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- The Hobbit’s bite gets a stress test
- Interstellar comets like Borisov may not be all that rare
- Scholars dispel claims of cannibalistic Caribs
- Geologists dig into Grand Canyon's mysterious gap in time
| The Hobbit’s bite gets a stress test Posted: 23 Aug 2021 08:03 AM PDT If you've ever suffered from a sore jaw that popped or clicked when you chewed gum or crunched hard foods, you may be able to blame it on your extinct ancestors. That's according to a recent study of the chewing mechanics of an ancient human relative called Homo floresiensis, which inhabited the Indonesian island of Flores before our species arrived there some 50,000 years ago. |
| Interstellar comets like Borisov may not be all that rare Posted: 23 Aug 2021 05:56 AM PDT Astronomers calculate that the Oort Cloud may be home to more visiting objects than objects that belong to our solar system. |
| Scholars dispel claims of cannibalistic Caribs Posted: 21 Aug 2021 08:39 AM PDT A group of scholars is denouncing what they call unsubstantiated and harmful claims of cannibalistic Caribs migrating to the Caribbean. |
| Geologists dig into Grand Canyon's mysterious gap in time Posted: 19 Aug 2021 04:50 PM PDT At certain sites in the Grand Canyon, more than one billion years' worth of rocks have gone missing from the geologic record. Scientists are trying to figure out why. |
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