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There’s a strange connection between human laughter and primate aggression that evolutionary science can’t figure out
Here's something that'll make your next giggle session feel a bit weird: scientists genuinely can't figure out if your ...
Learn how repeated burn injuries may have acted as a form of natural selection, influencing human genes linked to healing and ...
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Humans have a strange reflex that no other primate has—and it might be a leftover from ancient fear
A car backfires, and your shoulders jump. A shadow moves, and your eyes fly open before your brain catches up. That dramatic ...
On dry nights, the San hunter-gatherers of Namibia often sleep under the stars. They have no electric lights or new Netflix releases keeping them awake. Yet when they rise in the morning, they haven’t ...
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A Biologist Explains Why Humans Have Chins. Hint: Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer
The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...
Researchers set up a series of tea party-like experiments with Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who had provided decades ...
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