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3D fossil scans investigate the origins of bipedal locomotion in human evolution
One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of bipedalism. Knowing the type of locomotion used by many fossil species—walking upright on the ...
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Nov 29, 2024
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New research reveals insights into gender equality in hunter-gatherer societies
A study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour has uncovered fascinating insights into gender roles and cooperation in hunter-gatherer societies. The study, entitled "Bargaining between the sexes: outside ...
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Nov 29, 2024
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Homo juluensis: Possible new ancient human species uncovered by researchers
A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis, which includes mysterious groups like the Denisovans—ancient human relatives whose histories are still being uncovered.
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Nov 29, 2024
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Fossilized footprints reveal two extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same—they record instances in the lives of many ...
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Nov 29, 2024
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Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity's future
What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter lives—often for better, ...
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Nov 28, 2024
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A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot
More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged ...
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Nov 28, 2024
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Feces, vomit offer clues to how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth
Feces, vomit and fossilized food from inside stomachs have provided new clues into how dinosaurs rose to dominate Earth, a new study revealed on Wednesday.
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Nov 28, 2024
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Scientists discover shared genetic foundations between musical rhythm and human language
In a study published Nov. 21 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers have uncovered significant genetic connections between human language abilities and musical rhythm skills, providing new insights into the biological ...
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Nov 27, 2024
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Unraveling wheat's genetic past and offering insights for future breeding
An international team of scientists from Australia and China has uncovered invaluable genetic and genomic information in the world's most comprehensive wheat genome sequencing and assembly project to date.
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Nov 27, 2024
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Brains grew faster as humans evolved, study finds
Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found.
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Nov 27, 2024
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Fossilized dung reveals clues to dinosaur success story
In an international collaboration, researchers at Uppsala University have been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilized feces of dinosaurs. These analyses of hundreds of samples provide ...
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Nov 27, 2024
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Fruit fly study offers new insights into sperm evolution
Sperm are the most diverse and rapidly evolving cell type. Why sperm have undergone such dramatic evolution is a mystery that has stumped biologists for more than a century.
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Nov 26, 2024
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Great apes visually track subject-object relationships like humans do, research reveals
Great apes track events with their eyes in the same way that humans do, according to a study published November 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Vanessa Wilson from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 26, 2024
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The Amborella genome: A window into the origins of plant sex and reproduction
Plant reproduction is a cornerstone of our food system and ecological balance; however, it is a complex process. Plants have fascinating reproductive strategies, some being either male or female, some being hermaphroditic, ...
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Nov 25, 2024
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The whole story of human evolution, from ancient apes via Lucy to us, in one long read
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, paleoanthropology and its related fields have gained far less scientific ...
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Nov 25, 2024
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New tools filter noise from evolution data
While rates of evolution have appeared to accelerate over short time periods, new analysis suggests that statistical noise is affecting the data patterns. A professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and his colleague ...
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Nov 24, 2024
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Gene regulation study reports surprising results: Extensive regions of DNA belong to multiple gene switches
Some sequences in the genome cause genes to be switched on or off. Until now, each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, was thought to have its own place on the DNA. Different enhancers are therefore separated ...
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Nov 22, 2024
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'Genetic time machine' reveals complex chimpanzee cultures
In recent decades, scientists have clearly demonstrated that chimpanzees, like humans, pass on complex cultures such as tool use from generation to generation. But human culture has become vastly more sophisticated, from ...
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Nov 21, 2024
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Gene expression shifts help explain how a shrew changes brain size to match the seasons
New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression enable these small mammals ...
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Nov 21, 2024
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Dinosaur drumsticks, X-ray videos and 3D models shed light on the evolution of bird motion
Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs ...
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Nov 20, 2024
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