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New Technologies Challenge Old Ideas About Early Hominid Diets
October 13, 2011 — New assessments by researchers using the latest high-tech tools to study the diets of early hominids are challenging long-held assumptions about what our ancestors ... > full story -
Most Vertebrates -- Including Humans -- Descended from Ancestor With Sixth Sense
October 11, 2011 — A new study that caps more than 25 years of work finds that the vast majority of vertebrates -- some 30,000 species of land animals (including humans) and a roughly equal number of ray-finned fishes ... > full story -
Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins, Researchers Say
October 10, 2011 — Researchers say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have directed the evolutionary emergence of our ancestors, ... > full story -
Archaeologist Argues World's Oldest Temples Were Not Temples at All
October 6, 2011 — Ancient structures uncovered in Turkey and thought to be the world's oldest temples may not have been strictly religious buildings after all, according to a new article. Archaeologists argue that the ... > full story -
Ancient Road Found at Maya Village Buried by Volcanic Ash 1,400 Years Ago
October 5, 2011 — A research team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from the town, which was ... > full story -
Last Universal Common Ancestor More Complex Than Previously Thought
October 5, 2011 — Scientists call it LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, but they don't know much about this great-grandparent of all living things. Many believe LUCA was little more than a crude assemblage of ... > full story -
Lungfish Provides Insight to Life on Land: 'Humans Are Just Modified Fish'
October 4, 2011 — A study into the muscle development of several different fish has given insights into the genetic leap that set the scene for the evolution of hind legs in terrestrial animals. This innovation gave ... > full story -
Form Follows Family -- Not Function: Humans and Chimpanzees Have Similar Long Bone Shape
October 4, 2011 — Although humans and chimpanzees move quite differently, muscle attachment sites at their thighbones are similar. This result has major consequences for the interpretation of fossil hominin ... > full story -
Decline and Recovery of Coral Reefs Linked to 700 Years of Human and Environmental Activities
October 3, 2011 — Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to ... > full story -
Humans and Sharks Share Immune System Feature
September 30, 2011 — A central element of the immune system has remained constant through more than 400 million years of evolution, according to new research. T-cell receptors from mice continue to function even when ... > full story
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