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Chimpanzee Ground Nests Offer New Insight Into Our Ancestors' Descent from the Trees
April 16, 2012 — The first study into rarely documented ground-nest building by wild chimpanzees offers new clues about the ancient transition of early hominins from sleeping in trees to sleeping on the ground. While ... > full story -
Seed Size Is Controlled by Maternally Produced Small RNAs, Scientists Find
April 11, 2012 — Seed size is controlled by small RNA molecules inherited from a plant's mother, a discovery that has implications for agriculture and understanding plant ... > full story -
Why Are Action Stars More Likely to Be Republican?
April 10, 2012 — Study explores how men's mental faculties continue to respond to their physical strength and fighting ... > full story -
Two Genetic Deletions in Human Genome Linked to the Development of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
April 9, 2012 — Investigators have discovered two inherited-genetic deletions in the human genome linked to development of aggressive prostate cancer. The findings indicate a man's risk of developing prostate cancer ... > full story -
Evidence That Human Ancestors Used Fire One Million Years Ago
April 2, 2012 — Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood ash, alongside animal bones and stone tools, were found in a layer dated to ... > full story -
Why Some Animals Live Longer Than Others
March 29, 2012 — Scientists have developed a new method to detect proteins associated with longevity, which helps further our understanding into why some animals live longer than ... > full story -
'Lucy' Lived Among Close Cousins: Discovery of Foot Fossil Confirms Two Human Ancestor Species Co-Existed
March 28, 2012 — Scientists have found a 3.4 million-year-old partial foot fossil in the Afar region of Ethiopia, showing that "Lucy," Australopithecus afarensis, and a much different-looking early hominin lived in ... > full storyMore: -
Humans Began Walking Upright to Carry Scarce Resources, Chimp Study Suggests
March 23, 2012 — Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But scientists have discovered that human bipedalism, or walking ... > full story -
Collaboration Rapidly Connects Fly Gene Discovery to Human Disease
March 20, 2012 — A collaborative study has discovered that mutations in the same gene that encodes part of the vital machinery of the mitochondrion can cause neurodegenerative disorders in both fruit flies and ... > full story -
The Viking Journey of Mice and Men
March 19, 2012 — House mice happily live wherever there are humans. When populations of humans migrate the mice often travel with them. New research has used evolutionary techniques on modern day and ancestral mouse ... > full story
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