Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question.
A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
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Who was the last Neanderthal?
We don’t know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia.
Did Neanderthals wear clothes?
Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?
Neanderthals and modern humans interbred ‘at the crossroads of human migrations’ in Iran, study finds
A new ecological model suggests Neanderthals and modern humans interbred in the Zagros Mountains in what is now Iran before going their separate ways 80,000 years ago.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 will be the next Waymo robotaxi
Waymo’s robotaxis are going to get a lot more angular in the future. Today, the autonomous driving startup and Hyundai announced that they have formed a strategic partnership, and the first product will be the integration of Waymo’s autonomous vehicle…
Google as Darth Vader: Why iA Writer quit the Android app market
The team behind iA Writer, a distraction-free writing app that syncs across platforms, has left its Android app “frozen in carbonite.” The app is still alive for those who had it installed, but it cannot sync with Drive or be…
Men are carrying the brunt of the loneliness epidemic
A few weeks before Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey, announced in May 2024 that they were expecting, the pop icon posted a selfie where he appears tearful and distraught. While media attention quickly pivoted to the pregnancy, there was…
Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial
Any striking marketing claims in companies’ ads about the gut benefits of a popular probiotic may be full of, well, the same thing that has their target audience backed up. In a randomized controlled trial, the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp.…
Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
We tend to think of agriculture as a human innovation. But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing them with nutrients, and harvesting them as food.…
Faulty Samsung update leaves owners of bricked Galaxy phones with few options
Samsung issued a software update on October 2 that bricked some older Galaxy smartphones. While Samsung has stopped the update from rolling out further, those with broken phones have received a harsh reminder of the importance of data backups. On…
