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Natural soundscapes boost health markers, lower stress
Mar 22, 2021 (AFP)
Spending more time in green spaces might be just what the doctor ordered, according to a study that quantifies the health benefits of natural sounds, from impro...
Bones of ancient Mayan ambassador reveal a privileged but difficult life
Mar 16, 2021 (UPI)
The man's bones, in addition to inscriptions surrounding the burial, revealed a life of privilege bookended by hardship. But more than just the trajectory of a ...
Humans evolved to be the water-saving ape
Mar 08, 2021 (SPX)
That's the take-home of a new study that, for the first time, measures precisely how much water humans lose and replace each day compared with our closest livin...
Study: Neanderthals could perceive and produce human speech
Mar 01, 2021 (UPI)
For the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers used computed tomography scans to build 3D models of the ear structures...
Study: Social media users behave a lot like animals searching for food
Feb 26, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new paper, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications, the quest for affirmation in the form of likes and followers on major social me...
Outsider threats inspire bonding, cooperation among chimpanzees
Feb 24, 2021 (UPI)
But from the beginning, as evidenced by prehistoric skull fractures and ancient mass burials, the human story has also been marked -- and marred -- by violence....
For more equitable cities, researchers say to keep social networks intact
Feb 18, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, urban planning that fragments, rather than preserves, social networks tends to encourage increases in economic inequality. Authors of ...
CT scans of Egyptian mummy suggest 'brave' pharaoh was executed
Feb 17, 2021 (UPI)
The full extent of the king's injuries were revealed by a series of newly analyzed CT scans. The research, published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Medic...
Some of our gut microbiota predates the human-Neanderthal split
Feb 05, 2021 (UPI)
DNA from Neanderthal fecal remains, recovered from an archaeological site in Spain, suggests microbiota in the human gut predates the split between Neanderthals...
Milk-stained teeth reveal early dairy consumption in Africa
Jan 27, 2021 (UPI)
Some 6,000 years ago, toothbrush technology was non-existent. As a result, the teeth of early humans accumulated significant amounts of plaque. These mineralize...
Pace of prehistoric human innovation could be revealed by 'linguistic thermometer'
Jan 27, 2021 (SPX)
Tobias Galla, a professor in theoretical physics, and Dr Ricardo Bermudez-Otero, a specialist in historical linguistics, have come together as part of an intern...
Deep sleep takes out the trash
Jan 21, 2021 (SPX)
By examining fruit flies' brain activity and behavior, the researchers found that deep sleep has an ancient, restorative power to clear waste from the brain. Th...
Objects suggest Europeans used standardized money 4,000 years ago
Jan 20, 2021 (UPI)
According to the latest archaeological analysis, described Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, the use of standardized money in Central Europe may have developed...
Earliest human culture lasted 20,000 years later than previously thought
Jan 11, 2021 (UPI)
It was the first human culture, and until now, archaeologists thought it lasted from 300,000 years ago until 30,000 years ago, replaced by a different, more ada...
Identical twins not so identical after all: study
Jan 07, 2021 (AFP)
Identical -- or monozygotic -- twins come from a single fertilised egg that splits in two. They are important research subjects because they are thought to have...
Researchers use DNA to track original settlers of Caribbean islands
Dec 24, 2020 (UPI)
The islands' first inhabitants, a group of stone tool-users, boated to Cuba about 6,000 years ago, gradually expanding eastward to other islands during the regi...
The world's oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about 'seven sisters' stars may reach back 100,000 years
Dec 23, 2020 (The Conversation)
Many cultures around the world refer to the Pleiades as "seven sisters", and also tell quite similar stories about them. After studying the motion of the stars ...
Over half of Chinese adults now overweight: official
Dec 23, 2020 (AFP)
China has experienced rapid economic growth in recent decades that has profoundly changed eating habits -- massively popular online delivery apps make cheap, ca...
Ancient DNA suggests people from Philippines may have settled Mariana Islands
Dec 22, 2020 (UPI)
Numerous studies have investigated the origins of the first Polynesian settlers, but little attention has been given to the peopling of the Mariana Islands, sit...
Scientists solve key mystery of the human immune response
Dec 21, 2020 (UPI)
The breakthrough, detailed Monday in the journal Nature Immunology, could help medical researchers develop new immunotherapy treatments for cancer and other mal...
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