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Asteroid, Volcano or Both? Scientists Can’t Agree on the True Dinosaur Killer

A 6-mile-wide space rock and colossal eruptions racked Earth at the same fateful moment. Scientists have tried for decades to determine the primary suspect behind the Cretaceous Extinction.
‘Irreplaceable’ 1,000-year-old Native American rock carvings vandalized in Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Forest

The series of more than 100 rock carvings, or petroglyphs, in the forest’s Track Rock Gap were created by Creek and Cherokee people beginning more than 1,000 years ago.
Europe’s oldest known humans mated with Neandertals surprisingly often

The two species regularly interbred by about 45,000 years ago.
Is it Possible to Create an Ethical Psychedelics Company?

The debate around psychedelic patents reflects a deeper question about how to create a business model that puts values before profits.
Humans Were Actually Apex Predators For 2 Million Years, New Study Finds

Paleolithic cuisine was anything but lean and green, according to a recent study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors. For a good 2 million years, Homo sapiens ditched the salad and dined heavily on meat, putting them at the top of the food chain.