Despite previous research that indicates such behaviors are unique to humans and great apes, a new study shows that ravens, too, can plan ahead for different types of events , …read more Source:: Science
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The story of music is the story of humans
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•How did music begin? Did our early ancestors first start by beating things together to create rhythm, or use their voices to sing? What types of instruments did they use? …read more Source:: Science
Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves’ and dogs’ blood
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•Not only dogs but also wolves react to inequity — similar to humans or primates, suggests new research. Wolves and dogs refused to cooperate in an experiment when only the …read more Source:: Science
Astonishingly speedy brain mechanism helps bats get louder when necessary
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•When trying to be heard over noise, humans and animals raise their voices. Researchers have now measured just how fast the response occurs in bats: 30 milliseconds. That’s just a …read more Source:: Science
Why we walk on our heels instead of our toes: Longer virtual limbs
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•While many animals walk on the balls of their feet, humans use a heel-first stride. Researchers suggest that this gives humans the advantage of longer ‘virtual limbs.’ …read more Source:: Science
Our closest worm kin regrow body parts, raising hopes of regeneration in humans
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•A new study of one of our closest invertebrate relatives, the acorn worm, reveals that regenerating body parts might one day be possible. …read more Source:: Science
Mammalian bone gene may be repurposed to fuel cognition in humans
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•A gene that regulates bone growth and muscle metabolism in mammals may take on an additional role as a promoter of brain maturation, cognition and learning in human and nonhuman …read more Source:: Science
Upper Paleolithic humans may have hunted cave lions for their pelts
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•Upper Paleolithic humans may have hunted cave lions for their pelts, perhaps contributing to their extinction, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Monkeys are seen making stone flakes so humans are ‘not unique’ after all
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•Researchers have observed wild-bearded capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally creating flakes that share many of the characteristics of those produced by early Stone Age hominins. The difference …read more Source:: Science
Ancient tools show mysterious humans occupied Indonesian island
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The diminutive prehistoric human species dubbed the “Hobbit” that inhabited the isle of Flores apparently had company on other Indonesian islands long before our species, Homo sapiens, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews