Human Relatives Lived

Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted.

Science - The New York Times - 10 hours ago

Footprints in Kenya ‘show distant relatives of modern humans coexisted’

Researchers say fossilised marks were apparently made in same place within days of each other about 1.5m years ago. About 1.5m years ago a big-toothed cousin of prehistoric humans walked quickly ...

World - The Guardian - 10 hours ago

Footprints show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time

World - Yahoo News - 10 hours ago

Footprints show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time

Ancient footprints discovered in Kenya belong to two different species of human relatives who walked on the same ground at the same time 1.5 million years ago, a study found.

How the lives of human smugglers surprised this award-winning author

National Book Award non-fiction winner Jason De León says writing about human smugglers taught him unexpected lessons — as immigration remains a political flashpoint.

Trump transition live updates: Trump announces pick for energy secretary

Donald Trump is wasting no time in planning his return to the White House.

Voting Landscape Becomes More Fraught as Election Day Plays Out

A largely smooth vote early on Tuesday was buffeted by bomb threats, widespread disinformation and a security lapse in Milwaukee that promised to delay results.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Hostage relatives demonstrate at Israeli prime minister's home

World - Yahoo News - November 18

Badenoch suggests final Tory migration policy would be more radical than leaving European convention on human rights – UK politics live

Conservative leader says there needs to be a ‘plan not just a promise’ beyond leaving the ECHR. William Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do

Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.

Tech - Wired - November 1

The Human Side of Digital Transformation

Lead with emotional intelligence in a tech-driven world.

Business - Inc. - 3 days ago

Israel passes law to deport relatives of attackers, including citizens

Opponents say the legislation, which would apply to close family members, is unconstitutional.

Palestinians Try to Sway Trump, Reaching Out to Tiffany Trump’s Relative

The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has met with Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law and written conciliatory letters to the president-elect, a strong supporter of Israel.

World - The New York Times - November 10

Senate GOP gives RFK Jr. pick relatively warm reception

President-elect Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set off immediate alarm among Democrats and public health experts, but so far the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 16

A Louis Armstrong relative steps up to help portray the music icon on Broadway

The new stage musical about Louis Armstrong on Broadway opens with the jazz icon in a rehearsal room alongside an anonymous piano player

Entertainment - ABC News - 3 days ago

Cuba's nationwide blackouts, shortages draw help from tourists and American relatives

Those planning to travel to Cuba have been asking questions on social media as visitors and relatives of those on the island have been sending much-needed supplies.

Joel Embiid shoves reporter: 76ers star reportedly gets in altercation over story mentioning deceased relative

Embiid's tensions with one media member boiled over on Saturday night

Sports - CBS Sports - November 3

Unexpectedly, news outlets wind up having a relatively traditional election night experience

After months of reporting on what polls described as a remarkably close race, news outlets finally have the chance to report on actual results

Entertainment - ABC News - November 6

A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers. Experts expect it to be struck down

Israel’s parliament has passed a law that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations

World - ABC News - November 7

Get ready for a relatively quick extension of some 2017 tax cuts if GOP holds on to House

If Republicans end up with a sweep of the House, Senate and White House, they’re expected to focus on using a budget process known as reconciliation to address the upcoming expiration of their 2017 ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

AI may displace 3m jobs but long-term losses ‘relatively modest’, says Tony Blair’s thinktank

Rise in unemployment in low hundreds of thousands as technology creates roles, Tony Blair Institute suggests. Artificial intelligence could displace between 1m and 3m private sector jobs in the ...

World - The Guardian - November 8

Satirical outlet The Onion has bought Alex Jones' Infowars at auction, relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims say

Entertainment - ABC News - November 14

Belarus has arrested scores of relatives of dissidents ahead of presidential vote, activists say

Belarusian authorities have detained over 100 relatives of political prisoners in a new wave of arrests ahead of January’s election in which authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking ...

World - ABC News - November 15

So you're gathering with relatives whose politics are different. Here are some tips for the holidays

There’s no place like home for the holidays

Health - ABC News - 3 days ago

One Tech Tip: Home for the holidays? Show relatives you care with some tech support

As the holiday season kicks off, the journey home could also mean that those who are more tech-savvy will be called on to provide a backlog of tech support to parents, grandparents and other family

Tech - ABC News - 14 hours ago

A human is not designed to see what I saw

A former Welsh Guard describes having a "catastrophic breakdown" after returning from Helmand Province.

