Scientists are pondering whether to differentiate our ancestors as neanderthals, denisovans, etc, or just call them all 'people' as genetics show modern humans aren't that diverse.
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The fossil of a 13-year-old found in Siberia reinforces the theory that different subspecies of human predecessors courted each other and interbred often.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Give these pompous humans a few more years and they will find that the average human IQ is less than that for elephants, dolphins or chimps. The arrogance of the human race really surprises me. We are just another, ultimately to be failed, a branch of evolution – Period.
Give these pompous humans a few more years and they will find that the average human IQ is less than that for elephants, dolphins or chimps. The arrogance of the human race really surprises me. We are just another, ultimately to be failed, a branch of evolution – Period.