It’s a debilitating hand condition (represented above) often known as Viking’s Disease—and sufferers can blame it on our Neanderthal kin from tens of thousands of years ago.
A new study reveals that two genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals are among the most important risk factors. It’s not the first disease passed down by our extinct hominin cousins.
Land ho! Wednesday’s World Giraffe Day reminded us of this effort to move giraffes from their flooded island home to dry land. Where did this rescue happen?
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CLARK, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Did ’the Indiana Jones effect’ ruin archaeology? The field is in the spotlight again with next week’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the end of a saga that began with 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. “I guess we made archaeology look like fun,” Harrison Ford tells us. “But—and I mean this in the nicest possible way—I don’t take any personal [credit].” (Pictured above, an archaeologist in a familiar hat works on excavating the remains of a child at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site in Peru.)
What is Ursula? At first glance, you may call The Little Mermaid villain an octopus. Some may call her a squid—but she’s much more than her limbs, and the tentacled character shares characteristics with multiple sea creatures. (Above left: Disney animators originally looked to a variety of sea creatures for inspiration, including lionfish. Right: Disney artwork shows an early rendition of Ursula with a lionfish-like appearance.)
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