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‘Competition between species has shaped our own evolutionary tree’: Human evolution works the ‘complete opposite’ way than most other animals

Cosmos |
Interspecies competition in ancient humans saw an evolutionary trend that is the complete opposite of almost all other vertebrates, according to a ...
Differences between human and Neanderthal brains are minimal — so why are we so much smarter?

Differences between human and Neanderthal brains are minimal — so why are we so much smarter?

Cosmos |
Our closest human relatives are Neanderthals (split from modern humans at least 500,000 years ago) and their Asian relatives the ...
What is a species? New DNA analytic tools upend outdated neat categories

What is a species? New DNA analytic tools upend outdated neat categories

Cosmos |
It’s clear to anyone that an African elephant and a garden snail are different species, but the lines blur around ...