Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone from a 3.2-million-year-old female specimen of the genus Australopithecus afarensis, often described as ‘the mother of us all’. During a celebration after her discovery, she was named ‘Lucy’ after the Beatles song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. Although … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. About 74,000 years ago, Mount Toba in Sumatra experienced a super eruption, one of the largest in Earth’s history, potentially causing a massive disruption to the world’s climate. Some scientists have suspected that a volcanic … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. About 74,000 years ago, Mount Toba in Sumatra experienced a super eruption, one of the largest in Earth’s history, potentially causing a massive disruption to the world’s climate. Some scientists have suspected that a volcanic … Read more
An exhibition of a Neanderthal at the Neanderthal Museum in Croatia.REUTERS/Nikola Solic What drove the Neanderthals to extinction is one of the greatest mysteries in human history. A new book “The Naked Neanderthal” says humans were the main cause thanks to their superior weapons. The author, Ludovic Slimak, thinks that humans had less creativity and … Read more