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Joseph Shavit

Jul 22, 2022

When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?

A study has made an estimation of the time when some of the genetic variants that characterise our species emerged.

Joseph Shavit

Oct 11, 2021

What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA

Researchers have now found a previously overlooked part of our DNA that may explain why our brains work differently.

Joseph Shavit

Aug 6, 2021

Cave painting show Neanderthals were not the boorish relatives of Homo sapiens

Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave 60,000 years ago.