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Examples of pointed split woods and close-up images of the worked point. Photos: Matthias Vogel, Jens Lehmann, Dirk Leder, NLD. Credit: Proceedings of the National…

South Africa’s Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once traversed, today cemented and…

Post Views: 99 By Basim Ali Edited by Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer According to Greek mythology Prometheus gave humankind the gift of fire by stealing it from Zeus.1 This gift of fire…

Post Views: 99 By Basim Ali Edited by Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer According to Greek mythology Prometheus gave humankind the gift of fire by stealing it from…

A microscopy image of a human brain organoid. Credit: Janine Hoffmann What makes us human? According to neurobiologists it is our neocortex.…

Illustration of elephant hunting using spears. Credit: Dana Ackerfeld Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have uncovered the mystery…

AI can make predictions about future events, such as the behaviour of the stock marketJames Thew / Alamy An artificial intelligence can predict the future as well as groups of people for events like political…

Writing by hand is something humans have done for millennia. Since prehistoric times, people have used every tool imaginable to etch onto stone, carve into clay, and ink parchment and paper to convey information, conduct business, and…

Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? It’s possible we were just smarter, but there’s surprisingly little evidence that’s true. Neanderthals had big brains, language and…

A robot that can design, build and test objects made from folded paper can make paper planes that fly further than ones made by a human having the same number of attempts

Some zoo animals have caught SARS-CoV-2 from humansSergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Animals such as rats are often regarded as disease carriers. But when it comes to the spreading of illnesses, it turns out other animals…

An archaeological site in the lowlands of Ethiopia where ancient humans lived 74,000 years agoJohn Kappelman An campsite in what is now Ethiopia may have been used for a few years before, during and after a huge…

An archaeological site in the lowlands of Ethiopia where ancient humans lived 74,000 years agoJohn Kappelman An campsite in what is now Ethiopia may have been used for a few years before, during and after a huge…

The canoes are up to 10 metres long and made from hollowed out treesGibaja et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 More than 7000 years ago, skilled craftspeople constructed wooden canoes that probably transported people,…

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS)Humans are each unique in their biological makeup, and that presents a significant challenge for scientists studying how the environment…

Training the next generation Through teaching and research projects, de Waal also helped train and influence many leaders in the field of animal cognition. “Frans was a…

Latest developments around artificial intelligence (AI) have triggered excitement about the potential to replace and complement human activities while also raising concerns about possible risks to society. Dramatic effects are…

Assessment of the behavior of tritium (3H) in the aquatic environment and impacts on biota. (A) Animal groups covered and (B) biological effects reported according to…

A view of the Korolevo archaeological site. Researchers used the decay of isotopes in rocks dug up from the site to determine the age of the stone tools.…

Korolevo quarry in Ukraine, one of the oldest hominin sites in EuropeRoman Garba Molecular dating has revealed that an area in Ukraine was occupied by humans 1.4 million years ago, making it one of the oldest hominin…

Credit: University of California, San Francisco A form of artificial intelligence called large language modeling (LLM), the same…

Doha, Qatar – Diplomats whizzing around the globe. Hush-hush meetings, often never made public. For centuries, the art of conflict mediation has relied on nuanced human skills: from elements as simple as how to make eye contact and…

However, the combined resistance to critically important antimicrobials for human medicine remains very low, except in some types of Salmonella and Campylobacter coli in some countries.   Moreover, there has been an increase in the…

Roger Federer hits a forehand shot at Wimbledon. The tennis great has called his racket an extension of his arm. Julian Finney / Getty Images…

The most basic reason is that fossil fuels—the equivalent of millions of years of plant growth—are the only source of carbon dioxide large enough to raise atmospheric carbon dioxide amounts as high and as quickly as they have risen. The…

As artificial intelligence has begun to generate text and images over the last few years, it has sparked a new round of questions about how handing over human decisions and activities to AI will affect society. Will the AI sources we’ve…

Every part of our lives is a result of humans co-evolving with techShutterstock/interstid Wise AnimalsTom Chatfield (Pan Macmillan) IN 1770, inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen claimed to have created a machine that could…

Disclaimer: Early release articles are not considered as final versions. Any changes will be reflected in the online version in the month the article is officially released. Author affiliations: University of…

The first members of our species to reach China might have entered the region from the northEsteban De Armas / Alamy Modern humans were living in what is now China by 45,000 years ago. The finding means our species…

A fragment of early human bone uncovered in the excavation in Ranis, Germany Tim Schüler, TLDA under CC-BY-ND…

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The discovery of a new gene in zebrafish could lead to a better understanding of how exposure to chemicals leads to disease in humans, according to a new Oregon State University study. The National Institutes of…

1. IntroductionAlthough lung cancer screening trials have showed the efficacy of computed tomography (CT) to decrease mortality compared with chest radiograph , chest radiographs are still widely taken in different kinds of clinical…

Early European humans may have hunted mammoths in a frozen landscapeDorling Kindersley/Getty Images When modern humans first began settling in Europe, they went straight to the cold north. A challenging excavation in…

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human…

Groundwater is an essential but underappreciated resource worldwide. Credit: World Bank, CC BY-ND If you stand at practically any point on…

1 Introduction The intersection of human resource management (HRM) and technology has always been a dynamic space, constantly adapting to market forces and technological innovations. Over the past two decades, the field of HRM has…

AI researchers predict a slim chance of apocalyptic outcomesStephen Taylor / Alamy Stock Photo Many artificial intelligence researchers see the possible future development of superhuman AI as having a non-trivial…

AI researchers predict a slim chance of apocalyptic outcomesStephen Taylor / Alamy Stock Photo Many artificial intelligence researchers see the possible future development of superhuman AI as having a non-trivial…

1. IntroductionAs a consequence of industrialization and the development of an ‘information’ society, humans have developed the ability to transform nature and establish massive urban systems (e.g., megacities, urban agglomerations,…

The New York Times is not content to let OpenAI and Microsoft get rich using the newspaper’s web content for artificial intelligence like ChatGPT without paying and sued yesterday in Manhattan federal court. We don’t know if the pun on…

Schematic illustration of evolutionary analysis to infer subtle regulatory shifts underlying human-specific single-cell transcriptomic divergence. Credit: Nature…

In the United States, it's estimated that about 57 million engage in bird feeding, each year. Credit: Richard Hall. Associate professor in…

Here at NCEI, we aren’t just data—we are people. In our Humans of NCEI series, meet the awesome minds that manage one of the largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research in the world. Get to know Chris…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The emergence of artificial intelligence has caused differing reactions from tech leaders, politicians and the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Over the weekend, the Australian government revealed that last Tuesday its navy divers had sustained…

The grasslands of the Peruvian Andean region. Credit: Mark Bush/Florida Tech Humans moved into the Andes about 15,000 years ago and their…

SoG training process. Actors collect data via sound self-play and trainers run separately over a distributed network. (A) Each search produces a number of CVPN…

Migrants cross the Rio Grande in Mexico, en route to the USAlejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images How Migration Really WorksHein de Haas (Viking Books) EVERYONE who starts geographer Hein de Haas’s How…

How do you spend a typical morning? For a sea otter it may mean a breakfast of nutritious clams.