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Chimpanzees start using a new tool-use gesture during an alpha male take over
Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)
Since leaf clipping is relatively rare, little is known about it. "Although only three adult males were observed to begin leaf clipping during our study period,...
Lithuanians seek identity in their pagan roots
Jul 02, 2018 (AFP)
Skipping to the steady beat of drums, other singing revellers at the feast, known locally as Rasa, pass under an arbour decorated with flowers before throwing s...
Ukraine's Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes
Jul 01, 2018 (AFP)
More than a dozen Roma people were forced to flee the camp outside the city of Lviv after about 10 masked assailants armed with batons and knives attacked them ...
Orangutans have been adapting to humans for thousands of years
Jun 28, 2018 (UPI)
"It was often assumed that environmental factors like fruit availability were primarily responsible for most features of modern-day orangutans, such as the fact...
Study examines the ancient roots of team sports
Jun 28, 2018 (UPI)
Biologists have previously suggested play among animals serves an educational purpose. Chase games, for example, can help animals develop the stamina and speed ...
Rethinking the orangutan
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
Professor Mike Bruford, of Cardiff University, was part of the team of scientists shedding light on the development of the critically endangered species. Their ...
Cranium of a four-million-year-old hominin shows similarities to that of modern humans
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
The cranium of the extinct Australopithecus genus was found in the lower-lying deposits of the Jacovec Cavern in the Sterkfontein Caves, about 40km North-West o...
Cambodia finds 33 surrogate mothers in raid on illegal business
Jun 23, 2018 (AFP)
Five people, including a Chinese national, were arrested during the operation in the capital late Friday, Keo Thea, head of the Phnom Penh Anti-Trafficking unit...
Key difference between humans and other mammals is skin deep, says study
Jun 15, 2018 (SPX)
"We were quite surprised when we saw just how distinct we humans are from almost all other mammals, at least in terms of the skin microbes that we can collect w...
Improved ape genome assemblies provide new insights into human evolution
Jun 12, 2018 (SPX)
In the June 8 issue of Science, researchers report on improved orangutan and chimpanzee genomes that were built from scratch using long-read PacBio sequencing a...
Monkeys eat fats and carbs to keep warm
Jun 11, 2018 (SPX)
China's Quinling mountains, high altitude temperate forests where winter temperatures commonly drop below 0 degrees Celsius and approximately 50 cm of snow cove...
This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a human
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
A new U of T Scarborough study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found that when foraging for food, vervet monkeys apply simple rules-of-thumb (also known a...
Study finds two ancient populations that diverged later 'reconverged' in the Americas
Jun 05, 2018 (SPX)
The study, reported in the journal Science, challenges previous research suggesting that the first people in the Americas split into northern and southern branc...
The making of a human population uncovered through ancient Icelandic genomes
Jun 05, 2018 (SPX)
Iceland was settled around 1100 years ago, at the height of the Viking age. By sequencing the genomes from 25 ancient skulls dating to the first generations of ...
Bonobos won't eat filthy food, offering clues to the origins of disgust
Jun 04, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists wanted to better understand the evolutionary origins of disgust. The reaction helps humans avoid exposure to pathogens, and the latest research sugge...
Easter Islanders used ropes, ramps to place hats on famed statues
Jun 04, 2018 (UPI)
"Of the many questions that surround the island's past, two tend to stand out: How did people of the past move such massive statues, 'moai,' and how did they pl...
How did human brains get so large?
Jun 01, 2018 (SPX)
Since we share about 99% of our genome with that of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, it has remained a daunting task for scientists to identify whic...
How to build a brain: discovery answers evolutionary mystery
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
The study, published in Nature and funded by the Wellcome Trust, also answers an evolutionary mystery about how the delicate balance between different types of ...
Geologic evidence in ancient boulders supports a coastal theory of early settlement in Americas
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
The conventional story says that the earliest settlers came via Siberia, crossing the now-defunct Bering land bridge on foot and trekking through Canada when an...
Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago
May 30, 2018 (SPX)
Anthropologists and biologists were perplexed, but Stanford researchers now believe they've found a simple - if revealing - explanation. The collapse, they argu...
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