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You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet
February 3, 2008 — Using mice as models, researchers traced some of the differences between humans and chimpanzees to differences in our diet. By feeding laboratory mice different human and chimp diets over a mere two ... > full story -
Conspicuous Social Signaling Drives Evolution Of Chameleon Color Change
February 3, 2008 — In dwarf chameleons, evolutionary shifts in the capacity for color change are associated with increasingly conspicuous signals used in contests and courtship rather than by the need to match ... > full story -
Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor
January 31, 2008 — New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color ... > full story -
New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God
January 28, 2008 — The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 ... > full story -
Maya Mask Splendor Enhanced With Sparkling Mica
January 27, 2008 — Ancient Mayan temple builders used dazzling lustrous pigments. Studying tiny shards of paint from the Mayan city of Copan, a physical and chemical sciences researcher found evidence of mica that ... > full story -
Genome Scan Shows Polynesians Have Little Genetic Relationship To Melanesians
January 23, 2008 — The origins and current genetic relationships of Pacific Islanders have generated interest and controversy for many decades. Now, a new comprehensive genetic study of almost 1,000 individuals has ... > full story -
Mothers Trade Child Quantity For Quality
January 23, 2008 — Researchers have shown that mothers are choosing to have fewer children in order to give their children the best start in life, but by doing so are going against millenia of human evolution. The ... > full story -
Genetic Diversity Of European Americans And Disease Gene Mapping
January 19, 2008 — The first genetic dissection of the population structure of European Americans, focusing on identifying the contributions from different genetic ancestries that are important for disease gene mapping ... > full story -
Columbus May Have Brought Syphilis To Europe From New World
January 15, 2008 — Did Columbus and his men introduce the syphilis pathogen into Renaissance Europe after contracting it during their voyage to the New World? Or does syphilis have a much longer history in the Old ... > full story -
New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia
January 5, 2008 — "Ritual punishment using barbed death spears was witnessed at European contact in the Sydney region," one of the researchers said. "The Narrabeen man provides early archaeological evidence for ritual ... > full story -
Evolution Education Is A 'Must' Says Coalition Of Scientific And Teaching Organizations
January 3, 2008 — A coalition of 17 organizations is calling on the scientific community to become more involved in the promotion of science education, including evolution. The introduction of "nonscience," such as ... > full story -
Riddle Of The Jade Jewels Reveals Vast Trade Arena
January 2, 2008 — Analyzing the origins of jade used in ancient jewelery has revealed a trading arena that was active for more than 3,000 years and sprawled over 3,000km in Southeast Asia -- possibly the largest such ... > full story
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