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• Neanderthal Cave Art Confirmed, but Why Did They Make It?

  Neanderthals did a surprising number of smart, human-type things before us humans ever got round to them. They showed us up at everything from making specialise... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• African Family Tree – Human Evolution News Update #11

  Another week, another bunch of human evolution news has come out. From Neanderthal milk teeth to a migration into Africa, we've found a lot. In fact, there's to... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Stone Age Sigils Found in the Levant

  A grey direwolf on a white field. That's the sigil of House Stark. These indicators of allegiance are something we often associate with the medieval period (or... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Prehistoric Environmentalists Kept the Mammoth Alive

  A few thousand years ago, the world was a very different place. An ice age was raging, and with it came all sorts of weird and wonderful animals; like the... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• 20 More Human Species Yet to Be Found, Study Suggests

  Nowadays we are the only species of human alive. However, this wasn't always the case. For most of hominin history, several human species co-existed. Just 40,00... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Our Ancestors and the NHS – Human Evolution News Update #10

  Another week, another bunch of human evolution news has come out. In fact, too much for me to handily summarise here. So instead, here are the top 5 most... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Did the Toba Supervolcano Almost Wipe out Humans?

  Humans are smart, adaptive, and have great technological prowess. But all of that doesn't amount to much when nature hits you hard. Which it did around 75,000... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Ancient Burials Accidental, According to AI

  Humans are the only living species to perform elaborate burials. Even during last ice age, we were investing a huge amount of effort in funerals. But just how... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Human Brain Evolution Continued After We Evolved

  Modern humans are very similar to other human species, like the Neanderthals. However, there is one thing that sets us apart: the human brain 1. Ours is... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Is There Evidence We Should “teach the Controversy” of Evolution?

  

  More than a decade ago creationists tried to get their pseudoscience into American public schools on the grounds that teachers should "teach the controversy... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Humans Have Domesticated Themselves

  

  Over the past few thousand years, humans have influenced the evolution of dozens of species. The biggest changes have happened in the animals we domesticated.... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Human Height Decreasing in Recent Evolution

  One of the most famous fossils of the human family is Lucy. If you've ever had the chance to see her (or a reconstruction) you'll be struck by one thing: She's... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Why is Our Face the Flattest in the Human Family?

  Humans are part of the hominin family. Although there are many similarities between all of us, it would still be easy spot a human face in a hominin crowd. One... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Human Ancestors Mated with Apes

  One of the big discoveries of human evolution is that our species can't keep it in our pants. As modern humans migrated out of Africa we mated with at least... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Tribe Found Without Sexual Dimorphism in Digit Ratio

  Hold up a hand. If you're female your ring and index fingers should be roughly the same length. If you're male, the ring finger should be a bit longer, in... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Did Teaching Drive the Evolution of Language?

  Teaching is something we've all experienced. We may not always have enjoyed it, but there's no denying its importance in passing on information. Now, imagine... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• First Meat-eating Humans Were Actually Crocodiles

  Humans eat more meat than any other primate alive. However, tracking the evolution of this trait is kind of difficult. After all, our ancestors didn't keep... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How Much Energy Does the Brain Use?

  

  However you want to look at it, our brain is kind of a big deal. From language to learning, it's probably our greatest attribute. Unfortunately, all of this... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Stone Age Musicians Responsible for Cave Art

  

  Around 40,000 years ago modern humans first arrived in Europe. Shortly afterwards they began making cave art. These images were often created deep in uninhabite... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• 20% More Neanderthal Genes Discovered in Humans

  Humans left Africa sometime between 60,000 to 100,000 years ago. As they spread around the world they found it wasn't empty. The Neanderthals had been living... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE