Human Evolution
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What we may be getting wrong about the paleo diet and the ‘man, the hunter’ stereotype
If people could get the plant portion of their diets from the animals themselves, several gendered assumptions about food gathering can be challenged.
Raven Garvey, The Conversation
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Sexist and racist narratives were common in science at the time of Aristotle – and still are today
Inaccurate and biased narratives in science reproduce biases in future generations.
Rui Diogo, The Conversation
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A DNA study provides a rare glimpse into the close-knit family structure of a Neanderthal community
Fossils found in southern Siberia reveal a small community with close family ties – including a father and his teenage daughter.
Laurits Skov, The Conversation & Richard 'Bert' Roberts, The Conversation
Trending
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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‘Wrong at many levels’: UP ban on late-evening coaching for women decried by social media users
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A new study highlights surprising evolutionary advantages of celibacy
Reproduction, after all, is at the very heart of the evolution that shaped us.
Ruth Mace, The Conversation & Alberto Micheletti, The Conversation
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65,000-year-old ‘stone Swiss Army knives’ highlight the long-distance social ties of early humans
New findings hold global implications for understanding how expanding social networks contributed to the expansion of modern humans out of Africa.
Amy Mosig Way, The Conversation
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Charles Darwin’s theories were tainted by his Victorian sexism
A new study suggests how Victorian sexism influenced the naturalist’s theories.
Matthew Wills, The Conversation
Video
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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How a handful of prehistoric geniuses led humanity’s technological revolution
The stone age saw a pattern where technologies like spears, fire and bows were invented once, then spread.
Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
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Around 50 million years ago, Africa was an island. So how did primates get there?
An ocean crossing may have made human evolution possible.
Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
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In a first, a new mystery human species has been discovered in Israel
Archaeologists have recovered a skull of a distinct ‘Homo’ population that lived from about 420,000 to 120,000 years ago.
Michelle Langley, The Conversation
The Reel
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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In music-themed ‘Chamak’, looking for the ‘spirit of Punjab’ beyond its stereotypes
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A new extinct human species found in China may replace Neanderthals as our closest relatives
The skull of the previously unknown human species, Homo longi, was discovered in 1933.
Anthony Sinclair, The Conversation
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Ancient men were hunters and women were gatherers. Right? Wrong
Archaeological evidence from Peru disproves an old belief.
Vivek Venkataraman, The Conversation
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What is our most distant animal relative: a sponge or a comb jelly?
A new study has come up with an answer.
Max Telford, The Conversation & Paschalia Kapli, The Conversation
The Field
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Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara rides on luck and faith to let his talent shine through
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Australia tour of India: Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell make way for rookies as visitors rehaul T20 team
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Victor Rodriguez leads FC Goa to a win over Jamshedpur FC
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Sachin, Sagar shine on day two of event