Reading the signs

Counting the instances of the letter “r” in “strawberry”. Generating an image to show kicking the bucket, monkey business or another idiom – or no elephants in a room. These are all examples of viral

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ELLA AL-SHAMAHI on exploring the evolution of mankind

She was an anti-science Creationist but Ella Al-Shamahi now champions palaeoanthropology and is making some startling discoveries about our ancestors