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Research reveals early Europeans ate creepy crawlies regularly

Research reveals early Europeans ate creepy crawlies regularly

By Stephen Beech Early Europeans ate beetles and other creepy crawlies, according to new research. But the ingestion of bugs was likely by accident, suggests the study. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, come from a forensic analysis of dental plaque from early humans, dating back up to

Research shows Neanderthals gathered shellfish like modern humans

Research shows Neanderthals gathered shellfish like modern humans

By Stephen Beech Cavemen gathered shellfish to eat using the same methods as modern humans, according to new research. Neanderthals in southern Europe collected mollusks throughout the year — with a marked preference for the colder months, suggests the study. The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy

The sex lives of Neanderthal males - and human females

The sex lives of Neanderthal males - and human females

Dating out of your league? New research says it's a tale as old as time. A study out Thursday in Science argues that Neanderthal men and human women were particularly inclined to mate, a sexual habit that offers insight into the evolution of the modern human genome. In

A Message from an Alien

Imagine an alien arrives on planet earth with no knowledge of what to expect. They are supposed to observe the social, economic and environmental systems to gain information that can be applied to developments back on their home planet. The imbalance present on Earth and within its societies would be

The consequences of bear and human interactions

The consequences of bear and human interactions

For mammals as notorious as the black bears and grizzly bears of Yellowstone National Park (YNP) are, and considering they earn the park upwards of $10 million in revenue every year via tourist viewing, they became borderline endangered in the 1970’s. Human involvement with bears was held responsible for

Astro Weekly: Collective Experience

On an autumn night at a local dive bar, a friend and I were having a discussion on the limited amount of life we have here on earth. I had recently finished reading Seneca’s “Dialogues and Essays”, in which he essentially claims that life is not actually short if

A strange creature

Octopus, chameleon, mushroom, giraffe…we share the planet with organisms that look more alien than any image that I can conjure. I think that the magnificence of our naturally selected friends, paired with how often we see other humans, causes us to overlook our own weirdness. Repetition breeds indifference. The