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Study: Neanderthals occupied caves earlier than thought
Jun 01, 2016 (UPI)
Neanderthals were venturing deep into caves and building fires in them much earlier than previously thought, according to a new study in France. Archaeologists ...
Remains of rice and mung beans help solve a Madagascan mystery
May 31, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have helped solve one of the enduring mysteries of the ancient world: why the inhabitants of Madagascar speak Malagasy, a language otherwise unique ...
Migration back to Africa took place during the Paleolithic
May 27, 2016 (SPX)
The Palaeogenomics study conducted by the Human Evolutionary Biology group of the Faculty of Science and Technology, led by Concepcion de la Rua, in collaborati...
Archaeologists say they've discovered Aristotle's tomb
May 26, 2016 (UPI)
For 20 years, scientists have been excavating the archaeological site of Stagira in northern Greece. On Thursday, they announced their most significant discover...
French cave sheds new light on the Neanderthals
May 26, 2016 (SPX)
Deep inside Bruniquel Cave, in the Tarn et Garonne region of southwestern France, a set of man-made structures1 336 meters from the entrance was recently dated ...
Did human-like intelligence evolve to care for helpless babies
May 25, 2016 (SPX)
A new study from the University of Rochester suggests that human intelligence might have evolved in response to the demands of caring for infants. Steven Pianta...
Great apes communicate cooperatively, like humans
May 24, 2016 (UPI)
Campaign season may cloud the cooperative nature of human language, but conversation does require cooperation, and new research shows humans' closest relatives,...
Global data shows inverse relationship, shift in human use of fire
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
Humans use fire for heating, cooking, managing lands and, more recently, fueling industrial processes. Now, research from the University of Colorado has found t...
Ancient Chinese pottery reveals 5,000-yr-old beer brew
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Residue on pottery from an archeological site has revealed the earliest evidence of beer brewing in China left from a 5,000-year-old recipe, researchers said Mo...
From Israel's army to Hollywood: the meteoric rise of Krav Maga
May 19, 2016 (AFP)
Krav Maga, the close-combat method conceived in secrecy by the Israeli army, has kicked its way firmly into civilian life and with Hollywood's help, has become ...
New evidence that humans settled in southeastern US far earlier than previously believed
May 18, 2016 (SPX)
The discovery of stone tools found in a Florida river show that humans settled the southeastern United States far earlier than previously believed - perhaps by ...
Climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals
May 17, 2016 (SPX)
A researcher at the University of Colorado Denver has found that Neanderthals in Europe showed signs of nutritional stress during periods of extreme cold, sugge...
Drawing the genetic history of Ice Age Eurasian populations
May 09, 2016 (SPX)
Not much is known about the genetics of Eurasian history before the introduction of farming. One of the major questions is how climatic fluctuations influenced ...
Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens had different dietary strategies
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
When fluctuating climates in the Ice Age altered habitats, modern humans may have adapted their diets in a different way than Neandertals, according to a study ...
Hominins may have been food for carnivores 500,000 years ago
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was consumed by large carnivores, likely hyenas, according to a s...
Chimp study explores the early origins of human hand dexterity
Apr 28, 2016 (SPX)
Chimpanzees use manipulative dexterity to evaluate and select figs, a vital resource when preferred foods are scarce, according to a new Dartmouth-led study jus...
Toward quieting the brain
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of investigators from Brazil, Scotland and Germany is expanding the research base on the brain's complex suite of connections known as neu...
Researchers can identify you by your brain waves with 100 percent accuracy
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Your responses to certain stimuli - foods, celebrities, words - might seem trivial, but they say a lot about you. In fact (with the proper clearance), these res...
Shining light on brain tumors
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
When operating on cancer, surgeons want to remove tumors and not healthy tissue. This is especially important and challenging when dealing with brain tumors, wh...
How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Research strongly suggests that sleep, which constitutes about a third of our lives, is crucial for learning and forming long-term memories. But exactly how suc...
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