ArchaeologyApril 16, 2025
Future Paleontologists Will Understand Modern Humans through Our ‘Technofossils’
Discarded authors Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz, observers of the geological past, look into the future
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AnthropologyApril 10, 2025
Denisovan Fossil Shows Enigmatic Human Cousins Lived from Siberia to Subtropics
The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range of environments
AnimalsApril 3, 2025
Bonobos’ Complex Calls Share an Extraordinary Trait with Human Language
Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language
BiochemistryMarch 14, 2025
Life on Earth May Have Been Jump-Started by ‘Microlightning’
Charged water droplets generate sparks that can forge organic compounds
AnimalsFebruary 6, 2025
Whale Songs Obey Basic Rules of Human Languages
Humpback whales learn their haunting melodies in much the same way humans learn words
GeneticsJune 21, 2024
Out of Sight, ‘Dark Fungi’ Run the World from the Shadows
The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA from fungi that scientists can’t identify