A new evolutionary theory explains how critically small populations of early humans survived, despite an increased chance of hereditary disabilities being passed to offspring.
Evolution
Jun 15, 2015
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1687
New research by an archaeologist at the University of York suggests that betrayals of trust were the missing link in understanding the rapid spread of our own species around the world.
Archaeology
Nov 24, 2015
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2228
Mathematicians have used a statistical technique to interrogate some of the big "what if" questions in the Second World War battle for Britain's skies.
Mathematics
Jan 9, 2020
5
204
Researchers—led by the University of York's BioArCh team—developed a new approach to analyze amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, from 17 adult skeletons found in the aftermath of the eruption of Vesuvius in ...
Archaeology
Aug 25, 2021
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1115
The results of a major archeological dig—which included the discovery of a 2,500-year-old brain—on what is now the University of York's Campus East have been published.
Archaeology
Aug 27, 2020
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418
Hunter-gatherer groups living in the Baltic between seven and a half and six thousand years ago had culturally distinct cuisines, analysis of ancient pottery fragments has revealed.
Archaeology
Apr 21, 2020
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756
An international team of scientists, including a University of York researcher, has carried out ground-breaking experiments to investigate the atomic structure of astatine (Z=85), the rarest naturally occurring element on ...
General Physics
May 14, 2013
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1
Biologists from the University of York have compiled two new datasets on insect evolution, revealing that metamorphosing insects diversify more quickly than other insects and are therefore the biggest contributors to the ...
Evolution
Oct 2, 2014
1
0
Research by scientists at the University of York has revealed new insights into the life and death of black holes.
General Physics
Mar 6, 2013
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3
Peter Moore discovered a fragment from a 1,800 year-old glass fish at the National Trust's Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire.
Archaeology
Jul 23, 2019
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636
