libby realised you could use the decay of radiocarbon to date ancient artefacts. Soon, he began examining items of a known age to test his... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Facial Reconstruction of a 25,000-year-old “Shaman”
25,000 years ago there was an important woman living in the (now) Czech Republic. Her tribe was treating her so well that the archaeologists who found her back... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Neanderthals Could Start a Fire with Ancient Lighters
It's the ice age. You're a Neanderthal living in a cave. Obviously, you need to start a fire if you're to have any hope of survival. But how? It might take you ... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Neanderthal Cave Art is Fake News?
Life in a Neanderthal cave was surprisingly human. They built structures, created jewellery, and cared for each other. To top it all of, we recently learnt... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
The Origin of Religion, According to Hunter-gatherers
Most people live in a society with a religion that has a moralizing god. You know, the one(s) that hand out rules from on high. "Thou shalt do this, don't do... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Did Body Odor Evolve to Scare of Predators?
Hopefully, you don't notice the body odor of most people you meet. However, that's more because our noses are rubbish than people smelling nice. We're actually... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE