More than 60 ancient tools found in France and Spain have been identified as whale bone, and the evidence shows that people made tools from this material a thousand years earlier than previously thought

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The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives

#MonthlyShowcase Sophie Berdugo's article 'Music sounds better with you? How your listening habits affect your love life' was selected as January 2025's showcase. The article was published in The Observer New Review. 🔗 zurl.co/D6rLO @sophieberdugo.bsky.social#MonthlyShowcase @ObserverUK

Young black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys often want to hold other females’ infants, but mothers are more willing to pass their infant to an experienced caregiver

🌌America turns its back on science and the cosmos 🌳Photosynthesis problems with high [CO2] 🧠Mysterious memory illusion www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz7u... With: @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @jjaron.bsky.social, @tinymaddie.bsky.social, @sophieberdugo.bsky.social

Chimps (aggro) and bonobos (hippies) aren't so behaviourally different as we think. On this week's podcast we hear from primatologists Jake Brooker, Katarina Almeida-Warren and @sophieberdugo.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrX...

When you see red, how do you know someone else isn't seeing it as the colour you call green? A new way to measure our individual experience of colour suggests this long-standing philosophical question has an answer.

When did the first water molecules form? A new simulation of exploding stars suggests it could have been far earlier than anyone thought possible.

While experimenting with waves, researchers discovered that vibrating a container of liquid would cause bubble to "gallop" across its surface

Bonobos are quick to help a person who doesn’t know what they know, a sign that they are able to deduce the mental states of others. www.newscientist.com/article/2466...