Traditional white-striped bodypainting practiced by indigenous communities mimics zebra stripes to reduce the number of potentially harmful horsefly bites a person receives by up to 10-fold, according to new research published ...
Other
Jan 16, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Somali, Latino, and Hmong Partnership for Health and Wellness have new evidence that the gut microbiota of immigrants and refugees rapidly Westernize after a person's arrival ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2018
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448
An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University(MSU), and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology(MIPT) from Russia has developed a mathematical model for monitoring ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2018
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49
Southeast Asia is one of the most genetically diverse regions in the world, but for more than 100 years scientists have disagreed about which theory of the origins of the population of the area was correct.
Archaeology
Jul 6, 2018
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Three human mandibles may provide new insight into the diet of Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in Borneo, according to a study published June 6, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Darren Curnoe from the University ...
Archaeology
Jun 6, 2018
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Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations
Environment
Mar 2, 2018
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Humans have been altering natural waterways for centuries, but only in the last several decades have dams raised ecological concerns.
Environment
Dec 11, 2017
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7
Modern humans were present in Southeast Asia about 20,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence published in Nature today.
Archaeology
Aug 10, 2017
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The first review of the global impact of humans on tropical forests in the ancient past shows that humans have been altering these environments for at least 45,000 years. This counters the view that tropical forests were ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2017
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Tropical peat swamp forests, which once occupied large swaths of Southeast Asia and other areas, provided a significant "sink" that helped remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But such forests have been disappearing ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2017
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