Modern Flores Island pygmies show no genetic link to extinct 'hobbits'
Two pygmy populations on the same tropical island. One went extinct tens of thousands of years ago; the other still lives there. Are they related?
Two pygmy populations on the same tropical island. One went extinct tens of thousands of years ago; the other still lives there. Are they related?
Archaeology
Aug 2, 2018
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A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, Harvard University, the University of Exeter and the University of California has come up with a new theory to explain the short stature of pygmies ...
The pygmies of West Africa evolved their short stature independently, and very differently, from their cousins in East Africa, French researchers said Tuesday.
Biotechnology
Jul 28, 2015
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African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that this is an example of convergent adaptation that may also be linked to changes in cardiac development ...
Evolution
Nov 8, 2018
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The small body size associated with the pygmy phenotype is probably a selective adaptation for rainforest hunter-gatherers, according to an international team of researchers, but all African pygmy phenotypes do not have the ...
Biotechnology
Aug 18, 2014
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Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have created a new disease model that has contributed to a better understanding of Bloom syndrome and the sex determination processes of zebrafish. The study, linking two ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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In its first two weeks after being released, the video game Hogwarts Legacy, described by the developer as "set in the world of the Harry Potter books," sold 12 million copies and made about US$850 million in revenue.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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