Human ancestors carved meat with stone tools almost a million years earlier than expected

Marks on fossil bones may push back the earliest estimates of tool use among human ancestors by 800,000 years than previously known.

Bad News for the Genetics of Personality

A genome-wide association study using a self-report questionnaire suggests that there is no large influence of genes on personality.

Pakasuchus – the crocodile that’s trying to be a mammal

A crocodile that was very mammal-like lived 105 million years ago.

Ancient Impact on Neptune

Tags: Astronomy

Anomalous levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of Neptune indicate that there was a comet impact 230 years ago.

A warmer ocean is a less green one

Phytoplankton numbers have fallen across the world over the last century, particularly towards the poles and in the open oceans.

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