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Making Challenge A Weizmann Institute study led by Prof. Ofer Feinerman pitted ants and humans against each other in a maze navigation experiment designed to test group cooperation. While humans ...

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Researcher Christopher J. Bae identified Homo juluensis, a new human species that coexisted with Denisovans in Asia. A ...