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Chimps May Have A 'Language-ready' Brain
February 29, 2008 — An area of the brain involved in the planning and production of spoken and signed language in humans plays a similar role in chimpanzee communication, researchers report in Current Biology. The ... > full story -
Genome Of Marine Organism Tells Of Humans' Unicellular Ancestors
February 20, 2008 — A ubiquitous but little-known marine organism, the choanoflagellate, is the last one-celled ancestor of humans and provides insight into how cells learned to assemble into multicelled organisms. The ... > full story -
'Junk DNA' Can Explain Origin And Complexity Of Vertebrates, Study Suggests
February 13, 2008 — 'Junk DNA' could hold the secret of the evolutionary origin of complex animals, according to new research. Vertebrates - animals such as humans that possess a backbone - are the most anatomically and ... > full story -
Gene Variants May Help To Distribute The Work Of Evolution Between Men And Women
February 4, 2008 — Scientists have reported the discovery of two common, single-letter variants in the sequence of the human genome that regulate one of the principle motors of evolution. Yet remarkably, the versions ... > full story -
You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet
February 3, 2008 — Using mice as models, researchers traced some of the differences between humans and chimpanzees to differences in our diet. By feeding laboratory mice different human and chimp diets over a mere two ... > full story -
Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor
January 31, 2008 — New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color ... > full story -
New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia
January 5, 2008 — "Ritual punishment using barbed death spears was witnessed at European contact in the Sydney region," one of the researchers said. "The Narrabeen man provides early archaeological evidence for ritual ... > full story -
Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa' Allowed Humanity To Emerge
December 22, 2007 — Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed ... > full story -
Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies
December 17, 2007 — The transition from apes to humans may have been partially triggered by the need to stand on two legs, in order to safely carry heavier babies. For safety, all nonhuman primates carry their young ... > full story -
Losses Of Long-established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution
December 15, 2007 — While it is well understood that the evolution of new genes leads to adaptations that help species survive, gene loss may also afford a selective advantage. Scientists identified 26 losses of ... > full story -
Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane
December 11, 2007 — Countering a common theory that human evolution has slowed to a crawl or even stopped in modern humans, a new study examining data from an international genomics project describes the past 40,000 ... > full story -
Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found In 500,000-year-old Human; Points To Modern Health Issues
December 8, 2007 — Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research reveals the most ancient evidence of the disease has been found in a 500,000-year-old human fossil ... > full story
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