By learning what parts of the brain are crucial for imagination to work, neuroscientists can look back over hundreds of millions of years of evolution to figure out when it first emerged.
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Zinc in their bones reveal that these early humans were top of the food chain.
Ancient DNA helps reveal the tangled branches of the human family tree. Not only did our ancestors live alongside other human species, they mated with them, too.
You may have heard science has reconsidered its view of Neanderthals but did you know human hybrid species played a key role in our evolution?
Irony is linked to the ability to say one thing while thinking another – which means it’s also intrinsic to being human. What does new research into artificial intelligence and irony reveal?
The racism seen in the Ukraine refugee crisis reflects a long legacy of how the West defines who is human. We need a new definition that respects the dignity of all humans.
New evidence affirms that significant, long-standing inter-group cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution in Africa.
A quirk of psychology that affects the way people learn from others may have helped unlock the complicated technologies and rituals that human culture hinges on.
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Independent Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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Professor of the Archaeology of Human Origins, University of York
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Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University
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Assistant Professor of Education, McGill University
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Visiting Researcher in Theology, Boston University
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Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University
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PhD Candidate in Human Development, McGill University
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Faculty Lecturer, School of Continuing Studies, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Philosophy, Western Sydney University
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Professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
