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Scientists chart a baby boom - in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D.
Jul 02, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have sketched out one of the greatest baby booms in North American history, a centuries-long "growth blip" among southwestern Native Americans betwee...
Advanced CLARITY Method Offers Faster, Better Views of Entire Brain
Jun 25, 2014 (SPX)
For decades, researchers' understanding of brain structure and function has remained fragmented due to difficulties integrating observations and insights at the...
Humans have been changing Chinese environment for 3,000 years
Jun 24, 2014 (SPX)
CAPTION: Images courtesy of the Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. For thousands of years, Mother Nature has taken the blame for tremendous...
Skulls with mix of Neandertal and primitive traits illuminate human evolution
Jun 24, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers studying a collection of skulls in a Spanish cave identified both Neandertal-derived features and features associated with more primitive humans in ...
Brain syncs blood flow to match activities
Jun 20, 2014 (SPX)
In a new study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association June 12, 2014, researchers at Columbia Engineering report that they have identi...
Feel-good hormones could cause UV addiction
Jun 20, 2014 (SPX)
Sun lovers eagerly flock to the beach every summer, despite widespread awareness of the risk of skin cancer. A study published June 19th by Cell Press in the jo...
What amino acids in shells can tell us about Bronze Age people
Jun 20, 2014 (SPX)
A new study by scientists at the University of York has shed new light on the use of mollusc shells as personal adornments by Bronze Age people. The research te...
Seafarers brought Neolithic culture to Europe, gene study indicates
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
How the Neolithic people found their way to Europe has long been a subject of debate. A study published June 6 of genetic markers in modern populations may offe...
Serious challenges to 'New Urbanist' communities
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
As New Urbanist communities expand nationwide, a study from the University of Colorado Denver shows the increasing challenges of balancing complex traffic engin...
Inca trails, ancient French cave vie for World Heritage status
Jun 15, 2014 (AFP)
Inca trails spanning six countries and a French cave with some of the earliest known paintings are among the sites expected to get World Heritage status at a UN...
Chimpanzees spontaneously initiate and maintain cooperative behavior
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Without any pre-training or restrictions in partner choice among chimpanzees, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, foun...
New paper amplifies hypothesis on human language's deep origins
Jun 12, 2014 (SPX)
On the island of Java, in Indonesia, the silvery gibbon, an endangered primate, lives in the rainforests. In a behavior that's unusual for a primate, the silver...
Did violence shape our faces?
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
What contributed to the evolution of faces in the ape-like ancestors of humans? The prehistoric version of a bar fight - over women, resources and other slug-wo...
Looking for the best strategy? Ask a chimp
Jun 09, 2014 (SPX)
If you're trying to outwit the competition, it might be better to have been born a chimpanzee, according to a study by researchers at Caltech, which found that ...
Making artificial vision look more natural
Jun 09, 2014 (SPX)
In laboratory tests, researchers have used electrical stimulation of retinal cells to produce the same patterns of activity that occur when the retina sees a mo...
Intertwined evolution of human brain and brawn
May 28, 2014 (SPX)
The cognitive differences between humans and our closest living cousins, the chimpanzees, are staggeringly obvious. Although we share strong superficial physica...
Journey of Discovery Starts toward Understanding and Treating Networks of the Brain
May 28, 2014 (SPX)
Work on DARPA's Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) program is set to begin with teams led by UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Massachuse...
Virtual dam on after-hours emails tackles burnout
May 27, 2014 (AFP)
As smartphones and portable devices increasingly dominate our working lives, moves are afoot in France and Germany to prevent the little electronic miracle work...
US military opens door to gender treatment for Manning
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon is looking at transferring convicted leaker Private Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get hormonal treatment for her gender identity ...
Longevity gene may boost brain power
May 13, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists showed that people who have a variant of a longevity gene, called KLOTHO, have improved brain skills such as thinking, learning and memory regardless...
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