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Flint chopping tools were used by early humans beginning 2.6 million years ago to break animal bones and release the high-calorie marrow inside, a study has found. Researchers led from Germany and Isreal analysed the function of 53 similar chopping tools found at the 400,000-year old site of Revadim, east of Ashdod. Each chopping tool … Read more
While SpaceX’s Elon Musk is looking to Mars as the first off-Earth civilization, one scientist has his sights set on the dwarf planet Ceres. Physicist Pekka Janhunen from Finnish Meteorological Institute revealed his plan to construct a ‘megasatellite’ that orbits the planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The disk-shaped habitat would … Read more
Human hunter-gatherers find food, reproduce, share parenting responsibilities and organise social groups in ways that mirror local birds and mammals, a study found. Researchers from the UK and Germany analysed data on the behaviours of foraging human and local animal populations from 339 locations across the globe. They found that for nearly all behaviours analysed, humans … Read more
It is an issue troubling some of the greatest minds in the world at the moment, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk described AI as our ‘biggest existential threat’ and likened its development as ‘summoning the demon’. He believes super intelligent machines could use humans as pets. Professor Stephen … Read more
It is an issue troubling some of the greatest minds in the world at the moment, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk described AI as our ‘biggest existential threat’ and likened its development as ‘summoning the demon’. He believes super intelligent machines could use humans as pets. Professor Stephen … Read more
Early humans living two million years ago already had the skills and tools they needed in order to cope with the effects of climate change, study shows. Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute studied changes to the environment and habitats of early hominins at the Oldupai Gorge heritage site in Tanzania. Also known as the … Read more
Many people hate to walk away from a situation they’ve invested significant time, money or resources on, even if it’s hopeless. Those wasted efforts are called ‘sunk costs’ and the more you spend, the more you’re likely to keep at it. It turns out our primate cousins act the same way, according to a new … Read more
Archaeologists believe they’ve found the oldest known tool used for grinding or scraping, dating back some 350,000 years. Found in the Tabun Cave in northern Israel, the implement is a cobble, a type of small rounded stone, and predates homo sapiens by at least 50,000 years. Previously, such tools weren’t thought to have been introduced … Read more
Early humans may have survived harsh winters more than 400,000 years ago by HIBERNATING, fossil experts reveal New fossil evidence suggests our predecessors may have slept through winter Bones from grave shows how we survived harsh winters 400,000 years ago Researchers found signs of hibernation with months of interrupted bone growth By Clare Mccarthy For Mailonline Published: 13:37 … Read more
Come friendly climes and smile on Slough… it’s most definitely fit for humans now! Town mocked by Betjeman and The Office is judged best place to live during winter Slough topped list of the most desirable place in Britain to live in winter months Researchers studied Met Office data for the 50 biggest UK towns … Read more