The remains of glyptodonts, a group of extinct giant armadillos, indicate that humans spread to South America earlier than previously assumed. Found in northwestern Venezuela, the fractured skulls could represent evidence ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 15, 2022
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The drummers puff out their chests, let out a guttural yell, then step up to their kits and furiously pound out their signature beat so that everyone within earshot can tell who is playing.
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2022
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For decades now, archaeologists wielded the tools of their trade to unearth clues about past peoples, while ecologists have sought to understand current ecosystems. But these well-established scientific disciplines tend to ...
Ecology
Aug 31, 2022
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A new technique that can analyze how drug molecules bind to proteins in tissue samples could offer an improved route to drug discovery and development.
Biochemistry
Jul 14, 2022
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The island prefecture of HokkaidÅ, Japan's second-largest island, has a rich cultural history of hunter-gatherers both on land and at sea. Over thousands of years through the Holocene and into the 19th century, the prevalence ...
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2022
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Blood-forming stem cells found in bone marrow are the life-saving component used in bone marrow transplants. However, suitable donors cannot be found in many cases. A new study reveals how the human embryo develops the precursor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2022
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Human primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the early precursors of the eggs (oocytes) and sperm that are necessary to keep humankind alive and reproducing. Medical researchers attempt to study their function and development using ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 10, 2022
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A new study led by researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Ono Academic College, The University of Tulsa and the Israel Antiquities Authority presents a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra discovered in Israel's Jordan Valley. ...
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2022
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A UAB research team has developed PopHumanVar, an application that helps reconstructing the evolutionary past of the human species through the identification of specific genetic mutations that have allowed us to adapt to ...
Evolution
Feb 2, 2022
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Chimpanzees don't automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now used field experiments to show that chimpanzees thus do not simply invent nut cracking ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2022
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