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MIT system outperforms human intution with algorithms
Oct 17, 2015 (UPI)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is testing a new computer system aimed at finding patterns in data sets faster than human beings. Researchers at MIT d...
'Paleo' sleep? Sorry, pre-modern people don't get more Zzzzs than we do
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
It's tempting to believe that people these days aren't getting enough sleep, living as we do in our well-lit houses with TVs blaring, cell phones buzzing, and a...
Did Homo sapiens colonize Asia before Europe?
Oct 15, 2015 (UPI)
A cave in Southern China, near the small village of Daoxian, has yielded 47 human teeth, dated between 80,000 and 120,000 years ago -- the earliest evidence of ...
Modern humans out of Africa sooner than thought
Oct 14, 2015 (AFP)
Human teeth discovered in southern China provide evidence that our species left the African continent up to 70,000 years earlier than prevailing theories sugges...
Research reveals new clues about how humans become tool users
Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)
New research from the University of Georgia department of psychology gives researchers a unique glimpse at how humans develop an ability to use tools in childho...
Researchers build a digital piece of brain
Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)
If you want to learn how something works, one strategy is to take it apart and put it back together again. For 10 years, a global initiative called the Blue Bra...
Breakthrough for electrode implants in the brain
Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)
For nearly nine years, researchers at Lund University have been working on developing implantable electrodes that can capture signals from single neurons in the...
The hand and foot of Homo naledi
Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)
The second set of papers related to the remarkable discovery of Homo naledi, a new species of human relative, have been published in scientific journal, Nature ...
Foot fossils of human relative shows evolutionary 'messiness' of bipeds
Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)
A new study on Homo naledi, the extinct human relative whose remains were discovered in a South African cave and introduced to the world last month, suggests th...
New human ancestor's feet resemble our own, Dartmouth scientist finds
Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)
As a specialist in fossil feet, Dartmouth anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva has scrutinized Homo naledi, the latest addition to the human ancestral lineage, which w...
How the brain's wiring leads to cognitive control
Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)
How does the brain determine which direction to let its thoughts fly? Looking for the mechanisms behind cognitive control of thought, researchers at the Univers...
Remote sensing used to map habitat of monkey with hominid-like behavior
Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)
Biologists and psychologists are fascinated by the bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) of northeastern Brazil, which exhibit behavior that is extreme...
Scientists sequence first ancient human genome from Africa
Oct 08, 2015 (UPI)
For the first time, scientists have sequenced an ancient human genome recovered from Africa. The results suggests a mass migration from Eurasia back to Africa, ...
An accessible approach to making a mini-brain
Oct 07, 2015 (SPX)
If you need a working miniature brain - say for drug testing, to test neural tissue transplants, or to experiment with how stem cells work - a new paper describ...
Our brain's secrets to success
Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)
Discoveries about how the human brain contributes to our success - both as a species and as individuals - are among the first fruit of projects funded under the...
Woman sits dead for hours in Hong Kong McDonald's
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
A homeless woman lay dead at a Hong Kong McDonald's restaurant for hours surrounded by diners who failed to notice her, sparking concern over the city's "McRefu...
2-million-year-old fossils reveal hearing abilities of early humans
Oct 02, 2015 (SPX)
Research into human fossils dating back to approximately two million years ago reveals that the hearing pattern resembles chimpanzees, but with some slight diff...
How to find out about the human mind through stone
Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)
Laterality is the preference of human beings for one side of our bodies; being left-handed or right-handed, for example, or having a preference for using one ey...
Scientists report earlier date of shift in human ancestors' diet
Sep 16, 2015 (SPX)
Millions of years ago, our primate ancestors turned from trees and shrubs to search for food on the ground. In human evolution, that has made all the difference...
Fossil trove adds a new limb to human family tree
Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)
Working in a cave complex deep beneath South Africa's Malmani dolomites, an international team of scientists has brought to light an unprecedented trove of homi...
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