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A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Spain
Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)
The research, to be published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, shows that the replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Iberia began early, rathe...
Human mutation rate has slowed recently
Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)
Over the past million years or so, the human mutation rate has been slowing down so that significantly fewer new mutations now occur in humans per year than in ...
Genetic study provides novel insights into the evolution of skin color
Jan 22, 2019 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that the variation of light skin among Eurasian people evolved independently from different gen...
China's population growth slows despite two-child policy
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
China's government raised the limit to two children in 2016 to rejuvenate the world's most populous country, which has nearly 1.4 billion people, and experts sa...
Understanding our early human ancestors: Australopithecus sediba
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
Each partial skeleton is more complete than the famous "Lucy," an Australopithecus afarensis or early hominin species found in 1974 in Ethiopia. Now, 10 years l...
Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
The research appears in a special issue of the journal PaleoAnthropology and is part of a series of articles that offers the most comprehensive accounting to da...
Animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt
Jan 17, 2019 (SPX)
Dogs were domesticated by humans as early as 14,000 years ago in the Near East, but whether this was accidental or on purpose is so far not clear. New research ...
AI-powered genomic analysis reveals unknown human ancestor
Jan 17, 2019 (UPI)
According to the new genomic analysis, a hybrid species produced by Neanderthals and Denisovans bred with Out of Africa modern humans in Asia some 40,000 years ...
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' helps neurobiologists study brain's sense of time
Jan 16, 2019 (UPI)
Using high-powered functional MRI, scientists observed brain patterns as students watched the hit TV show staring comedian Larry David. After watching an episod...
'Zebra' tribal bodypaint cuts fly bites 10-fold: study
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Tribes in Africa, Australia and southeast Asia have practiced bodypainting in cultural ceremonies for generations. Traditionally mixed from clay, chalk, ash and...
Step forward in understanding human feet
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
Unlike species such as chimpanzees, which have opposable digits on their feet, humans have evolved arched feet to enhance upright walking. These arches were tho...
DNA tool allows you to trace your ancient ancestry
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
Currently the study of ancient DNA requires a lot of information to classify a skeleton to a population or find its biogeographical origins. Now scientists have...
Study reveals how the brain helps humans focus
Jan 01, 2019 (UPI)
The neurons are one of the reasons humans can hold a conversation in a crowded, noisy room. Previous studies showed the electric patterns of neural activity in ...
Genetic polymorphisms and zinc status
Jan 01, 2019 (SPX)
It is involved in cellular metabolism, growth, development, cellular physiology, and immune function. Approximately 300 enzymes and 100 transcription factors id...
Distinguishing between students who guess and those who know
Dec 28, 2018 (SPX)
Several systemic factors make it difficult for the developers of online courses to assess students' proficiency accurately. First, the average 10-15 test questi...
Peering into Little Foot's 3.67 million-year-old brain
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
MicroCT scans of the Australopithecus fossil known as Little Foot shows that the brain of this ancient human relative was small and shows features that are simi...
100 marathons, 100 days: A punishing run for water
Dec 11, 2018 (AFP)
The 48-year-old Australian is galloping across the planet, 42 kilometres (26 miles) at a time, with barely a moment to adjust her watch before it's on to the ne...
Human-altered environments benefit the same cosmopolitan species all over the world
Dec 04, 2018 (UPI)
New research suggests the same cosmopolitan species are taking advantage of humankind's environmental disruption. And as the same cosmopolitan species thrive ac...
Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
The earliest-known ancestor of modern primates, Teilhardina's close relatives would eventually give rise to today's monkeys, apes and humans. But one of the per...
New archaeological site revises human habitation timeline on Tibetan plateau
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
The research team was led by Dr. ZHANG Xiaoling and Prof. GAO Xing from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of CAS. Their stud...
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