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Orangutan DNA More Diverse Than Human's, Remarkably Stable Through the Ages
January 26, 2011 — Scientists have decoded the DNA of a Sumatran orangutan. With this genome as a reference, the scientists then sequenced the genomes of five additional Sumatran and five Bornean orangutans. The ... > full story -
Genome Analysis Outlines Variations in Orangutans of Borneo, Sumatra
January 26, 2011 — In the forests of Borneo and Sumatra orangutans are an endangered primate population so similar and yet different from man and each other, according to a recently published genome analysis of the two ... > full story -
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Mathematical Model Explains How Complex Societies Emerge, Collapse
January 19, 2011 — The instability of large, complex societies is a predictable phenomenon, according to a new mathematical model that explores the emergence of early human societies via warfare. Capturing hundreds of ... > full story -
New Evidence for Climate Impacts on Ancient Societies
January 13, 2011 — Annual-resolved European summer climate has, for the first time ever, been reconstructed over the past 2,500 years. Tree rings reveal possible links between past climate variability and changes in ... > full story -
Longevity Unlikely to Have Factored Into the Extinction of Neanderthals
January 11, 2011 — Life expectancy was probably the same for early modern and late archaic humans and did not factor in the extinction of Neanderthals, suggests a new ... > full story -
Chemical Analysis Confirms Discovery of Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found
January 11, 2011 — Scientists have discovered and dated the oldest complete wine production facility ever found, including grape seeds, withered grape vines, remains of pressed grapes, a rudimentary wine press, a clay ... > full story -
Effective Use of Power in the Bronze Age Societies of Central Europe
January 11, 2011 — During the first part of the Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe, a large proportion of the population lived in what are known as tell-building societies. New research shows that the ... > full story -
Oxygen-Free Early Oceans Likely Delayed Rise of Life on Planet
January 10, 2011 — Geologists have found chemical evidence in 2.6-billion-year-old rocks that indicates that Earth's ancient oceans were oxygen-free and contained abundant hydrogen sulfide in some areas. The ... > full story -
Lice DNA Study Shows Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago
January 6, 2011 — A new study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of ... > full story -
A Toast to History: 500 Years of Wine-Drinking Cups Mark Social Shifts in Ancient Greece
January 3, 2011 — New research examines a timeline of wine-drinking cups over a 500-year period in ancient Athens. Changes in cup form and design point to political, social and economic ... > full story
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