After analyzing the skeleton of a cave lion, researchers have found the first direct evidence of Neanderthals hunting the prehistoric big cat. The findings from the study have shed new light… Read More

INTRODUCTION For decades, Neanderthals have captivated our imaginations as enigmatic cousins who once roamed the Earth. These ancient hominins, who lived in Europe and parts of Asia tens of… Read More

On the day it was killed, the cave lion was old and probably starving. But the big cat was still formidable—more than 300 kilograms of muscle, teeth, claw, and bone. Yet wielding nothi… Read More

Marks on the ribcage of a 48,000-year-old cave lion skeleton suggest the animal was killed by Neanderthals, making it the first evidence that our nearest human cousins hunted the Ice Age pre… Read More

Scientists’ understanding of the Neanderthal DNA carried by human groups in Europe and Asia is being furthered by a new examination of ancient genomes. These genetic traces may be rele… Read More

Neanderthal Planet: The Traveler, Book 5 English | October 17, 2023 | ASIN: B0CJ3WVQH5 | M4B@125 kbps | 8h 56m | 487.75 MB Author: Vaughn HeppnerNarrator: Michael Braun A nuclear attack in t… Read More

This week Bloomberg explored so-called "zombie viruses" — that is, long-dormant microbes which they call "yet another risk that climate change poses to public health" as ground that's… Read More

Bioarchaeology offers a window into human history by studying ancient skeletal remains in their archaeological contexts. Through bones and teeth, scientists uncover tales of ancient diets… Read More

For nearly eight decades, the Doomsday Clock has served as a vivid symbol, illustrating how near we are to extinction. And right now, with the clock at a mere 90 seconds to midnight, we are… Read More

The History of Gibraltar Gibraltar history: Gibraltar is a rock with a special status. This unique piece of land on the European continent has a special history. This goes back to the 18th c… Read More

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 Dr. Karikó and Weissman received the Nobel Prize for “discoveries related to nucleoside base modifications that enabled the develo… Read More

Title: Groundbreaking DNA Research Reveals Complexities in Human Evolution Recent groundbreaking research in the field of ancient DNA has challenged long-held beliefs about the history of hu… Read More

Archaeologists investigating cut logs and other wooden tools at a site near Zambia’s Kalambo Falls have found the settlement to be far more ancient than previously thought: the logs da… Read More

Both a dataset from the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative and the results of a genome-wide association research point particularly to a genomic fragment on chromosome 3 that is 50 kilobases… Read More

Imagine that Alexander the Great was gifted a fancy looking vehicle by another king of his time. As it turned out, the gift was a part of a vicious conspiracy and the vehicle was a time mach… Read More

Recommendation In this enlightening podcast, MIT research scientist Lex Fridman interviewed AI researcher and physicist Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial… Read More

Guess what? I finally finished reading 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.' I got this recommendation from another great book 'The Almanac of Naval Ravikant'. He was all about how 'Sapie… Read More

Unveiling a novel, financially motivated endeavor, a sinister Telegram bot is now being harnessed by threat actors to facilitate scams. Termed “Telekopye,” a fusion of “… Read More

Contemporary humans have a small amount of DNA derived from Neanderthals and Denisovans in their cells. A recent study published in Science on August 10, 2023, reveals that early human speci… Read More

An international team of scientists has made a discovery claiming an ancient skull found in China is unlike any human seen before. The 300,000-year-old child skull does not match any known l… Read More

Photo by Min An, PexelsI recently had a great barbecue pulled pork sandwich at The Burger Joint in Houston (see video below). When I told several friends about it, all three Texas nativ… Read More

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania’s Machine Biology Group have made a breakthrough in “molecular de-extinction” by resurrecting molecules with antibiotic propert… Read More