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Spanish cave paintings may be the handiwork of Neanderthals

May 24th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

40,000-year-old cave paintings found in El Castillo cave in Spain may be the handiwork of Neanderthals, fueling the argument about

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Most modern Europeans shared common ancestors

May 21st, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Genetic research suggests that all modern Europeans have common ancestors who lived 1,000 years ago. Whether they are a Serb

Searching for the common language of our ancestors

May 14th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Mark Pagel, an evolutionary theorist from the University of Reading, believes that many of today’s languages could have stemmed from

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Preserving ancient human footprints through technology

May 6th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists are developing new techniques to preserve the footprints of our ancestors. The authors explored two methods in this study:

Humans left Africa more recently than previously thought

April 4th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Genetic research performed on samples of ancient mitochondrial DNA suggests humans left Africa more recently than previously thought: between 62,000

Human migration into Pacific wiped out birds

April 4th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Researchers are estimating that 1,000 species of bird were wiped out when humans migrated into the Pacific region. The first

Humans arrived in South America 22,000 years ago

March 22nd, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Stone tools found at a rock-shelter in Brazil suggest that people inhabited South America 22,000 years ago, long before the

Deformed skull suggests inbreeding in early humans

March 20th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Fragments of a 100,000-year-old skull shows evidence of a now-rare congenital deformity that may have arisen due to inbreeding among

Question of the Moment
Government eavesdropping on private citizens has been happening for centuries. Is the current episode a violation of the fourth amendment of the Constitution which guards against unreasonable search?
- No. The government is not doing anything unreasonable.
- Yes. It is unreasonable and the surveillance should be stopped at once. The Constitution says "We the People." It does not say, "We the Government."
- Yes. It is unreasonable but we have to understand that the threat to public safety requires action.
- The question is academic. The unauthorized surveillance is pretty much ineffective anyway (e.g. the Boston Marathon bombing)
- If the framers of the Constitution could see the 21st century, they would understand that new technology requires action not imagined in the 18th century.
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