Why we’re in tune with our emotions – but suck at judging our smarts
9 December 2020
“Know thyself” is a piece of wisdom handed down from the ancients – but a slew of delusions and biases means you might be better off asking someone else
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Think your sense of self is located in your brain? Think again
9 December 2020
Most of us instinctively think that our sense of self is located in our head – but experiments show that our brains aren’t working alone in creating our sense of self
Humans couldn't pronounce 'f' and 'v' sounds before farming developed
14 March 2019
The development of agriculture in the Neolithic transformed world languages thanks to softer food – a finding that resolves a long-standing puzzle of the origin of speech sounds
Sailors spread the ancient fashion for monuments like Stonehenge
11 February 2019
Building ancient stone monuments, like Stonehenge, is a tradition that appears to have started in France and was then spread by Stone Age sailors
World's first figurative art is of an unknown animal in Borneo
7 November 2018
A red animal painted on a cave wall in Borneo more than 40,000 years ago is the oldest drawing of a real-life object ever discovered
