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We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong

We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong

23 May 2018

Many scientists think that our big brains evolved to help us cope with the complexities of social living, but a model suggests it was more to do with finding food and lighting fires
World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

23 May 2018

About 3 billion people speak Indo-European languages like English and Hindustani, and it seems the first such tongue was spoken south of the Caucasus mountains

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