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New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus
July 23, 2008 — Human ancestors fought back against an ancient retrovirus with a defense mechanism that our bodies still use today. Evidence of this battle has been preserved in our DNA for millions of ... > full story -
Athapaskan Migration To Southwest U.S. Illuminated With Y Chromosome Study
July 21, 2008 — A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the ... > full story -
Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen
July 21, 2008 — In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ... > full story -
From Humming Fish To Puccini: Vocal Communication Evolved With Ancient Species
July 18, 2008 — It's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria -- or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human ... > full story -
Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans
July 16, 2008 — Some 40,000 years ago, Cro-Magnons -- the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern -- entered Europe, coming from Africa. Geneticists now show that a Cro-Magnoid individual who ... > full story -
Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,' Other Numbers
July 15, 2008 — An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led ... > full story -
Excavated Jericho Bones May Help Israeli-Palestinian-German Team Combat Tuberculosis
July 15, 2008 — Six-thousand year old bones excavated in Jericho may help a joint Israeli-Palestinian-German research group combat tuberculosis. The bones, which were all excavated between 50 and 70 years ago, will ... > full story -
Genetic Status Of North-east India's Adi Tribe Detailed
July 7, 2008 — North-east India has always been a hotspot for population geneticists due to its unique, strategic geographic location and the presence of linguistically, culturally and demographically diverse ... > full story -
Evolutionary Origin Of Mammalian Gene Regulation Is Over 150 Million Years Old
July 3, 2008 — Scientists have found that a complex, highly conserved and extremely important mechanism of controlling genes is over 150 million years old. The findings have provided new insights into the evolution ... > full story -
Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana
July 3, 2008 — Was the course of life on the planet altered 12,900 years ago by a giant comet exploding over Canada? New evidence suggests the answer is affirmative. The timing attached to this theory of about ... > full story -
Newcomer In Early Eurafrican Population?
July 2, 2008 — A complete mandible of Homo erectus was discovered at the Thomas I quarry in Casablanca by a French-Moroccan team. This mandible is the oldest human fossil uncovered from scientific excavations in ... > full story -
Archaeologists Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City
July 2, 2008 — An expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides new information ... > full story
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