From the threat of superintelligent AI to the secrets of a longer life; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick
This felt like the year that AI really arrived. It is o…
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Humans just got even OLDER: Ancient skull pushes back our origins by 400,000 years - making Homo sapiens more than one million years old ○
It's time to rewrite the family tree, as scientists have revealed that our species is even older than we thought. In a new paper, experts claim Homo sapiens began to emerge over one million years ago.
Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution
A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in tim…
7 months ago
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Are your neighbours Neanderthals? They really were 300,000 years ago ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Ella Al-Shamahi, tracing the development of Homo sapiens across 300,000 years of prehistory in the first of a five-part series, Human, discovered two caves on the side of Mount Carmel in Israel.
Scientists reveal exactly what a neanderthal human hybrid would look like ○
MailOnline has asked leading paleoanthropologists to reveal what the hybrid children of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals would have looked like.
10 months ago
Realising we’re all made-up characters in a story world helps me understand people ○
Considering everyone is a protagonist in their own narrative brought clarity for Will Storr
For nearly 20 years, I’ve been researching and writing about the human brain as a storyteller. My work has u…
11 months ago
‘Lego and tardigrades’: when humans finally destroy the world, what will remain? ○
Milnesium tardigradum is only 0.5mm long and has survived all five great extinction events – plus it’s cute
- More fantastic invertebrate nominations here!
When Homo sapiens self-destructs and takes much…
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