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Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Human Ancestors Hunting and Scavenging
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa. Beginni...
Preschool teacher depression linked to behavioral problems in children
May 13, 2013 (UPI)
New research suggests preschoolers cared for by a teacher suffering symptoms of depression are more likely to exhibit behavioral problems. Researchers at Ohio S...
One big European family
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are all closely related according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the continent. The study, conducted by ...
British retailer removes gender-specific toys after Internet protests
May 07, 2013 (UPI)
A British retail chain says it has removed gender-specific displays of "boys" and "girls" toys from its stores after a protest broke out on Facebook. Sean Gray,...
Monkey math
May 07, 2013 (SPX)
Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboo...
Humans may have driven ancient mastodons into 'civil war'
May 07, 2013 (UPI)
Humans may have played a part in the disappearance of mastodons after the last ice age by hunting and killing the most dominant males, a U.S. researcher says. K...
Gentle touch and the bionic eye
May 06, 2013 (SPX)
Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development, there is often a correlation between how an...
Rocks lining Peruvian desert pointed to ancient fairgrounds
May 06, 2013 (UPI)
Everyone loves a good fair, even the ancient Paracas people of Peru. In fact, they littered the desert with stones just to make sure everyone got there safe, so...
Printable 'bionic' ear melds electronics and biology
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at Princeton University used off-the-shelf printing tools to create a functional ear that can "hear" radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal...
As people live longer and reproduce less, natural selection keeps up
Apr 30, 2013 (SPX)
In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children. But that's not all. A study of people living in rural Gambia, published...
Genetic circuit allows both individual freedom, collective good
Apr 30, 2013 (SPX)
Individual freedom and social responsibility may sound like humanistic concepts, but an investigation of the genetic circuitry of bacteria suggests that even th...
For ancient Maya, a hodgepodge of cultural exchanges
Apr 30, 2013 (SPX)
The ancient Maya civilization of Mesoamerica may have developed its unique culture and architecture via contact with many other groups-not just exclusive contac...
CNIO researchers 'capture' the replication of the human genome for the first time
Apr 29, 2013 (SPX)
The Genomic Instability Group led by researcher Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has for the first time obtained...
Old Sanaa, an endangered UNESCO heritage site
Apr 28, 2013 (AFP)
To see Sanaa's Old City for the first time is like "a vision of a childhood dream world of fantasy castles," a visitor once remarked, but official neglect and u...
Prehistoric caribou hunting site discovered under Lake Huron
Apr 28, 2013 (UPI)
Beneath more than 120 feet of Lake Huron water, archaeologists have found one of the most elaborate prehistoric stone structures ever discovered in the Great La...
Ancient DNA reveals Europe's dynamic genetic history
Apr 26, 2013 (SPX)
Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of mode...
Ancient skeletons reveal genetic 'history' of Europe's peoples
Apr 23, 2013 (UPI)
DNA recovered from skeletons in central Germany, some up to 7,500 years old, has yielded the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe, researchers say. S...
From mice to humans, comfort is being carried by mom
Apr 22, 2013 (SPX)
There is a very good reason mothers often carry their crying babies, pacing the floor, to help them calm down. New research published in the Cell Press journal ...
Monkey study explores evolution of mathematic reasoning
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists have known that monkeys and other mammals are capable of basic arithmetic. But how far can mathematical reasoning skills can be traced back in human ...
DNA study suggests human immunity to disease has ethnicity basis
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
Immunity to disease may vary depending on ethnicity so designing treatments that will work for everybody may be impossible, U.S. and Canadian researchers say. D...
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