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Should AI artists be allowed to chart alongside human artists? In this heated and unfiltered debate, we dive into one of the biggest questions facing the music industry today. Xania Monet’s manager ...

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Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...

A new paper by evolutionary anthropologists Colin Shaw (University of Zurich) and Daniel Longman (Loughborough University) argues that modern life has outpaced human evolution. The study suggests that ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

When you read about something or see it on TV, the (lack of) context might leave you guessing — or even worse, misinterpreting — the details. Luckily, r/HumanForScale solves that problem. Every ...

GÖBEKLITEPE, TURKEY—Dating back more than 12,000 years, the Neolithic site of Göbeklitepe is considered the world’s oldest monumental religious sanctuary. It is famous for its enigmatic enclosures ...

Tesla Monson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Andrew Weitz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...