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Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)

Face recognition software measures various parameters in a mug shot, such as the distance between the person's eyes, the height from lip to top of their nose an...

World population may hit 11 billion by 2100: study

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

The world population may grow larger than previously estimated, reaching 11 billion people by century's end, according to a UN-led analysis published Thursday. ...

How learning to talk is in the genes

Sep 17, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers have found evidence that genetic factors may contribute to the development of language during infancy. Scientists from the Medical Research Council ...

Chinese doctors discover woman missing cerebellum

Sep 12, 2014 (UPI)

Even without knowing much about the different parts of the brain, the "cerebellum" just sounds necessary for survival. But after a woman in China came to the em...

Study ties groundwater to human evolution

Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)

Our ancient ancestors' ability to move around and find new sources of groundwater during extremely dry periods in Africa millions of years ago may have been key...

Non-dominant hand vital to the evolution of the thumb

Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)

Research shows non-dominant hand is likely to have played a vital role in the evolution of modern human hand morphology. In the largest experiment ever undertak...

Evolutionary tools improve prospects for sustainable development

Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)

Solving societal challenges in food security, emerging diseases and biodiversity loss will require evolutionary thinking in order to be effective in the long ru...

Female baboons with guy pals live longer

Sep 11, 2014 (UPI)

Research has shown strong social relationships -- both with friends and significant others -- to be good for human health. Now a new study shows the same holds ...

Ancient underground complex sat beneath Stonehenge

Sep 10, 2014 (UPI)

The massive hunks of granite that make up Stonehenge are just part of a much larger puzzle. As new research reveals, Stonehenge is what remains of was once a va...

Demographic crisis empties out Japan's countryside

Sep 08, 2014 (AFP)

The tiny Japanese community of Mishima was desperate to reverse its shrinking population so officials came up with what they hoped would be a game-changing plan...

Research: Increased number of psychopaths in upper management

Sep 08, 2014 (UPI)

For the first time, a study has shown those with psychopathic tendencies and high intelligence can and do manipulate tests designed to reveal their true psychop...

'Telepathy' experiment sends 1st mental message

Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)

For the first time, scientists have been able to send a simple mental message from one person to another without any contact between the two, thousands of miles...

War between bacteria and phages benefits humans

Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)

In the battle between our immune systems and cholera bacteria, humans may have an unknown ally in bacteria-killing viruses known as phages. In a new study, rese...

Scientists find possible neurobiological basis for tradeoff between honesty, self-interest

Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)

What's the price of your integrity? Tell the truth; everyone has a tipping point. We all want to be honest, but at some point, we'll lie if the benefit is great...

Economic forces killing 25 percent of the world's languages

Sep 03, 2014 (UPI)

Globalization and other economic forces have combined to quash roughly a quarter of the world's languages. According to a new study by researchers at the Univer...

Extinctions during human era worse than thought

Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)

It's hard to comprehend how bad the current rate of species extinction around the world has become without knowing what it was before people came along. The new...

Archaeologists discover Neanderthal cave art in Gibraltar

Sep 02, 2014 (UPI)

Neanderthals have gotten a bad rap. Informally, the now extinct human species Homo neanderthalensis is thought of as a bunch of babbling, rock-bashing meatheads...

The roots of human altruism

Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists have long been searching for the factor that determines why humans often behave so selflessly. It was known that humans share this tendency with spec...

Stone-tipped spears lethal, may indicate early cognitive and social skills

Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)

Attaching a stone tip on to a wooden spear shaft was a significant innovation for early modern humans living around 500,000 years ago. However, it was also a co...

SA's Taung Child's skull and brain not human-like in expansion

Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)

The Taung Child, South Africa's premier hominin discovered 90 years ago by Wits University Professor Raymond Dart, never seizes to transform and evolve the sear...