Language is central to Steven Pinker's conception of what makes us human.
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April 9th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video – Dr. Steven Pinker: Language Makes Us Human
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April 7th, 2009
In the News: Primate Planning
A chimp named Santino at a Swedish zoo seems to be forcing a more nuanced picture of what types of anticipation and planning our closest relatives are capable of.
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March 17th, 2009
Spark Blog: Rewriting the History of the Modern Human Mind
Just ten years ago, the prevailing view was that the modern human mind suddenly gelled in Europe some 35,000 years ago. Alison Brooks and her colleague Sally McBrearty have challenged that notion.
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March 5th, 2009
In the News: Ancient Footprints
Anthropologists recently announced they’ve discovered the first example of footprints from the early human species Homo erectus.
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February 24th, 2009
In the News: Nobel Conference – Who Were the First Humans?
Gustavus Adolphus College hosted a conference last October focused squarely on the idea of “The Human Spark.” We've met with many of the speakers.
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December 12th, 2008
In The News: The End of Evolution?
British geneticist Steve Jones has lately made the provocative assertion that human evolution is coming to its end. What do you think?
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December 2nd, 2008
In The News: Bonobos Are Not Hippie Chimps
In an article in the journal Current Biology researchers describe directly observing bonobos hunting not just small forest creatures but other primates as well.
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November 20th, 2008
In the News: On Religion and Evolution
A recent study published in Science sets aside the religious critique of evolution and examines how religion itself may be a part of human evolution.
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October 21st, 2008
Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene
In Arizona, Alan and archeologist Curtis Marean had a fireside chat about how modern humans replaced the Neanderthals. Check out this video to see how the scene was made.
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October 10th, 2008
In the News: What Ancient Cave Art Says About Us
From the discovery of painted caves in Altamira, Spain to the recent discovery of Chauvet in France, what can researchers learn from these ancient artists?
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