Dmanisi fossils oldest human relatives Eurasia

Georgia has Eurasia's oldest known human-relative fossils

~1.8 million years old

The Dmanisi fossils found in Georgia date to about 1.8 million years ago. They are the oldest known fossils of human relatives found in Eurasia.

Plants react to damage without consciously feeling pain

Plants can detect injury and react to it. But they do not have a brain, nerves, or pain receptors like animals do. Their response to damage is therefore not evidence that they consciously feel pain.

Medieval people drank water despite the popular myth

A common story claims that people in the Middle Ages avoided water because it was always unsafe. Historical evidence shows otherwise: people regularly drank water and often judged its quality by its source, appearance, smell and taste. Beer and wine were also common, but they did not replace water as an everyday drink.

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Dmanisi fossils oldest human relatives Eurasia

Georgia has Eurasia's oldest known human-relative fossils

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