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DNA analysis of 6,500-year-old human remains in Israel points to origin of ancient culture
Aug 24, 2018 (SPX)
The study is one of the largest ancient DNA studies ever conducted in Israel and for the first time sheds light on the origins of the Chalcolithic culture in th...
Oil palm: few areas in Africa reconcile high yields and primate protection
Aug 20, 2018 (SPX)
In the study, the researchers set out to identify 'areas of compromise' in which oil palm cultivation would be most productive while having little impact on pri...
Chimpanzee foods are mechanically more demanding than previously thought
Aug 13, 2018 (SPX)
The mechanical properties of plant foods can vary substantially but to date there were no comparative data available for chimpanzee populations living in distin...
845-Page analytical report on the longevity industry in the UK released
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
The report uses comprehensive infographics to distill the report's data and conclusions into easily understandable portions, and interested readers can get a qu...
Primate study offers clues to evolution of speech
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
The vocal tract and larynx is similar in form and function amongst virtually all terrestrial mammals, including humans. However, relative to humans, non-human p...
New light shed on the people who built Stonehenge
Aug 08, 2018 (SPX)
Conducted in partnership with colleagues at the UCL, Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle...
Modern Flores Island pygmies show no genetic link to extinct 'hobbits'
Aug 08, 2018 (SPX)
It's a simple question that took years to answer. As no one has been able to recover DNA from the fossils of Homo floresiensis (nicknamed the "hobbit"), researc...
Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins
Aug 01, 2018 (SPX)
Our species' ability to occupy diverse and 'extreme' settings around the world stands in stark contrast to the ecological adaptations of other hominin taxa, and...
Two baby mountain gorillas born in DR Congo's Virunga park
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
"The mountain gorillas were a most welcome source of good news in 2018 and it's only getting better!" the park said in a statement, adding that it was "thrilled...
Gault site research pushes back date of earliest North Americans
Jul 24, 2018 (SPX)
Clovis artifacts are distinctive prehistoric stone tools so named because they were initially found near Clovis, New Mexico, in the 1920s but have since been id...
Last survivor of Brazil tribe under threat: NGO
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
The video, which has gone viral, shows a tribesman in a loincloth cutting down trees in the forest with an ax. The images were made public by Brazil's National ...
More than a quarter of the globe is controlled by indigenous groups
Jul 16, 2018 (UPI)
According to the new survey, indigenous groups own, use or have management rights over more than a quarter of Earth's land surface. Indigenous groups control ap...
5,300-year-old iceman's last meal was remarkably high in fat
Jul 13, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers published a new study in Current Biology on Thursday, reporting insights into the nutritional habits of European individuals in the Copper Age, more...
Our fractured African roots
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
While it is widely accepted that our species originated in Africa, less attention has been paid to how we evolved within the continent. Many had assumed that ea...
Primates adjust grooming to their social environment
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
Grooming interactions play a special role within this system as they are exchangeable for support during a fight, for sharing food from a hunt or other services...
Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
In an article in The Journal of Human Evolution, a team lead by Professor Tracy Kivell of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation concludes that although...
Humans evolved in small groups across diverse environs in Africa
Jul 11, 2018 (UPI)
The study, which combined fossil surveys, genetic analysis and climate modeling, suggests early humans evolved in semi-isolated groups -- not as a large, cohesi...
Stone tools age Asia's first Homo presence
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
If correctly dated, the find means that hominins -- the group of humans and our extinct forefather species -- left Africa earlier than archaeologists have been ...
Our human ancestors walked on two feet but their children still had a backup plan
Jul 10, 2018 (SPX)
"For the first time, we have an amazing window into what walking was like for a 2.5 year-old, more than 3 million years ago," says lead author, Jeremy DeSilva, ...
Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric population of Southeast Asia
Jul 06, 2018 (UPI)
For decades, scientists have disagreed on how Southeast Asia was first populated. Some researchers believed an indigenous group of hunter-gatherers, called the ...
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