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. [...]
Identifying how autistic people figure out intent
Researchers show how, despite severe disruption of specific neural circuits, autistic people can infer the intent of other people’s motions.
Despite the distractions of various ill-informed advocates, scientific research into the causes [...]
Database catalogs slaves’ trans-Atlantic treks
Includes searchable information on the names of 70,000 human cargo
Historians hope a new Web database will help bring millions of blacks closer to their African ancestors who were forced onto slave ships, connecting them to their heritage [...]
Possible cause of antisocial behavior identified
A link between reduced levels of the ‘stress hormone’ cortisol and antisocial behaviour in male adolescents has been discovered by a research team at the University of Cambridge.
Levels of cortisol in the body usually increase when [...]
Drivers Distracted More by Cell Phones Than by Passengers
Passenger Reacts to Traffic, Unlike Person at other End of Cell Conversation
Drivers are far more distracted by talking on a cellular phone than by conversing with a passenger in an automobile, according to a new study by University of Utah [...]
