This Discovery Just Rewrote Human Evolution

A new discovery in Kenya has rewritten our understanding of human evolution, as the body of Homo habilis has been described for the first time. Also in the news: a new species of troodontid dinosaur possibly adapted to head-butting has been uncovered, scientists have revealed that Greenland Sharks are not blind and can maintain their vision for centuries, and much more!

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Body fossils from Homo habilis show they were very different from later humans:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wil...
https://www.science.org/content/artic...

Early human fossils from Morocco:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

Xenovenator espinosai the head-butting troodontid:
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18/1/38

Ceratopsian dinosaurs really did live in Europe:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

New sauropod dinosaur Yeneen houssayi from Argentina:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

How Greenland Sharks keep their vision for centuries:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...
https://nautil.us/how-these-long-livi...

First evidence of Betelgeuse companion’s ‘wake’:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/siwarh...

Mars Sample Return Mission officially cancelled:
https://www.science.org/content/artic...

Fusion limit passed:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...

Plastic Has Created a New Open-Ocean Ecosystem:
https://pmn.co.nz/read/environment/pa...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - The body of Homo habilis changes our understanding of human evolution
4:07 - Early human fossils found in Morocco
5:20 - Head-butting troodontid?
6:36 - Ceratopsians really did live in Europe
7:51 - New titanosaur
8:27 - How Greenland Sharks see for centuries
9:44 - Evidence of Betelgeuse companion star
10:51 - Mars Sample Return Mission officially cancelled
12:01 - Fusion limit passed
13:02 - Plastic creates a new ecosystem
14:28 - Outro