Women evolved to have bigger hips than men because our primitive ancestors laid EGGS, study claims

Women evolved to have bigger hips than men because our primitive ancestors laid EGGS millions of years ago, study claims For years it was thought that women have wide hips to allow delivery of babies But female chimps also have wide hips, despite having smaller babies Experts say a shared ancestor developed wide hips to … Read more

Fossils: Tiny, 48-million-year-old primitive horse that looked like a badger found in German oil pit

Primitive horse the size of a small dog that looked like a badger is reconstructed after a skeleton of the 48-million-year-old species is found in a German oil pit The horse specimen was recovered from the Messel Pit near Frankfurt in 2015 This UNESCO World Heritage site is famous for its stunningly preserved fossils Propalaeotherium voigti … Read more

Close-up threats that invade your personal space activate the brain’s primitive ‘survival instinct’

Close-up threats that invade your personal space activate the brain’s primitive ‘survival instinct’ and are more likely to trigger PTSD than those that are further away, study says Researchers saw evolutionary older parts of the brain activated for near threats But those at least ten feet away activated problem-solving areas of the organ They said … Read more