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Northern France was already inhabited more than 650,000 years ago

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The 2019 CNRS Innovation Medallists are Ane Aanesland, Vance Bergeron, Orphée Cugat, and Livio de Luca

Ane Aanesland, Vance Bergeron, Orphée Cugat, and Livio de Luca are the 2019 CNRS Innovation Medallists. They will receive their awards during a…

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Environment

Peatlands trap CO2, even during droughts

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Society

What noggin of modern humans’ ancestor would have looked like

Despite having lived about 300,000 years ago, the oldest ancestor of all members of Homo sapiens had a surprisingly modern skull—as suggested by a…

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Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development

Several studies had already demonstrated that children who have an elder sibling have poorer linguistic performance than those who have none. Now a…

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Similar information rates across languages, despite divergent speech rates

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Virtual reconstruction of fifth distal phalanx from Denisova Cave. © Photo of distal fragment of phalanx: Eva-Maria Geigl, Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS / Université de Paris). Micro-CT scan and virtual reconstruction: Bence Viola, Department of Anthropolo
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Newfound phalanx fragment shows Denisovans closer to modern humans than Neanderthals

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Matter

Secret messages hidden in light-sensitive polymers

Scientists from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université have recently shown how valuable light-sensitive macromolecules are: when exposed to the right…

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Life
Environment

Female gorillas detect and avoid sick groups

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Even scientists have gender stereotypes … which can hamper the career of women researchers

However convinced we may be that science is not just for men, the concept of science remains much more strongly associated with masculinity than with…

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