Oxford professor identifies potential successor to humans on Earth: “A civilization-building species”
An Oxford academic has theorized about what might happen if humans were to go extinct and reveals which species could take ...
Reversing EPA’s Endangerment Finding Would Be Steep Legal Battle, Experts Say
The Endangerment Finding itself is not a regulation, but a scientific determination that triggers regulations under the Clean ...
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Megalodon looked much different than how humans have imagined
Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...
Scientists Just Found the Secret Difference Between Human and Primate Brains
Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...
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When did humans first develop language? Scientists think they know
One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...
Why only humans can speak the way they do and not other animals
Recent research from The Rockefeller University suggests a unique mutation in the NOVA1 gene, specific to humans, played a ...