Greenland cold snap linked to Viking disappearance
A cold snap in Greenland in the 12th century may help explain why Viking settlers vanished from the island, scientists said on Monday.
The report, reconstructing temperatures by examining lake sediment cores in west Greenland dating back 5,600 [...]
Could this be site of Neanderthals’ last stand?
Tools found in frigid far north of Russia’s Ural Mountains suggest it may be
A Neanderthal-style tool kit found in the frigid far north of Russia’s Ural Mountains dates to 33,000 years ago and may mark the last refuge of Neanderthals [...]
Fossil FInding: A clue for the vertebrates evolution
A new-found fossil reveals the soft body of a 500-million-year-old undersea creature. Hemichordate Galeaplumosus abilus may provide clues to the evolution of vertebrates like us.
Exquisitely-preserved soft body parts found in a 525 million year [...]
Prehistoric Cemetery Reveals Man and Fox Were Pals
Before dog was man’s best friend, we might have kept foxes as pets, even bringing them with us into our graves, scientists now say.
This discovery, made in a prehistoric cemetery in the Middle East, could shed light on the nature and [...]
9400-year-old dog found, earliest found in Americas
Oldest Domesticated Dog in Americas Found—Was Human Food, Canine skull fragment discovered in 9,400-year-old human feces.
People in North America were breeding—and eating—domestic dogs as early as 9,400 years ago, according to new analysis [...]
Insomnia Mania: Newborn Mammals Don’t Sleep for a Month
Insomnia takes on a whole new meaning with the discovery that newborn dolphins and killer whales can forego sleep for their entire first month.
Hard to believe? Just ask their mothers.
The research finds both species of mammals can stay active [...]
Bees recognize human faces using feature configuration
Going about their day-to-day business, bees have no need to be able to recognise human faces. Yet in 2005, when Adrian Dyer from Monash University trained the fascinating insects to associate pictures of human faces with tasty sugar snacks, [...]
Brawn beats beauty in human mating game
Brute strength, not beauty, ensured winning mates among human ancestors, according to an anthropologist.
‘There is sexual competition in many species, including humans,’ said David A. Puts, assistant professor of biological anthropology, [...]
Artificial life? Synthetic genes ‘boot up’ cell
Scientists working to make a synthetic life form reported a major step forward Thursday, saying they had created an artificial genome and used it to bring a hollowed-out bacterium back to life.
They hope to use their stripped-down version [...]
‘Inuk’ the 4000-year-old Greenlander
Using new techniques scientists reveal a detailed picture of an ancient human from a hair sample found in Greenland
A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen have reconstructed the first detailed genome of an ancient human. [...]
