Thousands march in protest at Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman
Thousands of trans rights protesters have marched through central London days after a Supreme Court ruled on the definition of a woman. Supporters, trade unions and community organisations came together for what was billed as an “emergency demonstration” which started in Parliament Square before heading towards St James’s Park…
Ancient Housing Reveals Shocking Patterns of Inequality Across Human History
Ancient housing data shows that wealth inequality often followed land monopolization but was sometimes curbed by inclusive governance. If current interpretations of the archaeological record are correct, stone alignments found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge may be the remains of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis…
Rewriting Prehistory: Enigmatic Human Relative Discovered in Taiwan
A fossil jawbone found off Taiwan has been confirmed as Denisovan using ancient protein analysis, revealing they lived in both cold and warm climates and had distinct physical traits. A Pleistocene-era hominin jawbone discovered in Taiwan has been conclusively identified as Denisovan through a new paleoproteomic analysis…
Rewriting History: Researchers Rethink the Origin of Stone Tools
Early humans likely used naturally sharp rocks before making their own tools, a new hypothesis suggests, potentially pushing the origin of stone technology back millions of years. The development of sharp stone tools over three million years ago enabled early humans to more effectively access both animal and plant food sources…
Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago
About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by using sunscreen-like ochre, tailored clothing, and caves. Neanderthals, lacking these technologies, likely faced greater exposure and disappeared around the same time. Ancient Homo sapiens may have survived a spike in solar radiation about 41,000 years ago…
DHS report accuses Kilmar Abrego Garcia of human trafficking
El Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 member who likely engaged in human trafficking while in the United States, a Department of Homeland Security report says…
Humanoid robots race humans in a half-marathon in Beijing
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 13-mile course. – REUTERS…
Putin announces an Easter ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine starting on April 19, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of captured soldiers in the largest exchange since Moscow’s full-scale invasion started over three years ago. France 24’s Douglas Herbert, Fraser Jackson and Emmanuelle Chaze tell us more…
Opinion: It’s Time To Get Rid Of Fall Damage
Free faller.Falling. It hurts, right? We’ve all tripped up over nothing while walking and scraped our knees, or tripped up the stairs and landed face-first. It’s not fun. It’s embarrassing, it’s painful, and it stands as a persistent reminder that I am the most clumsy of human beings…