A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters, according to a new study.
Archaeology
Jul 19, 2023
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A new study from Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College solves an old mystery: Where did early humans in the Hula Valley get flint to make the prehistoric tools known as handaxes?
Archaeology
Jul 19, 2023
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Curly hair does more than simply look good—it may explain how early humans stayed cool while conserving water, according to researchers who studied the role human hair textures play in regulating body temperature. The findings ...
Evolution
Jun 7, 2023
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Baboons (Papio) are found across the continent of Africa, from the west to the east and all the way south. They have doglike noses, impressive teeth and thick fur that ranges widely in color between the six species, which ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2023
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250
A new study led by scientists at Uppsala University and INRAE/Université Paris-Saclay has discovered that the pro-viral host protein ZC3H11A plays a critical role in maintaining embryo viability during early development. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2023
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Every day, hundreds of stone artifact enthusiasts around the world sit down and begin striking a stone with special tools attempting to craft the perfect arrowhead or knife. This craft is known as flintknapping, and for most, ...
Archaeology
May 25, 2023
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Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human diaspora across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Evolution
May 24, 2023
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Early humans in Europe were making and controlling fire at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have found.
Archaeology
May 18, 2023
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A trio of psychologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of York and Duke University has found that great apes may sometimes engage in reciprocal food exchange under the right circumstances. In their ...
More than a million years ago, large chunks of the human genome were rearranged—a chance event during egg or sperm formation that led to the deletion, duplication, or reversal of sections of DNA. Those structural variants, ...
Evolution
Apr 27, 2023
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