Human ancestors may have sailed across the Aegean Sea
A team of researchers at the University of Patras's, OCEANUS- Lab has found evidence suggesting that early human ancestors (extinct hominids) may have sailed across the Aegean Sea.
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Ecological continuity between orangutans and extinct ancestors highlights their dependence on intact rainforests
An international research team led by Prof. Hervé Bocherens of the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and his Ph.D. student Sophie G. Habinger has reconstructed the ...
Evolution
Aug 9, 2022
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The Marquesas Islands: Window into a lost world
Polynesian explorers discovered a treasure trove of unique plants and animals when they arrived in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, according to new research.
Archaeology
Mar 31, 2022
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Great ape's consonant and vowel-like sounds travel over distance without losing meaning
Scientists have shown that orangutan call signals believed to be closest to the precursors to human language, travel through forest over long distances without losing their meaning. This throws into question the accepted ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2021
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Remains of ancient dogs found among early human ancestral remains in Georgia
A team of researchers from Italy, Spain and Georgia has found the remains of ancient hunting dogs at a dig site in what is now modern Georgia. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the group describes ...
NASA Lucy mission's message to the future
In the 1970s four spacecraft began their one-way trips out of our Solar System. As the first human-built objects to ever venture into interstellar space, NASA chose to place plaques on Pioneer 10 and 11 and golden records ...
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2021
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Little Foot fossil shows early human ancestor clung closely to trees
A long-awaited, high-tech analysis of the upper body of famed fossil 'Little Foot' opens a window to a pivotal period when human ancestors diverged from apes, new USC research shows.
Evolution
Apr 20, 2021
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On the origin of our species
Experts from the Natural History Museum, The Francis Crick Institute and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Jena have joined together to untangle the different meanings of ancestry in the evolution ...
Evolution
Feb 10, 2021
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Why do elephants and tigers still roam in India? Study offers clues
Tropical Asia and Africa are the only regions on Earth that retain diverse populations of large, land-dwelling mammals, such as elephants, rhinos, and big cats. A new study co-authored by Yale researcher Advait M. Jukar suggests ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 9, 2020
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Transposable elements play an important role in genetic expression and evolution
Until recently, little was known about how transposable elements contribute to gene regulation. These are little pieces of DNA that can replicate themselves and spread out in the genome. Although they make up nearly half ...
Biotechnology
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