A6M2 ‘Zero’ vs F4F ‘Wildcat’ – An Unfair Fight in the Pacific?

The Grumman Wildcat is remembered as an inferior warplane to the Mitsubishi Zero. The evidence shows the opposite to be the case. (Image…

The Vampire Plane That Changed Aviation Forever

Aircraft Overview: Designed at Salisbury Hall, and built and first flown at Hatfield in 1943, the Vampire single-seat fighter was the first de…

Why do the F86 Sabre and MiG-15 look so similar?

“The first serious clashes of the 1952 took place on 6 January. A number of engagements took place between through the day, after…

V-22 OSPREY: DOES IT DESERVE ITS CONTROVERSIAL REPUTATION?

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey has been called “the most controversial US military aircraft in history,” and it has had its share of…

Prehistoric Humans Didn’t Grunt Their Ideas – They Used Hand Gestures

A new study has shown that the origins of human communication began with hand gestures, and not sounds. The research team discovered this…

Computer Science Helps Explain Distribution of Hunter-Gatherer Groups

Using the way computers function as a source for analogy, a new study has discovered common patterns of social and cultural organization that…

Is Ancient Human Species Homo Floresiensis Still Alive in Indonesia?

In his newly published book Between Ape and Human , retired anthropologist Gregory Forth breaks the taboo that normally separates traditional anthropological and…

Neanderthal-Human Sex Caused a Million Covid Deaths

Updated 17 June, 2022 - 14:43 ashley cowie About 60,000 years ago, a human had a sexual encounter with a Neanderthal. Now, a…

Britain’s Earliest Humans Found In the Suburbs of Canterbury

Updated 22 June, 2022 - 14:50 ashley cowie Hunter's tools excavated in England over a century ago have been dated to, wait for…

Sterkfontein Hominin Fossils Redated To A Million Years Older

Researchers at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa, famous for the discovery of ‘Little Foot’ and a ream of other ancient hominin remains,…

Who invented fire? When did human start cooking?

Richard Wrangham, an anthropologist at Harvard, claims that hominids became people—that is, acquired traits like big brains and dainty jaws— by mastering fire…

Human Fire Use Over A Million Years Ago Seems More Likely

There is no smoke without a fire, or so they say, and a group of scientists are applying this thinking to develop new…