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DNA shows Arctic group's isolation lasted 4,000 years
Aug 28, 2014 (AFP)
A long-gone group of ancient people known as Paleo-Eskimos lived in isolation in the North American Arctic for more than 4,000 years, said a study on Thursday. ...
Gamblers have greedy birdbrains, new study suggests
Aug 27, 2014 (UPI)
According to psychologists at Warwick University, in the United Kingdom, the risky decisions that gamblers make are similar to the tendencies of greedy pigeons....
A long childhood feeds the hungry human brain
Aug 26, 2014 (SPX)
A five-year old's brain is an energy monster. It uses twice as much glucose (the energy that fuels the brain) as that of a full-grown adult, a new study led by ...
Neanderthals and humans interacted for thousands of years
Aug 21, 2014 (UPI)
A new study from Oxford University reveals Neanderthals and humans interacted for up to 5,000 years, 10 times longer than previously thought. Researchers from a...
Science team criticizes adoption of 'novel ecosystems' by policymakers
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Embracing "novel" ecosystems is dangerous, according to a new study by an international team. Novel ecosystems arise when human activities transform biological ...
Japanese 111-year-old becomes oldest man
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
A Japanese man born months before the Wright brothers carried out the first human flight was recognised Wednesday as the world's oldest male at the age of 111. ...
8,000-year-old mutation key to human life at high altitudes
Aug 19, 2014 (SPX)
In an environment where others struggle to survive, Tibetans thrive in the thin air on the Tibetan Plateau, with an average elevation of 14,800 feet. A Universi...
6,500-year-old human skeleton found in museum storage
Aug 05, 2014 (UPI)
Clean out your closets, people! Every week, there's a new story about someone finding something remarkable in their storage closets -- one week it's prehistoric...
Flores bones evidence of Down syndrome, not new species
Aug 04, 2014 (UPI)
In 2004, archaeologists found the remains of an ancient human in Flores, Indonesia, that some suggested was proof of a new species -- a relative of early man kn...
Engineering a protein to prevent brain damage from toxic agents
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
Research at New York University is paving the way for a breakthrough that may prevent brain damage in civilians and military troops exposed to poisonous chemica...
China's ageing millions look forward to bleak future
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
As she nears retirement along with millions of other Chinese, He Xiangying is too busy sending her son money and raising a stranger's child to worry about who w...
Study cracks how the brain processes emotions
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Although feelings are personal and subjective, the human brain turns them into a standard code that objectively represents emotions across different senses, sit...
Neandertal trait raises new questions about human evolution
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Re-examination of a circa 100,000-year-old archaic early human skull found 35 years ago in Northern China has revealed the surprising presence of an inner-ear f...
Low back pain? Don't blame the weather
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Australian researchers reveal that sudden, acute episodes of low back pain are not linked to weather conditions such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, win...
Virtual crowds produce real behavior insights
Jul 09, 2014 (SPX)
William Warren's research group is advancing virtual reality technology in the service of studying the science of the swarm: how patterns of crowd movement emer...
Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
Figuring out how to survive on a lean-season diet of hard-to-reach ants, slugs and other bugs may have spurred the development of bigger brains and higher-level...
Adaptations of Tibetans may have benefited from extinct denisovans
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
An international team, led by researchers from BGI and University of California, presented their latest significant finding that the altitude adaptation in Tibe...
Extinct human cousin gave Tibetans advantage at high elevation
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
Tibetans were able to adapt to high altitudes thanks to a gene picked up when their ancestors mated with a species of human they helped push to extinction, acco...
Smithsonian scientist and collaborators revise timeline of human origins
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
Many traits unique to humans were long thought to have originated in the genus Homo between 2.4 and 1.8 million years ago in Africa. Although scientists have re...
In human evolution, changes in skin's barrier set Northern Europeans apart
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
The popular idea that Northern Europeans developed light skin to absorb more UV light so they could make more vitamin D - vital for healthy bones and immune fun...
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