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Mail Online
1 week ago
OMG science

One million-year-old skull found in China may be a 'Dragon Man'

The 900,000-year-old skull found in China is believed to be a hybrid of Homo sapien and Homo longi, a long-lost species known as 'Dragon Man'. [ more ]
www.nature.com
2 weeks ago
OMG science

Daily briefing: How AI could help mathematicians achieve moments of divine inspiration'

Humans may have evolved to efficiently run down prey, as suggested by a study highlighting benefits over slow stalking. [ more ]
The Atlantic
3 weeks ago
OMG science

A Grand Experiment in Human Reproduction

If women continue to have children later in life, menopause could potentially be delayed or even disappear in the far future. [ more ]
The New Yorker
3 weeks ago
OMG science

What the Origins of Humanity Can and Can't Tell Us

The discovery of Neanderthals led to the expansion of the concept of human prehistory. [ more ]
emptywheel
1 month ago
Writing

Background For A New Book - emptywheel

Rights discourse lacks clarity on nature and origin, clarified by background series and recommended reading by Jamal Greene's book.
Humans evolved unique capacity for learning, teaching, and abstraction through observation, language, and reasoning, aiding problem-solving.
Early humans transmit knowledge for survival through teaching and natural curiosity, backed by basic language skills likely taught by females.
Philosophically, human existence is the measure of all things being and not being. [ more ]
Mail Online
1 month ago
OMG science

Meet Shanidar Z: Scientists recreate the face of a female Neanderthal

Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal woman buried 75,000 years ago in Iraq, reveals insights on facial reconstruction and Neanderthal-human relations. [ more ]
morehuman-evolution
www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
OMG science

Where did they all go? How Homo sapiens became the last human species left

Only Homo sapiens remains of the nine species of humans that existed 300,000 years ago.
The disappearance of other human species coincided with the spread of Homo sapiens.
Various theories exist to explain the disappearance of our human cousins. [ more ]
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