The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, and continues to capture human imagination.
According to researcher Robert C. Brooks from the University of New South Wales, AI’s most profound impact on our species may be happening through countless small daily interactions that could ...
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A new study introduces a method to infer DNA methylation patterns in non-skeletal tissues from ancient DNA, offering insights into human evolution, particularly brain function. Using an algorithm with ...
Debates over human evolution weren’t confined to the pages of esoteric scientific journals at the time — Johanson and fellow paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey sparred over their differing ...
Social stress is bad for your brain. It's a prime suspect in the accumulation of oxidative stress in the brain, which is believed to contribute to mental health and neurodegenerative disorders—but the ...