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Electromagnetic images help scientists deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment
Dec 18, 2020 (UPI)
The research -- published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Materials -- could help scientists better understand how historical documents and artifacts degrade...
Neanderthals' thumbs were well-suited to 'squeeze,' study says
Nov 27, 2020 (UPI)
The paper, published Thursday in Scientific Reports, said Neanderthals were well-adapted to grip tools the way we grab hammers -- but would have struggled to ho...
Brazil fires missionary from indigenous protection program
Nov 27, 2020 (AFP)
Evangelical pastor Ricardo Lopes Dias, who was controversially named in February to head the department for Isolated and Recently Contacted Peoples at the Natio...
Baby chimp gives hope for Guinea's famous ape tribe
Nov 26, 2020 (AFP)
The tiny community of apes lives in a forest around the village of Bossou, in the far southeastern corner of the country. Scientists have trekked to the remote ...
Computer mouse movements may reveal appetite for risk-taking
Nov 24, 2020 (UPI)
For the study, researchers tracked the movement of the computer mouse as study participants selected between two possible gambling bets, one safe and one risky....
Humans simultaneously evolved the ability to use tools, teach tool usage
Nov 18, 2020 (UPI)
New research suggests the human ability to teach was key to the process of cumulative cultural evolution. In a new paper, published this week in the journal Pro...
Does the human brain resemble the Universe
Nov 17, 2020 (SPX)
Despite the substantial difference in scale between the two networks (more than 27 orders of magnitude), their quantitative analysis, which sits at the crossroa...
Newly discovered primate in Myanmar 'already facing extinction'
Nov 11, 2020 (AFP)
The Popa langur -- named for an extinct volcano home to its largest population, some 100 individuals -- has been around for at least a million years, according ...
Newly discovered fossil shows small-scale evolutionary changes in an extinct human species
Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)
An international research team including anthropologists at Washington University in St. Louis reported their discovery from the fossil-rich Drimolen cave syste...
New male leaders cause female gelada primates to more quickly mature
Nov 05, 2020 (UPI)
Now, for the first time, researchers have found that female geladas -- close relatives of baboons, found only in the Ethiopian Highlands -- accelerate their sex...
Mountain gorillas friendly with neighbors outside of core home ranges
Oct 28, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Animal Ecology, mountain gorillas act friendly with neighboring gorillas, as long as they stay ou...
How'd we get so picky about friendship late in life? Ask the chimps
Oct 23, 2020 (SPX)
The work is described in the journal Science and is authored by a team of psychologists and primatologists, including current and former researchers from the Ha...
Cognitive elements of language have existed for 40 million years
Oct 22, 2020 (SPX)
Language is one of the most powerful tools available to humankind, as it enables us to share information, culture, views and technology. "Research into language...
Turbulent era sparked leap in human behavior, adaptability 320,000 years ago
Oct 22, 2020 (SPX)
The first analysis of a new sedimentary drill core representing 1 million years of environmental history in the East African Rift Valley shows that at the same ...
Neural pathway crucial to successful rapid object recognition in primates
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
Led by Kohitij Kar, a postdoc at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the study looked at an area called th...
Monkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have 'self-domesticated'
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
The link appears to come from certain neural crest cells, present before birth and in newborns, that have a versatility akin to stem cells. These neural crest c...
Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
"Our findings show that despite technological innovations including the use of fire and refined stone tools, the formation of complex social networks, and - in ...
Modern humans took detours on their way to Europe
Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)
This is the result of archaeological research conducted by Collaborative Research Centre 'Our Way to Europe' (CRC 806) at the universities of Cologne, Bonn, and...
Ancient societies collapsed when leaders ignored the social contract
Oct 16, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science, ancient autocracies were less likely to last, but suffered less dramatic failu...
Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking
Oct 16, 2020 (AFP)
That is what archaeologists have deduced after the discovery of traces of an ancient hunt for crystals by hunters and gatherers in the Mesolithic era, some 9,50...
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