What howler monkeys can tell us about the role of interbreeding in human evolution
Did different species of early humans interbreed and produce offspring of mixed ancestry?
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2012
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The koala: When it's smart to be slow
The koala was clinging to an old tree stag while stranded in the Murray River, on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. A team of students from La Trobe University noticed its predicament as they were paddling ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2022
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Genetic mutation may have allowed early humans to migrate throughout Africa
A genetic mutation that occurred thousands of years ago might be the answer to how early humans were able to move from central Africa and across the continent in what has been called "the great expansion," according to new ...
Biotechnology
Sep 19, 2012
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Scientists make bamboo tools to test theory explaining East Asia's Stone Age tool scarcity
The long-held theory that early human ancestors in East Asia crafted their tools from bamboo and wood is much more complicated than originally conceived, according to a new study.
Archaeology
Apr 8, 2011
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Early Neolithic farmers arriving on the Baltic coast bucked trends and incorporated fish into their diets
Pioneering early farmers who arrived on the Baltic coast 6,000 years ago may have taken up fishing after observing indigenous hunter-gatherer communities, a major new study has found.
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2023
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Atacama Desert people found to have evolved greater tolerance of arsenic
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Chile has found that some people living in a part of the Atacama Desert have evolved over time for survival despite drinking water that contains 100 ...
Baby corals pass the acid test
Corals can survive the early stages of their development even under the tough conditions that rising carbon emissions will impose on them says a new study from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
Environment
Aug 13, 2013
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New study settles long-standing debate: Does agricultural erosion create a carbon sink or source?
Over the last decade, researchers have sounded the alarm on soil erosion being the biggest threat to global food security. As world governments moved to implement soil conservation practices, a new debate began: does agricultural ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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Observations investigate the neutrino emitting blazar TXS 0506+056
Astronomers have performed spectroscopic observations of a neutrino-emitting blazar known as TXS 0506+056. Results of this observational campaign, presented in a paper published November 28 on the arXiv pre-print server, ...
Unemployment and family separation affect grandchildren
Researchers from The University of Western Australia and its affiliate, Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, have found the impact of long-term unemployment and separation in a family extends to future generations.
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2013
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