by sagesgroup | Jun 22, 2023 | Art, Evolution, History, homepage, hp-latest, Science
Ancient human cave art is, plain and simple, really freaking cool. While it’s a record of their existence that researchers can accurately date back thousands of years, it also speaks to our early ancestors’ cognitive abilities and what we might even call culture. We...by sagesgroup | Jun 14, 2023 | Biology, Evolution, History, homepage, hp-latest, Science, Science discovery
There’s some news about everyone’s favorite great-great-great-great-great-(etc.) aunt, Lucy. Also known as AL 288-1 and Dinkinesh, our shared ancestor (or rather, 40 percent of her skeleton) was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia. This female hominid species...by sagesgroup | Mar 23, 2023 | Astronomy, Biology, Environment, Evolution, homepage, Life in Space, Space Science
Long before plants and animals existed, Earth was dominated by microscopic organisms called prokaryotes. They lived simple, single-celled lives, soaking up nutrients in the oceans billions of years ago. But Earth’s changing environment later gave rise to another type...by sagesgroup | Dec 31, 2022 | Animals, Biology, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Science, Syndicated, The Conversation
Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful.” It’s a nice sentiment, but it doesn’t explain why evolution keeps making crabs. Scientists have long wondered whether there are limits to what evolution can do or if Darwin had the right idea....by sagesgroup | Dec 18, 2022 | A1, Check, please, Evolution, Food, Food Science, Science
There are bananas, and then there are banana-flavored things. Laffy Taffy is my personal favorite, but Runts, Hi-Chews, and jelly beans also capture perhaps not this fruit’s essence but an idea of it. Where did this banana-like flavor come from? The popular narrative...by sagesgroup | Dec 5, 2022 | Animals, Biology, Dinosaurs, Earth Science, Evolution, History, Science, Syndicated, The Conversation
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened, and plants stopped photosynthesizing. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them. The food chain...