A new paper was published relating to some of the animals the first humans inhabiting Australia would have encountered. While not the “high definition” information that DNA provides, this new study was able to use proteins to untangle some of the genetic relationships instead.

Too adorable 🥹 This young fan in Phoenix stole the show with the cutest wave on the Jumbotron!

It really can be explained this simply.

Random cursed mammoth sighting

Anyone have access to this paper? pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

This has been the consensus for a while. Whether you call it ‘extinction’ or not is mostly semantics. Neanderthals were gradually absorbed into our lineage. In that sense, they went extinct through absorption.

Also notice the chin. A trait not found in Neanderthals.

Winds od winter

the extremely rare passing of the white cap

AI is terrible when it comes to ancient life. Whether art or information - I’ve found it to be extremely unreliable. This is a great example of that.

Had to break out this classic for hamstring curls.

EDGE Central Much like the Mesozoic episodes (which occurred over the whole of the Maastrichtian, longer than the Pliocene and Quaternary combined), this seems to wander back and forth throughout the Pleistocene.

Opened twitter to more notifications than I’ve ever had, so I’m not going to attempt to respond to each person, but here:

People debating with AI on social media, trying to trick them into a "gotcha" moment, might be the funniest and saddest thing seen in this time full of funny and sad things.

They’re taking real human mummies then removing two of the fingers and toes, and using those removed bones to extend the remaining digits. Then they use the white diatomaceous earth to cover their cut marks. In some cases you can see where they used metal to hold those modified

Shi Huang 黄石 Thats an incorrect interpretation. – SAHG represent one of the deepest splits (next to the even deeper WAHG Ghost); this was already known, but the new data present further information on their long-term isolation. – We do have limited fossil record; e.g. the 315k Jebel Irhoud.

Gonzalo Chavez Joseph A P Wilson In this scan of "Maria" you can see the the extensor tendons running along the dorsal surface of the wrist and metacarpals. If this mummy really had only three fingers, why is there a fourth extensor tendon visible where a normal human thumb should be located?