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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!

December 12, 2014 in Fire, Sociality, Technology, This week in human evolution.

Does grief give an evolutionary advantage?

Grief seems like a fairly destructive and distressing behaviour. However, new research suggests it may actually give our species an evolutionary advantage

December 11, 2014 in Humans, Sociality.

Did finding food drive our brain’s evolution?

Many years ago researchers argued that our big brains evolved to help us get food from the environment. This was disproven. New research claims to un-disprove it.

December 10, 2014 in Primates.

Scientists baffled….in a minority of cases

Scientists are baffled is how a lot of media stories start; but just how representative of science is that statement? Answer: not very

December 9, 2014 in Personal, Pseudoscience.

First pre-human art found

Scientists looking over a museum collection stumbled across the first ever piece of art made by a pre-human species.

December 4, 2014 in Homo erectus, Prehistoric art.

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?

November 27, 2014 in Chimpanzees, Hominins, Primates.

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.

November 24, 2014 in Creationism, Religion.

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.

November 23, 2014 in Chimpanzees.

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

November 21, 2014 in This week in human evolution.

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?

November 20, 2014 in Homo erectus, Technology.

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