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.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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.