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The next phase of human evolution is already underway

A glass of milk can still mark a line through humanity. For most adults, drinking it brings discomfort because the body ...
The Conversation

No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ – why are so many still labeled that way?

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...
New Scientist

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

A timeline of genetic changes in millions of years of human evolution shows that variants linked to higher intelligence appeared most rapidly around 500,000 years ago, and were closely followed by ...

In 1921, a miner’s dynamite blast in Zambia unearthed a face that rewrote the map of human evolution

Miners in Zambia unearthed the Broken Hill skull in 1921, a fossil initially baffling scientists with its mix of modern and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Through Much of Human History, Women Have Shaped Evolution Through Food Processing

Food processing has been a part of human adaptation since deep in the past. The softening and breaking down of food left its testimony on the human body. For example, the massive teeth of our early ...
Greenwich Time

No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ – why are so many still labeled that way?

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kevin Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) We humans ...