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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

Unlike people, 43 species of monkeys and apes are known to have so-called vocal membranes, which may prevent them from having precise voice control

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Digital restoration of fossil child and adult crania

Humans

Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

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A pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) in south-east Queensland, Australia

Life

Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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DEWD0X Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. Archaeological Site: Gran Dolina. World Heritage Site. Burgos. Castilla-Leon. Spain.

Humans

Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity

Culture

Illustration of a Neolithic farming village

Humans

Evolution of lactose tolerance probably driven by famine and disease

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Illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex in the jungle

Life

Controversial idea that T. rex was three species comes under fire

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Ai chipset with human brain on computer circuit board. Artificial intelligence, Data mining, and Deep learning modern computer technology. Ai CPU concept. 3D Rendering.; Shutterstock ID 1949704300; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Mistakenly calling AIs 'sentient' is more dangerous than we think

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Illustration of a warm-blooded ancestor of mammals

Life

Ear anatomy shows warm-blooded animals evolved 233 million years ago

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Illustration of Qikiqtania wakei in the water

Life

A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water

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Life

Antarctic bacteria reveal an evolutionary limit to dealing with heat

Some bacteria living in the Southern Ocean can't adapt to temperatures 2°C higher than what they can usually survive, and other organisms could face similar limits adapting to higher temperatures

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Humans

When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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Life

Meraxes gigas was a huge dinosaur with tiny arms like T. rex

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Mind

Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

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Earth

How long does evolution take? It happens on two different timescales

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