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New Tick-Borne Disease Discovered in Sweden
December 6, 2011 — Researchers have discovered a brand new tick-borne infection. Since the discovery, eight cases have been described around the world, three of them in ... > full story -
No Need to Shrink Guts to Have a Larger Brain
November 9, 2011 — The so-called expensive-tissue hypothesis, which suggests a trade-off between the size of the brain and the size of the digestive tract, has been challenged. Researchers have now shown that brains in ... > full story -
Jawbone Found in England Is from the Earliest Known Modern Human in Northwestern Europe
November 2, 2011 — A piece of jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave in England is the earliest evidence for modern humans in Europe, according to an international science team. New dating of the bone, which shows ... > full storyMore: -
Shared Genes With Neanderthal Relatives: Modern East Asians Share Genetic Material With Prehistoric Denisovans
October 31, 2011 — During human evolution our ancestors mated with Neanderthals, but also with other related hominids. Researchers have now shown that people in East Asia share genetic material with Denisovans, who got ... > full story -
Hear the One About Men Being Funnier Than Women? Study Shows Gender Stereotype That Men Are Funnier Than Women
October 26, 2011 — Why do we think that men are funnier than women? And why are men particularly responsive to other men's humor? Women, however, find men funnier because they mistakenly attribute funny things to men. ... > full story -
Liver Parasite Lacks Key Genes for Fatty Acid Synthesis: Genome Sequencing of Clonorchis Sinensis
October 24, 2011 — The human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis affects more than 35 million people in South East Asia and 15 million in China. The complete genome sequence the genome of C. sinensis has provided insight ... > full story -
Culture in Humans and Apes Has the Same Evolutionary Roots, Researchers Show
October 20, 2011 — Culture is not a trait that is unique to humans. By studying orangutan populations, researchers have demonstrated that great apes also have the ability to learn socially and pass them down through a ... > full story -
Blame Backbone Fractures on Evolution, Not Osteoporosis: Adaptation to Upright Walking Leaves Humans Susceptible
October 19, 2011 — Osteoporosis is blamed for backbone fractures. The real culprit could well be our own vertebrae, which evolved to absorb the pounding of upright walking, researchers ... > full story -
Young Human-Specific Genes Correlated With Brain Evolution
October 19, 2011 — Young genes that appeared since the primate branch split from other mammal species are expressed in unique structures of the developing human brain, a new analysis ... > full story -
Solving the Mysteries of Short-Legged Neandertals
October 19, 2011 — While most studies have concluded that a cold climate led to the short lower legs typical of Neandertals, researchers have found that lower leg lengths shorter than the typical modern human's let ... > full story
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