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Children, Not Chimps, Prefer Collaboration: Humans Like to Work Together in Solving Tasks -- Chimps Don't
October 13, 2011 — Recent studies have shown that chimpanzees possess many of the cognitive prerequisites necessary for humanlike collaboration. Cognitive abilities, however, might not be all that differs between ... > full storyMore: -
'Dark Matter' of the Genome Revealed Through Analysis of 29 Mammals
October 12, 2011 — An international team of researchers has discovered the vast majority of the so-called "dark matter" in the human genome, by means of a sweeping comparison of 29 mammalian genomes. The team has ... > full storyMore: -
Researchers Reconstruct Genome of the Black Death; Bacteria Found to Be Ancestor of All Modern Plagues
October 12, 2011 — An international team has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human ... > 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 -
Length of Flanking Repeat Region and Timing Affect Genetic Material
October 6, 2011 — Scientists studied the deletions of genetic material in 131 patients with a genomic disorder called Smith-Magenis syndrome and the duplication of genetic material in 79 patients with Potocki-Lupski ... > 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 -
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 -
Structure of a Molecular Copy Machine: How Mitochondrial Genes Are Transcribed
September 26, 2011 — Mitochondria are compartments within cells and have their own DNA. The key protein required for the expression of the genetic information in this DNA is the mitochondrial RNA polymerase enzyme. Its ... > full story -
Invasion of Genomic Parasites Triggered Modern Mammalian Pregnancy, Study Finds
September 25, 2011 — Genetic parasites invaded the mammalian genome more than 100 million years ago and dramatically changed the way mammals reproduce -- transforming the uterus in the ancestors of humans and other ... > full story
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