A New Species of Prehistoric Human Relative Has Been Recognised

In this week's 7 Days of Science, Human relatives are found, Romans are poisoned, and Pluto's moon Charon gets a new history...

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Sources:
New species of prehistoric human Paranthropus capensis named:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Dinosaur trackway excavated in Britain:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01-02-...
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2...

A new Archaeopteryx specimen discovered:
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/131671/

Oldest dinosaur from the northern hemisphere Ahvaytum bahndooiveche:
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

New species of mosasaur Carinodens acrodon:
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/1/25

Neanderthal hearth structure found:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/nean...

Lead exposure in Romans:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/ge...

Pluto & Charon:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4156...
https://www.sci.news/space/pluto-char...
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/p...

Orca seen pushing its dead calf:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...
https://www.facebook.com/CenterForWha...

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - New Prehistoric Human Relative
2:37 - British Dinosaur Trackway
3:49 - New Archaeopteryx specimen
4:41 - Oldest Northern Hemisphere Dinosaur
6:10 - New mosasaur
7:24 - Neanderthal hearth structure found
8:45 - Lead exposure in Romans
10:09 - New Pluto/Charon formation simulation
11:19 - Sad Orca News
12:51 - Outro