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11/24/2018 / By Russel Davis

Brain size linked to ecology: Scientists discover it wasn’t a complex social network that grew the prehistoric human brain; it was how far they traveled

Social group size has nothing to do with the evolutionary process that increased the human brain’s size, a new study reveals. The scientific community has previously believed that the expansion of peer-to-peer and social interaction, more commonly known as the social brain hypothesis, may have contributed to the increase in brain size by enabling early humans to move […]

10/03/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Space travel to Mars could kill astronauts by zapping their gut bacteria

A new study published by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has thrown a major wrench into the government’s pipe dream of one day sending actual human beings to Mars. According to the study’s findings, the excessive amount of travel time that would be required to get astronauts all the way to the fourth body […]

11/28/2017 / By Ralph Flores

Dogs found to be more attracted to SMILING human faces

Dogs are called man’s best friend because of the traits they display towards humans. We really don’t need to question that: just search the internet for dog clips and you’ll be overwhelmed with results that tell you how cute they are, how dependent they are, to even how loyal they are. Even the Centers for […]

10/17/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

If someone calls you “bird brain” it may be a compliment: Researchers found that pigeons are better at multitasking than humans

Although pigeons have the brain of a bird, ironically, they are not exactly “bird-brained.” A recent research discovers that pigeons can multitask as fast as humans, and even faster in some situations, as reported by Science Daily. The study, published in the journal Current Biology, finds that pigeons are great in multitasking because their tiny brains […]

07/29/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Chimpanzees found to accumulate and transfer cultural knowledge from one generation to the next

A study that was recently published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior showed that chimpanzees, which the theory of evolution says are where men are descended from, exhibit “cumulative culture”, or the ability to build on the work of others. Until now, it was thought that only humans, baboons, and pigeons had this ability. In […]

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