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Dec 07, 2023 (SPX)

Sonority, a key concept in this research, pertains to the loudness of speech sounds. This loudness is largely influenced by how open the vocal tract is during s...

New Archaeological Discoveries Shed Light on Austronesian Migration

Dec 04, 2023 (SPX)

The research, initiated in 2021, revealed a series of sites along the Fujian coast, dating from 3,000 to 7,500 years ago, which provide insight into the early s...

Fishing chimpanzees found to enjoy termites as a seasonal treat

Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)

Researchers based at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and University College London (UCL) investigated the relationship between termite availabili...

Good neighbors: Bonobo study offers clues into early human alliances

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

And according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, we're not alone: bonobos team up with outsiders too, in everything from grooming to food sha...

How blue and green appeared in a language that didn't have words for them

Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)

However, the way that a language divides up color space can be influenced by contact with other languages, according to a new study from MIT. Among members of t...

Brain health in over 50s deteriorated more rapidly during the pandemic

Nov 02, 2023 (SPX)

Researchers looked at results from computerised brain function tests from more than 3,000 participants of the online?PROTECT study, who were aged between 50 and...

Climate change likely impacted human populations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age

Oct 31, 2023 (SPX)

The archaeological record is a valuable resource for exploring the relationship between humans and the environment, particularly how each is affected by the oth...

Eternal rest -- at the foot of a tree

Oct 29, 2023 (AFP)

This alternative to cemeteries, known as sanctuary forests, are spreading in eastern France, an ecological project inspired by neighbouring Germany. Gabrielle a...

Iraq dig unearths 2,700-year-old winged sculpture largely intact

Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)

Only the head was missing and that was already in the collection of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad after being confiscated by customs officers from smugglers in the...

Hope, heartbreak after Hong Kong court decision on LGBTQ partnerships

Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)

Ng had launched legal bids in 2019 demanding equal treatment for same-sex couples on public housing and inheritance -- a fight continued by his husband after Ng...

Indigenous Australians denounce 'shameful' referendum result

Oct 23, 2023 (AFP)

Simmering racial divisions were exposed earlier this month when just over 60 percent of Australians voted against a referendum to acknowledge Aboriginal and Tor...

Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages

Oct 19, 2023 (AFP)

In one such endeavor, three Native American women rack their brains as they gather around a computer, trying to remember -- and record -- dozens of Apache langu...

The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes

Oct 19, 2023 (SPX)

Thanks to genome sequencing and comparative analysis, it is established that Neanderthals and Sapiens interbred and that these encounters were sometimes fruitfu...

New research helps date ancient art in Puerto Rico's karstic caves

Oct 17, 2023 (UPI)

The drawings in the karstic caves could indicate the presence of the first slave art, researchers said. The Geological Society said previous attempts to date th...

Does a brain in a dish have moral rights?

Sep 26, 2023 (SPX)

The inventors of DishBrain have partnered with bioethicists and medical researchers to map such a framework to help define and address the problem in a paper pu...

Fears for ancient Cyrene after Libya floods

Sep 20, 2023 (AFP)

The immediate damage to the monuments of Cyrene, which include the second century AD Temple of Zeus, bigger than the Parthenon in Athens, is relatively minor bu...

Need to hunt small prey compelled humans to make better weapons and smarten up

Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)

The researchers explain: "This study was designed to examine a broader unifying hypothesis, which we proposed in a previous paper published in 2021. The hypothe...

Hong Kong's top court rules to recognise same-sex partnerships

Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)

LGBTQ activists in the former British colony have won piecemeal victories in court over the past decade that struck down discriminatory government policies on v...

New ancient ape from Turkiye challenges the story of human origins

Aug 25, 2023 (SPX)

Analysis of a newly identified ape named Anadoluvius turkae recovered from the Corakyerler fossil locality near Cankiri with the support of the Ministry of Cult...

From 'magical' to 'rip it out': different brain implant experiences

Aug 20, 2023 (AFP)

That moment, back in 2014, was the first time in history that a paralysed person had regained the ability to move their arm using just their thoughts -- with a ...