New Human Species, Digital Library of Babel, Running to Music
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Learn about two newly discovered ancient human species; the Digital Library of Babel; and benefits of running to music.
Two new species of ancient human were just discovered by Grant Currin
- A new type of Homo unknown to science. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/tu-ant062321.php
- Hershkovitz, I., et. al. (2021). A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel. Science, 372(6549), 1424–1428. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh3169
- TAUVOD. (2021). Dramatic discovery in Israeli excavation: A new type of Homo unknown to science [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPKRuyd-5M
- “Dragon man” fossil may replace Neanderthals as our closest relative. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/cp-mf061721.php
- Discovery of “Dragon Man” Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/science/dragon-man-skull-china.html
- Xijun Ni, Ji, Q., et. al. (2021). Massive cranium from Harbin in northeastern China establishes a new Middle Pleistocene human lineage. The Innovation, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100130
The Digital Library Of Babel Could Contain Every Book Ever Written by Ashley Hamer
- Introduction paragraph: https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?uu.pkr_ujhmd75
- Basile, J. (2021). About the Library. Libraryofbabel.info. http://libraryofbabel.info/About.html
- Adler, J. (2015, September 22). This Digital Library Contains Every Phrase That Could Ever Be Uttered. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/digital-library-contains-every-phrase-that-could-ever-be-uttered-180956623/
- Sturgeon, J. (2015, April 23). Brooklyn Author Recreates Borges’ Library of Babel as Infinite Website. Flavorwire; Flavorwire. https://www.flavorwire.com/515783/brooklyn-author-recreates-borges-library-of-babel-as-infinite-website
Running to music can counteract mental fatigue by Steffie Drucker
- Running to music combats mental fatigue a study suggests. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoe-rtm062221.php
- Lam, H.K.N., Middleton, H., & Phillips, S.H. (2021). The effect of self-selected music on endurance running capacity and performance in a mentally fatigued state. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, in press. https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2022.174.16
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Cody Goff. |
| 0:08.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about two newly discovered species of ancient human, |
| 0:12.0 | a digital library that could contain every book |
| 0:15.2 | that's ever been or will be written, and how listening to music could help your running routine. |
| 0:21.1 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. Researchers have just |
| 0:25.6 | announced the discovery of two potentially new species of ancient humans. |
| 0:30.3 | Two! The discoveries are based on finds from opposite ends of Asia. |
| 0:36.0 | The story of the discoveries begins in 1933, |
| 0:40.0 | when a laborer working in Nort China came across a huge beautifully preserved |
| 0:45.8 | skull. |
| 0:47.2 | It had deep set eye sockets, a bulbous nose, big brow ridges, oversized teeth, and plenty of space for a big old brain. |
| 0:56.2 | The guy probably knew the skull was important because another famous fossil had been |
| 1:00.3 | discovered in Beijing a few years earlier. |
| 1:03.0 | But there was a problem. |
| 1:05.0 | He wasn't a part of China that was under Japanese occupation. |
| 1:08.0 | As a result, he hid the skull in a well |
| 1:11.0 | and kept quiet about it until right before he died in 2018. |
| 1:16.2 | Researchers dubbed the fossil Dragon Man and determined that he lived between 146,000 and 309,000 years ago. |
| 1:24.9 | They think it represents a new species of ancestral human called Homo longi that's more closely |
| 1:30.4 | related to modern humans than any other known species, including Neanderthals. |
| 1:36.3 | But not every expert is on board. |
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