DNA scan sheds new light on mankind's mysterious cousins (Update)
Max Planck researchers describe Denisovan genome, illuminating the relationships between Denisovans and present-day humans.
Max Planck researchers describe Denisovan genome, illuminating the relationships between Denisovans and present-day humans.
Archaeology
Aug 30, 2012
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(Phys.org) —Heide Pfutzner is getting favorable recognition as an artist who has produced skilled, accomplished abstract paintings with their colorful shapes in electric-like blues, reds, pinks, and yellows, Her admirers ...
Researchers reporting online on July 26 in Current Biology have for the first time shown that they can control the behavior of monkeys by using pulses of blue light to very specifically activate particular brain cells. The ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2012
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Many animals, including humans, have internal clocks and calendars to help them regulate behavior, physiological functions and biological processes. Although scientists have extensively studied the timekeeping mechanisms ...
Biotechnology
Sep 23, 2013
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We all know the feeling, the short, sharp shock of waking to the sound of an alarm clock. Whether the traditional clattering metal bells, the incessant beeping of digital or the dulcet tones of today's radio news reader. ...
Engineering
Oct 20, 2011
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Engineering researchers the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2011
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The question of how some wolves evolved into the trusty dogs that work on farms, lead the blind and curl up on pillows in bedrooms has remained largely unanswered. Until now.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2013
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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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(Phys.org) —Research by the University of Liverpool has found that the same brain activity is used for language production and making complex tools, supporting the theory that they evolved at the same time.
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that ancient footprints in Laetoli, Tanzania, show that human-like features of the feet and gait existed almost two million years earlier than previously ...
Archaeology
Jul 20, 2011
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