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The article presents information on strange species of humans. Some 13,000 years ago, on a tropical island at the heart of the Indonesian archipelago, an extraordinary group of dwarf-sized people lived alongside dwarf elephants and giant lizards. In two papers in Nature, a team of researchers from Australia and Indonesia detail the discovery of Homo floresiensis. As there is no evidence the island was ever linked by land to other parts of south-east Asia, the ancestors of H .floresiensis might have used boats or rafts to reach it. It could not have contained a brain any bigger than a grapefruit similar in size to a small chimpanzee's brain which raises the conundrum of how such a minuscule brain was capable of the sophisticated behaviour suggested by the discovery of tools and animal remains nearby. INSET: ANATOMY OF HOMO FLORESIENSIS.

The article reports on a technique for identifying tiny fragments of fossilized bone, called zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, that is helping to answer key questions about when, where and how human species interacted with one another. Topics discussed include the Denisova Cave at the center of this research, the Vindija Cave in Croatia as a key site for understanding late Neandertals in Europe.

WAC KY PEOPLE There are over 1200 pigs in farmer Mr Otchan's care at any one time, and he looks after them just like they're one big happy family. GLO:hacq/01aug20:18n3.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): gl Otchan will play the guitar for them till his fingers get too sore, and still those pigs snort for more. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on scientific news waiting for more proof. It mentions the finding of fossilized dinosaurs at an asteroid impact site in North Dakota, the discovery of water vapor on the exoplanet K2 18b, and the animal remains found in Lake Mercer in Antarctica.

This article presents information on Mei long dinosaur. It is also called the "soundly sleeping dragon," and is small enough to hold in two hands. Its head is tucked under its forelimb, like a sleeping bird with its head under a wing. Mei long is just the latest in a string of stunning finds to come out of a rock formation called Yixian in the Liaoning Sheng province of north-eastern China. The Yixian formation is stuffed full of dinosaurs, as well as birds, mammals, lizards, fish, turtles, insects and plants, all preserved in great detail. The single most common small dinosaur in the Yixian formation is psittacosaurus, a parrot-beaked plant-eater that walked on two legs.

An poem is presented on the symbolism of death and life by bones. It mentions the suffering of her husband from prostate cancer. The author reflects on her experience of taking photographs of relic and remains of several animals such as mountain lion, deer, and coyotes and her research on bones in several aspects such as art and ritual.

The article features the Canadian artist Mirmy Winn who is known for art works involving taxidermy pieces and animal skeletons in Vancouver, Canada. It notes that Winn created her Human Series using ornate boxes which resemble medieval triptychs and reveal human bones. Using the human skull signifies that all human beings will face death.