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Photo credit: Professor Larry Barham, University of Liverpool, via EurekAlert!

Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Read More ›
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Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought

Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed. Read More ›
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Photo: A slingshot spider, by Lawrence E. Reeves, via George Institute of Technology/EurekAlert!

Research Reveals Biological Design in the Sensing and Manipulation of Force

The laws of physics constrain what can happen, but not how it happens. Biological designs show expertise in the use of forces for function. Read More ›
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How Butterflies “Evolve” by Design

Biologists have wondered how the patterns on butterfly wings change.  Read More ›
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Cell Machines Maintain the Planet for Life

Machines packed in exquisite geometrical structures play a major role in cleaning the air and regulating carbon for the entire planet. Read More ›

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