New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 42,000-year-old yellow ochre stick in Crimea and Ukraine, suggesting Neanderthals possessed ...

New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

Abstract: Implicit reward mechanism of Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) has facilitated its recent applications beyond large language models (LLMs), notably in aligning text-to-image models with ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. How do computers see the world? It’s ...

Sometimes, it's hard to tell if a person, whether a lifelong friend or someone you just met, has good intentions. Other times, they make their red flags very clear, solidifying your decision to cut ...

Abstract: The human brain undergoes dramatic structural and functional changes during the first two postnatal years. Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables the observation of dynamic ...

The Bristol Police Department is asking for help locating a driver who they said tried to pick up a 9-year-old girl from the St. Joseph School grounds on Wednesday.

Long before swords and guns, our ancestors fought with sharpened stone, fire-hardened spears, and raw instinct. These primitive weapons didn’t just change how humans hunted — they changed how we ruled ...