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Wearing a mask can impact ability to recognize others, study says
Nov 16, 2021 (UPI)
New research from York University, published Wednesday in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, shows how face perception abilities are d...
Mapping our human footprint from space
Nov 16, 2021 (ESA)
To improve the understanding of current trends in global urbanisation, ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in collaboration with the Google Earth Engine ...
Study finds a striking difference between neurons of humans and other mammals
Nov 11, 2021 (SPX)
The researchers hypothesize that this reduction in channel density may have helped the human brain evolve to operate more efficiently, allowing it to divert res...
Partial skull of Homo naledi child gives new insight into a remarkable species
Nov 08, 2021 (SPX)
Describing the skull and its context in two separate papers in the Open Access journal, PaleoAnthropology, the team of 21 researchers from Wits University and t...
Rare boomerang collection from South Australia reveals a diverse past
Nov 08, 2021 (SPX)
The four boomerangs and one wooden fragment were discovered in the creek bed during drought conditions in 2017 and 2018 by Jason Litherland from National Parks ...
Ancient statues uncovered in Italy could rewrite part of history
Nov 08, 2021 (UPI)
The 24 Etruscan figures were discovered inside an ancient Tuscan Thermal spring in San Casciano die Bagni, about 100 miles north of Rome, the ministry said in a...
Newly named species of early human could help explain evolutionary gaps
Oct 28, 2021 (UPI)
To map this braided stream, one group of researchers urge a closer look at Middle Pleistocene hominins, a group that may help explain how Homo erectus, one of o...
Late persistence of human ancestors at the margins of the monsoon in India
Oct 26, 2021 (SPX)
The timing and route of the earliest expansions of our own species across Asia have been the focus of considerable debate but a growing body of evidence indicat...
The colonization of the Azores began 700 years prior to the Portuguese arrival
Oct 26, 2021 (SPX)
The study published in the journal PNAS, reconstructs when, how, and under which climatic conditions the islands were colonized, in addition to the impacts of t...
Early DNA reveals two distinct populations in Britain after the last ice age
Oct 25, 2021 (UPI)
A sample discovered in Gough's Cave in Somerset, England, from approximately 14,000 years ago, was compared to a sample from approximately 1,000 years later, wh...
First known Neanderthal family clan fossils discovered in Siberian caves
Oct 20, 2021 (UPI)
The remains were found in two sites -- Chagyrskaya and Okladnikov caves -- in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, according to research published in the jo...
'We're ignorant': Illiteracy haunts isolated Venezuelan village
Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)
It has been four years since the classroom doors last opened at this remote school on the shores of Lake Maracaibo in the country's western Zulia state, and now...
Swedish scientist's study on Neanderthal genes wins Nobel Prize for medicine
Oct 03, 2021 (UPI)
Svante Paabo, an evolutionary geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, received the award for sequencing the an...
Great ape's consonant and vowel-like sounds travel over distance without losing meaning
Oct 01, 2021 (SPX)
The currently accepted model, developed by mathematicians, predicts that human ancestors strung sounds together in their calls in order to increase their chance...
Strangers less awkward, more interested in deep conversation than people think
Sep 30, 2021 (UPI)
Conversations with strangers or acquaintances rarely evolve beyond small talk, but psychology researchers suggests it doesn't have to -- and perhaps, shouldn't ...
Study reveals extent of impact of human settlement on island ecosystems
Sep 29, 2021 (SPX)
Oceanic island ecosystems are unique and often contain species that are limited to specific islands or island groups. They are also vulnerable to disturbance. T...
HGH receptor gene may have helped early humans survive periods of scarcity
Sep 24, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, the relative ease of modern life may explain why a variant of the human growth hormone receptor gene known as GHRd3 is now so rare. Th...
Early humans moved into subarctic climates earlier than thought, study says
Sep 22, 2021 (UPI)
Most models suggest early humans relied on warmer climatic conditions to move into northern environs, but a new survey of archaeological materials suggests huma...
Study suggests earliest use of bone tools to produce clothing in Morocco 120,000 years ago
Sep 20, 2021 (SPX)
The invention of clothing, and the development of the tools needed to create it, are milestones in the story of humanity. Not only are they indicative of stride...
Study: Injured brain's ability to heal may hinge on time of day, circadian rhythms
Sep 19, 2021 (UPI)
That's according to research findings that appeared Monday in the journal eNeuro. The study found that a type of brain cell able to renew itself is regulated by...
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