Neanderthals are often depicted as having straight spines and poor posture. However, these prehistoric humans were more similar to us than many assume. Researchers have shown that Neanderthals walked upright …read more Source:: Science
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New NASA mission could find more than 1,000 planets
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•A NASA telescope that will give humans the largest, deepest, clearest picture of the universe since the Hubble Space Telescope could find as many as 1,400 new planets outside Earth’s …read more Source:: Science
New chimpanzee culture discovered
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•Different cultures, different habits and different behavioral patterns — this applies not only to humans but also to chimpanzees, one of our two closest living relatives. A team of researchers …read more Source:: Science
Earth may be 140 years away from reaching carbon levels not seen in 56 million years
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•Total human carbon dioxide emissions could match those of Earth’s last major greenhouse warming event in fewer than five generations, new research finds. A new study finds humans are pumping …read more Source:: Science
11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt
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•11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have used them for hunting, a new study shows. The archaeologists suggest …read more Source:: Science
Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years
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•Our future on Earth may also be our past. Researchers show that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend tracing back at least 50 million years. And it’s taken just …read more Source:: Science
Asian elephants could be the math kings of the jungle
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•Asian elephants demonstrate numeric ability which is closer to that observed in humans rather than in other animals, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Researchers teach computers to see optical illusions
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•By making a neural-network computer model that can be fooled by optical illusions like humans, the researchers advanced knowledge of the human visual system and may help improve artificial vision. …read more Source:: Science
Octopuses given mood drug ‘ecstasy’ reveal genetic link to evolution of social behaviors in humans
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•By studying the genome of a kind of octopus not known for its friendliness toward its peers, then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular mood-altering drug called MDMA or …read more Source:: Science
Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years
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•Analysis of bones, from what was once the world’s largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought. …read more Source:: Science