Our Bigger Brains Came with an Advantage: Faster Aging
by The human brain, more than any other characteristic, sets our species apart. Over the past 7 million years or so, it has grown in size …
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People are speaking much longer than we first thought
To hunt large animals, early humans needed better group planning and coordination abilities, which came after the creation of language (Alamy). New research has revealed …
Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history of our evolution.
An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at a male Neanderthal model.Will Oliver/PA/Getty Images Until recently, the consensus was that Neanderthals and …