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Humans ditched swiveling hips to shorten their stride
Aug 20, 2021 (UPI)
Humans were able to shorten their stride by abandoning the swiveling hips deployed by their primate relatives, according to a study published Friday in the Jour...
Empty stadiums during pandemic provide less advantage for home teams
Aug 19, 2021 (UPI)
This is due in part to there being less "psychological pressure" on officials overseeing what the researchers called "ghost games," which results in more object...
Study: Medieval British friars had more intestinal worms than general population
Aug 19, 2021 (UPI)
"It is striking that the friars had nearly double the infection rate of parasites spread by poor hygiene, compared with the general population," the Cambridge U...
Fire record shows cultural diffusion took off 400,000 years ago
Aug 11, 2021 (SPX)
The earliest evidence for possible fire use is sparse and can be difficult to distinguish from natural fire residues. By contrast, after 400,000 years ago, mult...
Lockheed Martin to upgrade US missile defense system's Multi-Domain Command and Control Capability
Aug 11, 2021 (SPX)
To strengthen C2BMC's capability, the Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $157 million contract to augment C2BMC'S engagement support capability fo...
18th-century suicides highlight struggles of growing old in Georgian England
Aug 10, 2021 (UPI)
Suicides in 18th century England are mostly characterized as "medicalized" in the historiography -- acts driven by lunacy. However, a new survey of suicidal dea...
More tolerant primates have a greater need to communicate vocally, new study shows
Aug 03, 2021 (SPX)
The study looked at how dominant primates behave towards those of lower status, with some demanding deference and punishing challenges from subordinates harshly...
Study: Neanderthals painted Spanish cave art in prehistoric times
Aug 02, 2021 (UPI)
A team of researchers, including some from the University of Barcelona and Ardales Cave and Prehistory Center, confirmed Neanderthals painted the cave by debunk...
Fitbit-wearing baboons reveal price of social cohesion
Jul 27, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, individual baboons must move at suboptimal speeds in order to mai...
Archaeologists unveil grand building near Jerusalem's Western Wall
Jul 08, 2021 (UPI)
The grandiose structure, located near Jerusalem's Western Wall, was built between 20 and 30 CE, only a few decades before the city's Temple Mount was destroyed ...
Human body size fluctuated in response to climate change over last million years
Jul 08, 2021 (UPI)
According to the new study, published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications, cold, harsh climates fueled increases in body size, while warmer climates t...
Kids learn language faster than adults because of how people speak to them
Jul 02, 2021 (UPI)
But why? While most studies probing language learning have focused on differences in the brain, new research -- published Friday in the journal Psychological Sc...
A new type of Homin unknown to science
Jun 25, 2021 (SPX)
At the same time, this type of Homo is very unlike modern humans - displaying a completely different skull structure, no chin, and very large teeth. Following t...
'Dragon Man': Scientists say new human species is our closest ancestor
Jun 25, 2021 (AFP)
It belonged to a large-brained male in his 50s with deep set eyes and thick brow ridges. Though his face was wide, it had flat, low cheekbones that made him res...
Urban green space brings happiness when money can't buy it anymore
Jun 23, 2021 (SPX)
Lack of data had been the main limitation in carrying out these studies because there is no global medical dataset that can provide reliable and standardized me...
Brain's memory center also key for real-time decision-making
Jun 18, 2021 (UPI)
In a new study, researchers have highlighted the importance of the hippocampus to short-term and spatial memory, as well as real-time decision-making. The lates...
Study: Brains, bodies of babies active during new sleep stage
Jun 16, 2021 (UPI)
For years, scientists at the University of Iowa have been analyzing the twitching movements performed by infants during REM sleep. But during a recent study, re...
Soft tissue measurements in chimpanzees to aid hominid facial reconstruction
Jun 04, 2021 (UPI)
In a new study, published Friday in the journal PLOS One, scientists turned to chimpanzee models to improve soft tissue measurements in hominids. Accurately mod...
China allows couples to have three children as birthrate falls
May 31, 2021 (AFP)
In 2016 China relaxed its "one-child policy" -- one of the world's strictest family planning regulations -- allowing couples to have two children as concerns mo...
New microscopy technology helps scientists peer deeper into brain
May 27, 2021 (UPI)
Fluorescence microscopy has previously been used on animal models to yield high-resolution brain images, revealing impressive molecular and cellular details at ...
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