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The End of the Consumer: Philosopher Orod Bozorg and the Evolutionary Leap to Homo OrodistA
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (470+ words) We measure our evolution by the silicon in our pockets, but the mind driving the hand that holds the device …...
Why Some Civilizations Live for 6,000 Years While Others Die Before They Learn to Ride a Tricycle…
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (603+ words) Why Some Civilizations Live for 6,000 Years While Others Die Before They Learn to Ride a Tricycle: The First Suspect — Religion Part 2: Our search for the secret of civilizational survival begins …...
Some Humans May Still Be Carrying Neanderthal Strength in Their DNA, Study Finds
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (193+ words) The scientific community has been on a Neanderthal hot streak lately, each new find broadening our idea of who our ancient ancestors really were. Turns out, they were a lot smarter, a lot friendlier, a lot more family-focused than we…...
What If Humans Were Advanced 12,000 Years Ago?
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (35+ words) History tells us humans were basically just hunters 12,000 years ago. But ok, then how do we explain what we keep finding? Like first there’s …...
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal a surprisingly sophisticated human mind
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (359+ words) Archaeologists working at several sites in southern Africa have uncovered hundreds of unusual pieces of engraved ostrich eggshell. More than 60,000 years old, these fragments were created by groups of Homo sapiens living in the region. A new study led by…...
Former minister was from this lineage - 6000-year-old Caucasian traces
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (217+ words) The Y-chromosome (Y-DNA) results of Misir Mardanov, director of the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of ANAS, former Minister of Education of Azerbaijan, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor, have been announced. Modern.az reports that Orkhan Khansuvar, administrator…...
Why Did Humans Prefer Some Things Over Others 800,000 Years Ago?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (786+ words) Let’s travel back 800,000 years. There are no cities. Not even civilization as we know it today. There is only nature. And you are there. You look around and begin examining the things that might help you survive. There are different…...
What if an advanced civilization had lived on Earth before us, would we know?
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (760+ words) What if humans weren't the first technological civilization on Earth? What if millions of years ago there had been an advanced society that built cities, harnessed energy, and then disappeared? Would there have been any traces left behind that science…...
Ancient genomes reveal how migration and diet shaped the ancestors of modern Japanese people | Archaeology News Online Magazine
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (529+ words) Two ancient genomes from Japan are giving researchers a closer look at how migration, climate and diet shaped the ancestors of modern Japanese people. A team led by Koji Ishiya of Kanazawa University recovered unusually detailed DNA data from two…...
The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (88+ words) The Atlantic New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves. DNA analysis is only one of the techniques that scientists have been using to cast narrow shafts of light into the dark abyss that is the human…...