The society you live in can shape the complexity of your brain—and it does so differently for social insects than for humans and other vertebrate animals.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2015
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A chimpanzee will wait more than two minutes to eat six grapes, but a black lemur would rather eat two grapes now than wait any longer than 15 seconds for a bigger serving.
Evolution
May 13, 2014
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A 40,000 year old piece of raven bone that was etched with near-even lines suggests Neanderthals had an eye for esthetics, French researchers said Wednesday.
Archaeology
Mar 30, 2017
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(Phys.org)—With baby boomers approaching the age of 65 and new cases of Alzheimer's disease expected to increase by 50 percent by the year 2030, Georgia Tech researchers have created a tool that allows adults to screen ...
Software
Oct 3, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A Stirling researcher has identified between 20 and 30 manual gestures used by a community of wild chimpanzees, used to communicate with others in a range of activities including nursing, feeding, sex, aggression ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2012
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Scientists have taken a step forward in helping to solve one of life's greatest mysteries – what makes us human?
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2012
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We create words to label people, places, actions, thoughts, and more so we can express ourselves meaningfully to others. Do humans' shared cognitive abilities and dependence on languages naturally provide a universal means ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2016
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Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a less obvious trait—the ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2013
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A team of facial recognition experts from the University of New South Wales, Newcastle University and the University of York has published a Comment piece in the journal Royal Society Open Science challenging claims made ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pigeons are on par with primates in their numerical abilities, according to new University of Otago research appearing in the leading international journal Science.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2011
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