“When am I ever going to use this?” The real answer #students need to hear

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Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest #Oldowan toolmakers

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New discoveries of #Australopithecus and #Homo from #Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A look at the EDJ of the #teeth of ancient #Egyptians suggests that foraging people were replaced by farmers during the 6th millennium BCE, rather than taking up farming themselves. Some foragers persisted in #Sudan.

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Running performance in Australopithecus afarensis

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“Much about the #human evolutionary story has changed over the past century, but one reality has not. Despite crucial developments in molecular & primatological studies, fossils & their context remain the primary evidence for understanding our origins.”
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The findings, published in the journal of ecologicalsociety.bsky.social, suggest these endangered canids may play an unexpected role in plant pollination.

#Ethiopian wolves reported to feed on #nectar for the first time.
Researchers have documented Ethiopian wolves consuming nectar from red hot poker flowers, marking the first recorded instance of a large carnivore species feeding on floral nectar.
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