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Iraq unveils archaeological park with ancient carvings
Oct 16, 2022 (AFP)
The 13 stunning monumental rock-carved bas-reliefs were cut into the walls of an irrigation canal that stretches for some 10 kilometres (six miles) at Faida in ...
A golden era to study the brain
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
"One of my favorite parts of English was trying to explore interiority, and how people have really complicated experiences inside their heads," Murdock explains...
Chimpanzee stone tool diversity
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
It has long been shown that various chimpanzee groups possess different tool use cultures involving wooden and stone tools, however, only some groups in West Af...
Researchers identify neurons that specialize in remembering speed and location
Sep 15, 2022 (SPX)
"In experiments involving animals, we demonstrated an association between the electrical activity of inhibitory interneurons and speed representations in the br...
Neolithic culinary traditions uncovered
Sep 07, 2022 (SPX)
Using chemical analysis of ancient, and incredibly well-preserved pottery found in the waters surrounding small artificial islands called crannogs in Scotland, ...
Last member of Brazilian indigenous community found dead
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
Having lived in complete isolation for 26 years, the man -- whose real name was never known to the outside world -- was found in a hammock in a hut in the Tanar...
Amazon tribe go behind the camera in Nat Geo film 'The Territory'
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
"The Territory," to be released by National Geographic on Friday, follows the plight of some 200 hunter-gatherers who live in a protected area of rainforest, su...
Why thinking hard makes you tired
Aug 12, 2022 (SPX)
Their studies, reported in Current Biology on August 11, show that when intense cognitive work is prolonged for several hours, it causes potentially toxic bypro...
China faces new demographic challenges
Aug 03, 2022 (XNA)
The UN report said that it took around 37 years for the global population to double, from 2.50 billion in 1950 to 5 billion in 1987. But it will take 72 years f...
Communication makes hunting easier for chimpanzees
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
Chimpanzees don't only forage for fruit, from time to time they also seek out opportunities to acquire protein-rich meat. To catch their agile monkey prey in th...
Taking your time makes a difference in Neanderthal times
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
The effects of the modern human variants on brain development To investigate the significance of these six changes for neocortex development, the scientists fir...
China population to begin shrinking by 2025: officials
Aug 02, 2022 (AFP)
The world's most-populous country has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy and its weakest p...
White children are more likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD
Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)
We analyzed data from 1,070 U.S. elementary school children who had displayed above-average behavioral, academic or executive functioning the year before their ...
Connectivity of language areas unique in the human brain
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
"At first glance, the brains of humans and chimpanzees look very much alike. The perplexing difference between them and us is that we humans communicate using l...
Experts developing wearable technology to support women to remain active as they age
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
The project is called Maximising Inclusiveness in Sports through Female-centric Innovation and Technology (MISFIT). The University of Exeter and sportswear manu...
Why it is so hard for women to have a baby
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
About half of fertilised eggs die very early on, before a mother even knows she is pregnant. Tragically, many of those that survive to become a recognised pregn...
Rainforest chimpanzees are digging wells for cleaner water
Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)
Digging small wells to access or filter drinking water is a relatively rare behaviour in the animal kingdom - only a handful of species have been documented to ...
Fossils found in the 'Cradle of Humankind' may be over a million years older
Jun 28, 2022 (SPX)
For decades, scientists have studied these fossils of early human ancestors and their long-lost relatives. Now, a dating method developed by a Purdue University...
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thought
Jun 28, 2022 (SPX)
The majority of Sterkfontein's wealth of Australopithecus fossils has been excavated from an ancient cave infill called 'Member 4' - the richest deposit of Aust...
Population bottlenecks that reduced genetic diversity were common throughout human history
Jun 24, 2022 (SPX)
A new analysis of more than 4,000 ancient and contemporary human genomes shows how common such "founder events" were in our history. A founder event is when a s...
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