The popular hypothesis is that Neanderthals ruled Northern Europe until Homo Sapiens showed up 40k years ago and drove them out over the next 10k years, but new fossils reveal that, before Homo Sapiens arrived, the Neanderthals drove two other hominid species out themselves.
Precursor to Homo Sapiens that Vanished
Credit: Mauricio Anton
With the evidence appearing to show that Neanderthals were smart, had culture, cave paintings, and tool use, the reason humans beat them out appears to be dumb luck, as environmental changes, a warmer world and less vegetation, favored homo sapiens’ Olympic runners over Neanderthals’ stocky wrestlers.
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It was previously assumed that sperm whales ate giant squids from the sucker-mark scars left on the whales from the fight, but now, for the first time, we have photographic evidence of a sperm whale consuming one of these monsters of the dark depths.
Sperm Whale Catches Giant Squid
Credit: Tony Wu
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Slideshow of fantastic images from the refurbished Hubble.
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