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TopicHuman evolution

Topic: Human evolution

How French-Chinese film on human origins in East Asia tackled China’s zero Covid policy

Pia Krishnankutty -
A docu-fiction film, Peking Man: The Last Secret of Mankind produced by Chinese state-owned China Media Group and French company 10.7 Production, will be released next year.

Celibacy can come with surprising evolutionary advantages. New research shows how

Ruth Mace -
A new study conducted in Western China asks a fundamental question about the lifelong celibacy in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.

From body to brains and personality, here’s how humans will look like after 10,000 years

Nicholas R Longrich -
Humanity is the unlikely result of 4 billion years of evolution. From self-replicating molecules in Archean seas, to eyeless fish in the Cambrian deep, to...

Volcanic events 450 million years ago triggered wipe-out of 85% of marine life

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Will humans go extinct? Yes. The question to ask is when

Nick Longrich -
We’re a deeply strange species – widespread, abundant, supremely adaptable – which all suggest we’ll stick around for a while. Survival sets a pretty low bar.

Our ancient ancestors deserve thanks for the cheese we eat today

Penny Bickle -
Humans have been making cheese using the utensils, plants and techniques available to Neolithic farmers.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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