The brains of our ancestors grew larger and smarter thanks to an increase in the flow of blood to the brain
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Scientific and technological innovations and economic policies promoting growth at all costs have created a consumption and production vortex on a collision course with the Earth system.
Ridiculed and ignored in 2016, what can the ‘dismal science’ offer us now?
The defining characteristics of our species will make us and our labour relevant in a new era.
In ‘Westworld’s’ land of robots, it’s the people who lack humanity.
Yes, humans hold awesome power over the rest of the planet, but nature will always fight our attempts to ‘tame’ the natural world.
While AI seems unstoppable, our improved understanding of human brains is levelling the playing field for now.
Cancer is not the modern disease many believe it to be. New fossil evidence from two South African caves suggests that its origins lie deep in prehistory.
More tasks are being given over to automation, from autopilots in transport to medical diagnosis. But humans are a poor backup for automation, especially when the automation goes wrong.
We are only just starting to understand the linguistic tools that get stuff done, move us to tears, bore us to death, or make us dizzy with delight.
Human and wildlife conflict in Tanzania’s Ruaha region is extremely tense. There are many projects underway to alleviate this tension.
Stone tools have been integral to the way archaeologists have told the human story.
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Professor for Biology, Peking University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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PhD Candidate in Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of AI and Public Policy, University of Salford
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Lecturer of Palaeolithic and African Archaeology, University of Tübingen
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Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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PhD candidate in Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Management, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate professor, The Ohio State University