Will Tennis Choose to Reckon With Human Rights in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia and tennis are becoming increasingly intertwined, but there is growing pushback from human rights experts.

Sports - The New York Times - November 11

The very human problem with not-quite-self-driving cars

The better an automated system performs, the more complacent — and dangerous — we become

World - Financial Times - November 12

Human remains found inside freezer of Michigan home

Human remains have been found inside a freezer after blood was found on the floor of a residence in Michigan, police said.

Human head floats ashore in South Florida

Police in South Florida are working to determine the identity of a head that washed ashore near Key Biscayne on Tuesday morning.

‘Robot revolution’ forces China’s human workforce to adapt

Factory machinery is evolving fast. Can the workers who will use it keep up?

World - Financial Times - November 14

How human composting offers alternatives to burial, cremation

Tom Harries, CEO and founder of Earth Funeral, explains the process of being turned into soil in about 30 days — and how your loved ones can then decide what to do with it.

"Human … Please die": Chatbot responds with threatening message

In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."

California mountain lions are adapting to human schedules: Study

Mountain lions in the greater Los Angeles region are consciously shifting their activity to avoid interacting with human residents, a new study has found. Big cats living in areas with higher ...

Politics - The Hill - November 15

BlackRock accused of contributing to climate and human rights abuses

OECD complaint alleges top firm has increased investments in companies implicated in environmental devastation. BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset management company, faces a complaint at the ...

World - The Guardian - November 20

Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body

Scientists are mapping out the 37 trillion cells of the human body and changing what we thought we knew

MP calls for ban on auction sales of human remains

Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy said she has been told of human remains frequently auctioned "disguised as modified items or replicas".

Humans in the Loop I Sunday on 60 Minutes

Lesley Stahl reports on the growing market of “humans in the loop” — workers around the world who help train AI for big American tech companies. They say they face poor working conditions, low ...

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Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another

Footprints in Kenya ‘show distant relatives of modern humans coexisted’

Footprints show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time

Footprints show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time

How the lives of human smugglers surprised this award-winning author

Trump transition live updates: Trump announces pick for energy secretary

Voting Landscape Becomes More Fraught as Election Day Plays Out

Hostage relatives demonstrate at Israeli prime minister's home

Badenoch suggests final Tory migration policy would be more radical than leaving European convention on human rights – UK politics live

AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do

The Human Side of Digital Transformation

Israel passes law to deport relatives of attackers, including citizens

Palestinians Try to Sway Trump, Reaching Out to Tiffany Trump’s Relative

Senate GOP gives RFK Jr. pick relatively warm reception

A Louis Armstrong relative steps up to help portray the music icon on Broadway

Cuba's nationwide blackouts, shortages draw help from tourists and American relatives

Joel Embiid shoves reporter: 76ers star reportedly gets in altercation over story mentioning deceased relative

Unexpectedly, news outlets wind up having a relatively traditional election night experience

A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers. Experts expect it to be struck down

Get ready for a relatively quick extension of some 2017 tax cuts if GOP holds on to House

AI may displace 3m jobs but long-term losses ‘relatively modest’, says Tony Blair’s thinktank

Satirical outlet The Onion has bought Alex Jones' Infowars at auction, relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims say

Belarus has arrested scores of relatives of dissidents ahead of presidential vote, activists say

So you're gathering with relatives whose politics are different. Here are some tips for the holidays

One Tech Tip: Home for the holidays? Show relatives you care with some tech support

A human is not designed to see what I saw

Will Tennis Choose to Reckon With Human Rights in Saudi Arabia?

The very human problem with not-quite-self-driving cars

Human remains found inside freezer of Michigan home

Human head floats ashore in South Florida

‘Robot revolution’ forces China’s human workforce to adapt

How human composting offers alternatives to burial, cremation

"Human … Please die": Chatbot responds with threatening message

California mountain lions are adapting to human schedules: Study

BlackRock accused of contributing to climate and human rights abuses

Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body

MP calls for ban on auction sales of human remains

Humans in the Loop I Sunday on 60 Minutes

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