Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentDavid BraunAt around 2.75 million years ago, the region was populated by some of the very first humans, who had relatively small brains. These early humans are thought to have lived alongside their evolutionary ancestors: a pre-human group, called australopithecines, who had larger teeth and a mix of chimpanzee and human traits.The tool users at Namorotukunan were most likely one of these groups or possibly both.And the finding challenges the notion held by many experts in human evolution that continuous tool use emerged much later, between 2.4...
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's University Belfast, have revealed...
Esme StallardClimate and science correspondentJustin RowlattClimate editor"Coral reefs, for the past 20 years, have been subject to mass bleaching and mass mortality and that...
Just imagine this: deep beneath the icy, remote waters of the Arctic Ocean, a truly ancient Methuselah still glides fearlessly. This creatures has surprised...