Evolution

How Did Our Ancestors' Minds Really Work?

How Did Our Ancestors' Minds Really Work?

How did our evolutionary ancestors make sense of their world? What strategies did they use, for example, to find food? Fossils do not preserve thoughts, so we have so far been unable to glean any…
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You Inherited Some Of Your DNA From Ghosts

There is ongoing concern about species extinction in modern times but we have no real idea how many species there are right now, and 99.999997 percent of species that have gone extinct we can't…
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You Laugh Like An Ape

All living great apes laugh, and of course humans do as well. They share its rhythm in common and have for 15 million years, according to a recent study which analyzed laughter from four humans, four…
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Lack Of Sex Held Us Back Forever

If you've ever tried to use a dating app, you may think asexual reproduction would be better than seeing someone 15 years older than their photo arrive at the restaurant but from an evolutionary…