News tagged with human evolution
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A Serious Question: Why Do We Laugh?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Not surprisingly, Robert Lynch begins his research paper "It's Funny Because We Think It's True: Laughter is Augmented by Implicit Preferences" with a joke. Not his joke, but one taken from a ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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International scientists set boundaries for survival
Human activities have already pushed the Earth system beyond three of the planet's biophysical thresholds, with consequences that are detrimental or even catastrophic for large parts of the world; six others ...
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Evolution still scientifically stable
An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Humans spread out of Africa later
Modern humans spread out of Africa 20,000 years later than previously thought, according to new genetic research just published.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Notre Dame anthropologist Agustin Fuentes, published recently in the European journal Anthropology Today, states that although Darwin’s basic ideas still form t ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Early modern humans use fire to engineer tools from stone
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence that early modern humans living on the coast of the far southern tip of Africa 72,000 years ago employed pyrotechnology - the controlled use of fire - to increase the quality and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Neanderthals wouldn't have eaten their sprouts either
Spanish researchers say they're a step closer to resolving a "mystery of evolution" -- why some people like Brussels sprouts but others hate them.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Study links selection for pathogen-resistance with increased risk for inflammatory disease
New research reveals that a simple laboratory assay detects a genetic variation in host response to bacterial infection that is associated with an increased susceptibility for inflammatory disease. The study, published by ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Prehistoric Cold Case Hints of Interspecies Homicide
(PhysOrg.com) -- The wound that ultimately killed a Neandertal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neandertals did not, according to ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Primate archaeology, proposal of a new research field
The use of tools by hominins - the primate group which includes humans (Homo) and chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan) - has been extensively researched by archaeologists and primatologists, both of who manifest the relevance of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 16, 2009 |
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The last supper of the hominids establishes the times they lived at the sites
In the French cave of Arago, an international team of scientists has analyzed the dental wear of the fossils of herbivorous animals hunted by Homo heidelbergensis. It is the first time that an analytical method ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Study of first wave of swine flu requires revised public health strategies
There is no way to know how the newest strain of the H1N1 influenza virus will behave in the future. But scientists, notably those working at the intersections of epidemiology, mathematics, modeling and statistics, are monitoring ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The neurobiology of musicality related to the intrinsic attachment behavior?
Music is social communication between individuals -- humming of lullabies attach infant to parent and singing or playing music adds croup cohesion. The neurobiology of music perception and production is likely to be related ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 26, 2009 |
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47-million-year-old fossil could shed light on primate family tree
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported "missing link" between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 19, 2009 |
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