http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. College athletes are not the only ones who sometimes suffer at the hands of higher ups. A new report brings to light a more hidden and pernicious problem – the psychological, physical and sexual abuse of students in the field of biological anthropology working in field studies far from home. http://phys.org/news284992158.html Other Sciences Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:00:01 EST news284992158 A team of researchers led by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain has found the first ancient remains of a calcified ovarian teratoma, in the pelvis of the skeleton of a woman from the Roman era. The find confirms the presence in antiquity of this type of tumour - formed by the remains of tissues or organs, which are difficult to locate during the examination of ancient remains. Inside the small round mass, four teeth and a small piece of bone were found. http://phys.org/news278247822.html Other Sciences Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:03:52 EST news278247822 (Phys.org)—New research shows that disturbed habitats are resulting in increasingly poor diets for monkeys, and that the additional time and energy required to find food is causing concerning levels of stress in already critically endangered primates. http://phys.org/news278059020.html Biology Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:38:11 EST news278059020 Greenland's viking settlers, the Norse, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from Greenland about 500 years ago. Natural disasters, climate change and the inability to adapt have all been proposed as theories to explain their disappearance. But now a Danish-Canadian research team has demonstrated the Norse society did not die out due to an inability to adapt to the Greenlandic diet: an isotopic analysis of their bones shows they ate plenty of seals. http://phys.org/news272553090.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:11:37 EST news272553090 Evolutionary divergence of humans from chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical model suggests. http://phys.org/news208175719.html Other Sciences Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:35:33 EST news208175719 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many animals are known to use tools, but chimpanzees (our closest living relatives) show the most varied and complex use of tools, and the males in one group of chimps have even been observed using sex tools to attract a mate. http://phys.org/news192258277.html Biology Wed, 05 May 2010 08:10:01 EST news192258277 (PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. According to the "Grandmother Hypothesis," post-menopausal women can increase their genetic contribution to future generations by increasing the survivorship of their grandchildren. http://phys.org/news176054402.html Biology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:00 EST news176054402 For the second time, Penn State University scientists Alan Walker and Pat Shipman together have won a national book award. A book they coauthored, The Ape in the Tree, A Natural and Intellectual History of Proconsul, has been awarded the 2009 W.W. Howells Book Award, which is administered by the Biological Anthropology section of the American Anthropological Association. The book is published by Harvard University Press. In 1997, the husband-and-wife team won the prestigious Rhône-Poulenc Award for another of their coauthored books, The Wisdom of the Bones, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. http://phys.org/news173446728.html Biology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:50:11 EST news173446728 Genetic diseases and genetically mixed populations can help researchers understand human diversity and human origins according to a Penn State physical anthropologist. http://phys.org/news153829575.html Biology Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:28:26 EST news153829575