Filthy Monkey Men - We did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey men

Articles Brain & behaviour

3 optical illusions that trick humans and monkeys

Humans are vulnerable to a whole host of optical illusions. Since we share a common ancestor with monkeys, similarities between us makes them vulnerable too

8 stone age murder victims found in Spain

430,000 years ago Homo heidelbergensis lived in Spain, but it wasn't all peachy for them. Analysis of fossils reveals murder was common.

430,000-year-old ambidextrous human found

Researchers studying the brains of an ancient human species have found that one individual favoured their left hand, but used their right hand more.

Articles Evolution of our body

Neanderthal hands could have made human tools

Neanderthal hands preserve evidence of their muscles. These reveal that they were very dexterous, on par with our own level of dexterity.

By Adam Benton, 2 weeks ago

Ancient technology Articles

Food preparation gave us evolutionary advantage

How did humans outcompete Neanderthals? New research suggests we were better at food preparation, giving us the evolutionary edge.

By Adam Benton, 2 weeks ago

Ancient technology Articles

Was the first grave an accident?

Sima de los Huesos is a Spanish cave that may well be the worlds first grave. Or is it just an accidental accumulation? New research investigates.

By Adam Benton, 3 weeks2 weeks ago

Articles Creationism

Carbon dating: testing creationist arguments

Testing carbon dating on objects of known age helped prove the method was reliable. Now researchers are doing it again to prove creationists aren’t.

By Adam Benton, 3 weeks ago

Articles Brain & behaviour

Facial reconstruction of a 25,000-year-old “Shaman”

In 1949 a shaman was discovered at Dolni Vestonici. 70 years later, technological advancments mean its now possible to do a forensic facial reconstruction.

By Adam Benton, 4 weeks3 weeks ago