Fossils in a Tibetan cave reveal how early humans adapted to live in one of world’s remotest places

Prehistoric humans called Denisovans lived in a remote mountain cave, raising intriguing questions about their relationship to modern humans.

Bo Li, The Conversation

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Dongju Zhang, The Conversation

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Qiaomei Fu, The Conversation

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Zenobia Jacobs, The Conversation

· Nov 13, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Was the first ever war between humans and Neanderthals?

How Neanderthals, a species with sophisticated culture and technology, became extinct remains a subject of fierce debate.

Martin Smith, The Conversation

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John Stewart, The Conversation

· Nov 11, 2020 · 11:30 pm

What evolved faster – human brain or human society?

Humans in ancient times lacked smartphones and spaceflight, but we know from studying philosophers such as Buddha and Aristotle that they were just as clever.

Nick Longrich, The Conversation

· Sep 27, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Humans are hardwired to cooperate. Traits like selfishness and supremacy are recent ones

Individuals who behaved ruthlessly would be less likely to survive since they would have been ostracised from their groups.

Steve Taylor, The Conversation

· Aug 31, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Inherent vice: Is racism hardwired into human DNA?

And how does modern civilisation encourage us to suppress these tribalistic impulses?

Tom Oliver, The Conversation

· Jun 15, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Human evolution: We’ve got the famous ‘march of progress’ image all wrong

According to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, a drunkard walk is more representative.

Jordi Paps, The Conversation

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Cristina Guijarro-Clarke, The Conversation

· Mar 07, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Human beings have survived and conquered for centuries not by innovation – but imitation

Homo sapiens means ‘man, the knower’. A more fitting name would be Homo imitans or ‘man, the imitator’.

Connor Wood, The Conversation

· Mar 03, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Early humans in Africa may have interbred with an unidentified ghost species

The story of humankind is a lot more complicated than the original ‘out-of-Africa expansion’ theory.

George Busby, The Conversation

· Feb 14, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Humans can’t quit worrying because we are built that way

Our brains are continually imagining futures that will meet our needs and things that could stand in the way.

James Carmody, The Conversation

· Jan 13, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Your personality is not just who you are but also where you are

A study shows that children from industrialised and affluent regions are more likely to exhibit characteristics like patience.

Dorsa Amir, Aeon

· Dec 25, 2019 · 11:30 pm

A recent fossil discovery has led some researchers to rethink how humans learned to walk

The Danuvius guggenmosi fossils resemble the last shared ancestor of humans and chimpanzees.

Vivien Shaw, The Conversation

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Isabelle Catherine Winder, The Conversation

· Dec 10, 2019 · 11:30 pm

300,000 years ago, nine human species lived on Earth. Did homo sapiens exterminate the others?

A tendency to engage in genocide is arguably an intrinsic, instinctive part of human nature.

Nick Longrich, The Conversation

· Nov 23, 2019 · 07:30 pm