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3D models of the femur and ulnae of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Humans

Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

An analysis of thigh and forearm bones from Sahelanthropus tchadensis suggests the early hominin was mainly bipedal, but the claim is controversial

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Chewing gum

Humans

Chewing can increase your body's energy use by up to 15 per cent

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Someone pointing on a phone

Technology

Your smartphone could recognise you just by the way you hold it

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An artificial intelligence that analyses the microbiome and then recommends personalised diets may relieve chronic constipation more effectively that the standard treatment

Health

AI that recommends diets based on the microbiome relieves constipation

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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

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Digital restoration of fossil child and adult crania

Humans

Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

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DEWD0X Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. Archaeological Site: Gran Dolina. World Heritage Site. Burgos. Castilla-Leon. Spain.

Humans

Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity

Culture

Illustration of a Neolithic farming village

Humans

Evolution of lactose tolerance probably driven by famine and disease

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Swatted dead mosquito

Technology

AI learns how to recognise the species of splatted mosquitoes

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Two rooks in an aviary

Life

Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

The "corvid palace", a renowned UK centre for research on intelligence in crows and their kin that was due to be shut down this month, has been saved by a campaign kick-started by a 51¶¯Âþ article

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Humans

Mistakenly calling AIs 'sentient' is more dangerous than we think

Comment

Technology

A four-legged robot can learn to walk in an hour like a newborn foal

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Humans

When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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Technology

AI can use your brainwaves to see things that you can't

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