Major discovery in Tamil Nadu’s Keezhadi: A possible link to Indus Valley Civilisation Another major discovery is that people in the Sangam period were literate
Year: 2023
Why Are Languages Worth Preserving?
As UNESCO brings urgent awareness to Indigenous languages this year, a linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical. I MET THE last speaker of
How we discovered that Neanderthals could make art
What makes us human? A lot of people would argue it is the ability of our species to engage in complex behaviour such as using
It’s Official: Neanderthals Created Art
New evidence from caves in Spain shows that Neanderthals engaged in complex symbolic thought—and were pretty good artists to boot. This article was originally published
Chinese scientist who produced genetically altered babies sentenced to 3 years in jail
He Jiankui and two collaborators were found guilty of “illegal medical practices” He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who stunned the world last year by announcing
Oldest Stone Tools Ever Found Were Not Made by Human Hands, Study Suggests
(Image: Fossilized hippopotamid skeleton with Oldowan artifacts) Archaeologists have revealed what could be the oldest stone tools ever found, and they think someone other than
Viruses Are a Primary Driver of Human Evolution
Scientists have always known of the impact that viral pathogens have had on Homo sapiens evolution. Remnants of viral DNA can found dispersed throughout the human genome,
Primate Speciation: A Case Study of African Apes
Biological anthropologists use genetic data to understand the evolutionary relationships that humans share with great apes and to examine how our genetic history differs from
The Origin of the Human Species: a Chromosome Fusion?
Some 60 years ago, two researchers, Joe Hin Tjio and Albert Levan, discovered that the number of chromosomes (karyotype) in humans was 46 chromosomes, that is, 23 pairs
Did Humanity Really Arise in One Place?
New evidence is prompting researchers to rethink Homo sapiens’ origin story—and what it means to be human. ✽ AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT in the early 2010s, I