High on prehistoric life: When did humans begin experimenting with mind-altering drugs and alcohol?

High on prehistoric life: When did humans begin experimenting with mind-altering drugs and alcohol?

Nick Longrich | 
Humans constantly alter the world. We fire fields, turn forests into farms, and breed plants and animals. But humans don’t ...
Rafting events: How did animals disperse around the world to seed evolution? Here is one possible scenario

Rafting events: How did animals disperse around the world to seed evolution? Here is one possible scenario

Nick Longrich | 
Humans evolved in Africa, along with chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys. But primates themselves appear to have evolved elsewhere – likely ...
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Why humanity will likely be around for a long time

Nick Longrich | 
Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all ...
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To the victor go the spoils: How Homo sapiens prevailed in battles for survival with Neanderthals

Nick Longrich | 
Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa, evolving into us. The other struck out ...
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Evolution’s ‘great leap forward’: When did humans cross the intelligence rubicon?

Nick Longrich | 
When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there’s remarkably little agreement on this question ...
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