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This Is Why Human Faces Look So Different From Neanderthals
Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...
Why modern humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals and chimpanzees
The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...
Sciencing on MSN10d
Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Ever Realized
More than just mere cavemen, our Stone Age kin exhibited intelligence in surprising ways, making them more human than ...
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Stefano Ghisolfi sends 9b again, 'Neanderthal' at Santa Linya
Italian climber Stefano Ghioslfi has repeated 'Neanderthal', the 9b at Santa Linya in Spain freed in 2009 by Chris Sharma.
Live Science on MSN4d
Silent X chromosome genes 'reawaken' in older females, perhaps boosting brain power, study finds
Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...
The New York Times21d
Trump’s Foreign Policy May Be Crude, but It’s Realist
That’s realism — a crude, unstrategic, “Neanderthal realism,” as the political scientist Stephen Walt once called it — but a form of realism nonetheless. Realists see the world as a ...
Here’s a slap on the wrist for Dutton’s divisiveness
Chris Moe, Bensville Dutton’s spokesperson says, “no offence was intended”. Of course Dutton intended to offend the PM. But ...
Science Daily2d
Scientists unlock frogs' antibacterial secrets to combat superbugs
Engineers have derived potent new antibiotics from a frog's secretions. The new molecules demonstrated capabilities on par with existing last-resort antibiotics, without harming human cells or ...
Earth.com1d
Frogs lead the way in developing new antibiotics
Researchers created safe synthetic antibiotics from frog molecules. These may help fight superbugs in the future.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on MSN16d
Farah Stockman: Is ‘realism,’ even at the expense of noble ideas, all that matters?
To Trump, America is a great power that Russia wouldn’t dare attack, and Ukraine is a pawn that can be sacrificed. But here’s the thing about great powers: They all decline eventually. Neanderthal ...
The Language Puzzle: Read an excerpt from a book on the history of the spoken word
Did early humans have rules for how words could be strung together? What impact did the ability to talk have on brains, behaviour and social evolution?