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Humans have been chewing gum for nearly 10,000 years

A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that one of the individuals had severe problems with ...
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Video: Tyrannosaurus rex probably didn’t roar like a lion. Here’s how they might have sounded

Vilde Aardahl Aas | 
Ask a researcher: Tyrannosaurus rex probably didn't roar like a lion. The sound it made might have been even scarier ...
From the plow to GMOs, here are 8 innovations that radically transformed agriculture and human history

From the plow to GMOs, here are 8 innovations that radically transformed agriculture and human history

Paul Ratner | 
What are the agricultural inventions that have had the most impact? Here's a chronological list of some of the most ...
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Maybe the Black Death did not reshape human evolution after all

Ewen Callaway | 
An ancient-DNA study of medieval Cambridge found no sign of genes that helped people to survive the plague ...
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Empathy and anticipation of desires: Children have it, but apes do not

Joanna Thompson | 
Have you ever guessed what dish your significant other would order at a restaurant before they even picked up the ...
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Culture, art and war: 15 biggest discoveries in 2023 that changed our understanding of human evolution

2023 could likely be viewed as a coming-of-age story for our Neanderthal cousins, as they further shed their brutish image ...
3 billion years ago, a rock four times the size of Mt. Everest hit Earth. Here’s how this impact kick started the evolution of life

3 billion years ago, a rock four times the size of Mount Everest hit Earth. Here’s how this kickstarted evolution

Joel Achenbach | 
When Earth first formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago, lava lakes sizzled under a thick greenhouse atmosphere during the Hadean ...
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Here’s how and why early humans created our world of mostly dark-eyed dogs

Nicola Davis | 
Researchers suggest that human preferences for a friendly face may have steered the evolution of canine eye colour ...
‘Warning written in wood’: Analyzing 200-year-old tree reveals silent climate distress signal sent by one of Earth’s most enduring organisms

‘Warning written in wood’: 200-year-old tree reveals silent climate distress signal sent by one of Earth’s longest-living organisms

Cutting-edge techniques are allowing researchers to observe how the rings from long-lived trees form in real time ...
Close cousins: Just 400,000 years ago, modern humans and Neanderthal lineages split, 100,000 years more recently than previous estimates

Close cousins: Just 400,000 years ago, modern humans and Neanderthal lineages split, 100,000 years more recently than previous estimates

Tom Hale | 
More evidence suggests that our species may have diverged from Neanderthals just 408,000 years ago, which is later than previous ...
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Viewpoint: The ‘culture wars’ infection of anthropology and archaeology grows

Jon Entine, Patrick Whittle | 
In 1941, at the height of World War 2, troops stationed on Hoy in the remote Scottish Orkney Islands made ...
Human evolution roundup: Last year’s 13 most fascinating findings about human origins

Human evolution roundup: Here are last year’s 13 most fascinating findings on human ancestry

Briana Pobiner, Ryan McRae | 
Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal thirteen of the year’s most fascinating findings about human origins ...
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Video: Stone ring structures found in Neanderthal cave in France continue to fuel reassessment of our once scorned hominid cousins

Tim Vernimmen | 
We haven’t been very kind to Neanderthals since their remains were first unearthed in the 19th century, often characterizing them ...
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Night owls vs mourning doves: Neanderthal genes explain why some people find it easy to wake up early

Ian Sample | 
Scientists find genes inherited from our prehistoric cousins increase tendency to rise early – useful in regions with short winter ...
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Nether region science—What’s the allure for cats of fellow feline rear ends?

Ricki Lewis | 
Anyone who lives with more than one member of Felis catus knows that our beloved felines love to smell each other’s ...
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21st century evolution: Humans are evolving ‘more rapidly than ever before’

Aristos Georgiou | 
It is often assumed that modern humans are no longer evolving. But there is now considerable agreement among scientists that ...
Humans are born with a brain developed roughly equivalent to small primates, and then it grows quickly while animal growth stalls

Humans are born with brains roughly comparable to small primates — then humans have a brain development boom

Mike Lucibella | 
A new study challenges the belief that human newborns have significantly less developed brains than other primates ...
‘Perhaps GMOs are closer to natural processes than we think’: How genetic modification mimics natural evolution of plants

‘Perhaps GMOs are closer to natural processes than we think’: How genetic modification mimics natural evolution of plants

Lara Pereira, Luke Dunning, Pauline Raimondeau | 
Genetically modified (GM) crops may be controversial, but similar processes happen naturally with wild plants. However, scientists have long been ...
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Size isn’t everything: Brain connections and neuron wiring contribute more to human intelligence than volume

Michael Marshall | 
Human brains are bigger than those of our primate relatives, but evidence from extinct human ancestors suggests brain size isn't ...
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‘Warrior gene’: Some people may be genetically wired for aggressiveness. Can we—should we—do something about it?

Patrick Whittle | 
“Some people have real problems right out of the starting block. We can't dodge the responsibility for social action." ...
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Rethinking the ‘little brain’: The cerebellum finally has its moment, recognized as a driver of higher human intelligence

Researchers are realizing that the 'little brain' or cerebellum expanded during evolution and contributes to the capacities unique to humans ...
Each dog has their own personality. What explains their unique temperaments?

Canine neuroscience: Exploring what shapes dog personalities

Anna Lamb | 
Why do dogs behave so differently, even within their own breeds? Neuroscientist unlocking secrets of canine brain ...
First on the list for de-extinction? The famed dodo

First on the list for de-extinction? The famed dodo

Tom Page | 
The dodo, a flightless bird once hunted to extinction, is to be re-introduced by genetically engineering fresh ones ...
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We live in a world of conflict and competition. Why has kindness persisted?

Jonathan Goodman | 
Recently, I was walking with some fellow parents after nursery drop-off when we came across a five-pound note lying on ...
Should we be concerned that gene-editing seeds will cascade into unpredictable changes?

Should we be concerned that gene-editing seeds will cascade into unpredictable changes?

For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we've bred ...
Could yet another species of humans evolve? Yes, if we begin populating other planets

Could another species of humans evolve? Yes, if we begin populating other planets

Tom Hale | 
Along with Homo sapiens, at least eight other species of human have existed. Ultimately, just one species prevailed: Homo sapiens ...
Artificial intelligence helps researchers unpack the mystery of how life on Earth began

Artificial intelligence helps researchers unpack the mystery of how life on Earth began

Michael Marshall | 
AI is helping chemists unpick the mysteries around the origins of life and detect signs of it on other worlds ...
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