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Mods wanted!
If anyone would like to help me set up these communities and/or mod, please get in touch. This place is what we make it and I’d love some fresh ideas. I mod a number of smaller science subreddits and would like to help make this place just as nice, if not better! You do not need experience. :)
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Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/study-finds-humans-making-fire-400000-years-ago-128285400-3
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Cities aren’t built for women — it’s time to change that
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03930-816
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First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr43gq61g2qo33
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Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/ancient-egyptians-likely-used-opiates-regularly/Source paper: The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts (open access)
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Some early East Asians did not meet Denisovans
https://www.mpg.de/25634317/1030-evan-some-early-east-asians-did-not-meet-denisovans-150495-x35
2mon
‘The most violent attack ever documented’: Five female bonobos kill a male, challenging beliefs about the species’ peaceful nature
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-10-22/the-most-violent-attack-ever-documented-five-female-bonobos-kill-a-male-challenging-beliefs-about-the-species-peaceful-nature.html10
2mon
Paranthropus boisei was Capable of Tool Making, New Fossil Suggests
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/paranthropus-boisei-tool-making-14295.html2
2mon
Research Software & Tools for Resource-Limited Scholars
https://blog.liberta.vip/academically/research-software-and-tools-for-resource-limited-scholarsThe idea in this post is to share the software tools I use for my research, which I hope will be helpful for others, especially those without money or enough resources. #researchtools #lowbudgetresearch #poorresearchers #freesoftware #opensource #writing #dataanalysis #research
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Research Software & Tools for Resource-Limited Scholars
https://blog.liberta.vip/academically/research-software-and-tools-for-resource-limited-scholarscross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6493345
The idea in this post is to share the software tools I use for my research, which I hope will be helpful for others, especially those without money or enough resources. #researchtools #lowbudgetresearch #poorresearchers #freesoftware #opensource #writing #dataanalysis #research
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We're The Only Ones With Chins - And We Don't Know Why | PBS Eons [13:46]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkYITGZccMs10
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The anthropomorphic mask of the Bwami initiation society
https://collection-lacharriere.quaibranly.fr/en/anthropomorphic-bwami-mask13
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Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/ice-age-hunters-in-south-america-preferred-now-extinct-megafauna/25
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Million-year-old skull ‘rewrites human evolution’: Yunxian 2, found in China in 1990, indicates Homo sapiens may have emerged 400,000 years earlier
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/26/million-year-old-skull-rewrites-human-evolution/12
3mon
Archaeologists Found A Rare 30,000-Year-Old Toolkit That Once Belonged To A Stone Age Hunter
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-found-a-rare-30000-year-old-toolkit-that-once-belonged-to-a-stone-age-hunter/16
3mon
Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, scientists claim
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx01ve5151o17
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Homo floresiensis' in utero development was similar to other humans, suggesting growth slowdown only after birth
https://theconversation.com/hobbits-of-flores-evolved-to-be-small-by-slowing-down-growth-during-childhood-new-research-on-teeth-and-brain-size-suggests-261257?utm_source=fediverse71
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Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
https://theconversation.com/race-isnt-a-biological-reality-contrary-to-recent-political-claims-heres-how-scientific-consensus-on-race-developed-in-the-20th-century-25350428
9mon
Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250324142002.htm5
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Prehistoric bone tool 'factory' hints at early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250305134707.htm59
10mon
Happy Birthday David Graeber!
cross-posted from: https://szmer.info/post/5995617 ... read full post
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Early human ancestors didn’t regularly eat meat
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/early-human-ancestors-didnt-eat-meat8
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Iron Age Celtic women’s social and political power just got a boost
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/iron-age-celtic-women-power-dna3
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