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Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1099+ words) Seen from the air, Channel Country resembles a vibrant and vast tapestry, with a network of waterways crisscrossing the land. Spread across more than 280,000 square kilometres in outback Australia, it is one of the world’s last free-flowing desert river systems....
We are hardwired to sing − and it’s good for us, too
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (717+ words) On the first Sunday after being named leader of the Catholic Church in May 2025, Pope Leo XIV stood on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and addressed the tens of thousands of people gathered. Invoking tradition, he led…...
Hamnet’s forest witch: how Agnes Hathaway chimes with the growing interest in ‘green witchcraft’
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (849+ words) Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Strategic Marketing, University of Bath Lorna Stevens does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations…...
A new face for ‘Little Foot’, the most complete Australopithecus skeleton to date
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (426+ words) This research was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Claude Leon Foundation, the DST-NRF Center of Excellence in Palaeosciences, the French Institute of South Africa, Diamond Light Source, and the…...
Arrowhead points found in Central Asia could prove the existence of ‘Homo sapiens’ 80,000 years ago
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (196+ words) archéologue spécialisé en tracéologie (reconstitution de la fonction des outils préhistoriques par l'analyse de leurs usures), Université de Bordeaux Permanent researcher at Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Université de Bordeaux provides funding as a member of The…...
DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age population
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (950+ words) Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, Department of Physical and Life Sciences, University of Huddersfield Martin B. Richards has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust’s Doctoral Scholarship scheme. University of Huddersfield provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. When ancient…...
If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (908+ words) Michael A. Little does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Binghamton University, State University of New…...
How bird poo fuelled the rise of Peru’s powerful Chincha Kingdom
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (928+ words) Tom Austen Brown Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Smithsonian Institution provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler…...
A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (977+ words) Thomas Morgan has received research funding from DARPA, the NSF and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Arizona State University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Born on the same day, Bill and Ben both grew up to…...
Humans returned to British Isles earlier than previously thought at the end of the last ice age
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (806+ words) Senior Lecturer, Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London Adrian Palmer receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council. He is affiliated with Royal Holloway, University of London and Quaternary Research Association. Royal Holloway provides funding as a member of The Conversation…...