Dog brain structure varies across breeds and is correlated with specific behaviors, according to new research. These findings show how, by selectively breeding for certain behaviors, humans have shaped the …read more Source:: Science
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Chimpanzees’ working memory similar to ours
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•Some scientists argue that working memory is particularly developed in humans. But how do chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, compare? Researchers set out to answer this question. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover how plants breathe — and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’
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•Experts reveal how plants provide a steady flow of air to every cell. Study shows humans have bred wheat plants to have fewer pores on their leaves and use less …read more Source:: Science
Early humans deliberately recycled flint to create tiny, sharp tools
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•A new study finds that prehistoric humans ‘recycled’ discarded or broken flint tools 400,000 years ago to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions. The artifacts were discovered at the …read more Source:: Science
Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars
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•Researchers have demonstrated a new reaction for generating oxygen that could help humans explore the universe and perhaps even fight climate change at home. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists uncover a trove of genes that could hold key to how humans evolved
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•New computational analysis finds that more than two dozen human zinc finger transcription factors, previously thought to control activity of similar genes across species have in fact human-specific roles and …read more Source:: Science
New AI sees like a human, filling in the blanks
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•Computer scientists have taught an artificial intelligence agent how to do something that usually only humans can do — take a few quick glimpses around and infer its whole environment, …read more Source:: Science
Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it’s slowing their evolution
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•If you’ve ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not the only organisms soaking up the sun. Anoles — diminutive little tree lizards …read more Source:: Science
Palaeolithic art featuring birds and humans discovered
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•A new article tells how researchers found — in the site of Hort de la Bequera (Margalef de Montsant, Priorat) — an artistic piece from 12,500 years ago in which …read more Source:: Science
Chemical pollutants in the home degrade fertility in both men and dogs, study finds
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•New research suggests that environmental contaminants found in the home and diet have the same adverse effects on male fertility in both humans and in domestic dogs. …read more Source:: Science