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... ⭐ Support us on Patreon for 7DoS and Ben G Thomas behind-the-scenes, bloopers, extra adventures and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/bengthomas 📰 Subscribe for the latest science news every Wednesday! Intro music by Matt D Holloway: https://goo.gl/9wX4ht Cool Vibes - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100863 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 📱 Social Media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7daysofscience ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bengthomas 📜 Credits: Presented by Emilia Evans Written by Emilia Evans, Douglas James, Ben Thomas and Nicky Thomas 7 Days of Science is produced by Douglas James and Ben Thomas 7 Days of Science logo, graphics and more have been designed by Michael Buhler Sources: New species of prehistoric human Paranthropus capensis named: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001428?via%3Dihub Dinosaur trackway excavated in Britain: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01-02-major-new-footprint-discoveries-britain-s-dinosaur-highway https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/january/footprints-from-a-vast-dinosaur-highway-discovered-in-the-uk.html A new Archaeopteryx specimen discovered: https://fr.pensoft.net/article/131671/ Oldest dinosaur from the northern hemisphere Ahvaytum bahndooiveche: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/203/1/zlae153/7942678?login=false New species of mosasaur Carinodens acrodon: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/1/25 Neanderthal hearth structure found: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124005274 https://www.sci.news/archaeology/neanderthal-hearth-structure-13478.html Lead exposure in Romans: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2419630121 https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/atmospheric-lead-pollution-cognitive-decline-roman-era-europe-13562.html Pluto & Charon: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01612-0 https://www.sci.news/space/pluto-charon-system-13557.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-charon-moon-kiss Orca seen pushing its dead calf: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8j9dlryxlmo https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/j35-carrying-second-dead-calf-1.7422266 https://www.facebook.com/CenterForWhaleResearch/?locale=en_GB 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