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Ice Age humans shared the planet with now-extinct giant animals known as megafauna. We don’t know if humans were to blame for their extinction, but evidence increasingly shows our ancestors weren’t afraid to hunt them in spite of their intimidating size. Matthew Bennett, Katie Thompson and Sally Reynolds explain how they uncovered fossilised footprints that reveal the complicated dance involved in hunting a giant sloth.
In other stories, catch up on political upheaval in Armenia, Nigeria’s outreach to Donald Trump, and white supremacists' strange taste for milk.
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: Alex McClelland, Bournemouth University
Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University; Katie Thompson, Bournemouth University; Sally Christine Reynolds, Bournemouth University
How we discovered ancient footprints of early human hunters and their megafauna prey.
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Politics + Society
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Chase Johnson, Boise State University
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was just deposed. His party's still in power, though, and he could end up ruling anyway, behind a curtail like the Wizard of Oz.
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David E Kiwuwa, University of Nottingham
US President Donald Trump will have an opportunity to showcase his "deep respect" for Africa when his Nigerian counterpart visits.
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Iselin Gambert, Lund University; Tobias Linné, Lund University
From #SoyBoy to #MilkTwitter, there's a sinister side to milk.
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Arts + Culture
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Ahmed F Khaleel, University of York
British colonial rule of Iraq led to some intriguing language swaps.
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Environment + Energy
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Duan Biggs, Griffith University; Carly Cook, Monash University; Kent Redford, University of New England, United States; Matthew H. Holden, The University of Queensland
Should trade in ivory be banned or not? There may be a solution.
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Science + Technology
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Leslea Hlusko, University of California, Berkeley
Why was one gene mutation that affects hair, teeth, sweat glands and breasts ubiquitous among ice age Arctic people? New research points to the advantage it provided for ancestors of Native Americans.
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