Early fire, prehistoric colonists and baffled scientists – Human evolution weekly update (8/12/14)
Early fire, prehistoric colonists and baffled scientists. It’s this week in human evolution!
Did conflict drive the evolution of the human brain?
Recent research claims that we evolved big brains to win in any conflict with our neighbors; but does this claim hold water?
Religious acceptance of evolution result of dogma, not scientific understanding
Research reveals that a lot of religious people accept evolution, but they’re typically only doing so because they’re being obedient, not because they understand the subject.
Nice chimps finish last: aggression correlated with reproductive success in chimpanzees
Chimps can be very sexually aggressive, but does that result in more babies? New research says that yes it does.
Human evolution weekly update (17/11/14): Ancient pitchers, Piltdown man and more
The latest research into human evolution, including the evolution of throwing; how many different ancestors did we have and much more
When did throwing evolve?
Throwing stuff is kind of a big deal; whether it’s spears at prey or balls at the other team. How far back can this key human behaviour be traced?
Can we predict cultural change?
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. But why wasn’t there a Native American explorer sailing in the opposite direction? Researchers have been trying to explain such cultural differences between groups for decades, but have they been barking up the wrong tree?
Venus figurines, Indonesian art and the interconnectedness of the Stone Age
The Venus figurines were manufactured across Europe for tens of thousands of years during the stone age. How could ideas like this spread before mass movement, mass media and mass hysteria?
Human evolution weekly update: Old DNA, old art & sexy men
The weeks top stories in human evolution.
Ancient DNA reveals how often and when humans & neanderthals interbred
Researchers recently published data from a 45,000 year old human genome. It sheds a lot of light on human/neanderthal interbreeding and the human migration out of Africa.
First cave art found outside of Europe. It’s boring (which makes it fascinating)
It turns out that some cave art in Indonesia is some of the oldest in the world. This also makes it the only known example of non-European palaeolithic cave art. But what does it all mean?
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