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Putting Our Heads Together: Canines May Hold Clues to Human Skull Development
February 8, 2013 — Researchers have reviewed research on dog cranium development, suggest future research and how it may inform human skull ... > full story -
Most Comprehensive Tree of Life Shows Placental Mammal Diversity Exploded After Age of Dinosaurs
February 7, 2013 — Scientists have generated the most comprehensive tree of life to date on placental mammals, which are those bearing live young, including bats, rodents, whales and ... > full storyMore: -
New Look at Human Fossil Suggests Eastern Europe Was an Important Pathway in Evolution
February 7, 2013 — A fossilized bone fragment found buried deep in the soil of a Serbian cave is causing scientists to reconsider what happened during a critical period in human development, when the strands of modern ... > full storyMore: -
Mitochondrial Mutations: When the Cell's Two Genomes Collide
February 5, 2013 — Plant and animal cells contain two genomes: One in the nucleus and one in the mitochondria. When mutations occur in each, they can become incompatible, leading to disease. To increase understanding ... > full storyMore: -
Last Neanderthals of Southern Iberia May Not Have Coexisted With Modern Humans, New Data Suggest
February 4, 2013 — The last Neanderthals had passed by southern Iberia quite earlier than previously thought, approximately 45,000 years ago and not 30,000 years ago as it has been estimated until recently. Researchers ... > full story -
Vegetation Changes in Cradle of Humanity: Study Raises Questions About Impact on Human Evolution
January 31, 2013 — What came first: the bipedal human ancestor or the grassland encroaching on the forest? A new analysis of the past 12 million years' of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity is challenging ... > full story -
Chimp See, Chimp Learn: First Evidence for Chimps Improving Tool Use Techniques by Watching Others
January 30, 2013 — Chimps can learn more efficient ways to use a tool by watching what others do, according to new research. Their study presents the first experimental evidence that chimps, like humans, can watch and ... > full storyMore: -
Retrovirus in the Human Genome Is Active in Pluripotent Stem Cells
January 23, 2013 — A retrovirus called HERV-H, which inserted itself into the human genome millions of years ago, may play an important role in pluripotent stem cells. The discovery, which may help explain how these ... > full story -
Previous Unknown Fossilized Fox Species Found
January 23, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a 2-million-year-old fossil fox at Malapa, South Africa, in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. The previously unknown species of fox has been named Vulpes ... > full story -
A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave: Humans Living 40,000 Years Ago Likely Related to Many Present-Day Asians and Native Americans
January 21, 2013 — Ancient DNA has revealed that humans living some 40,000 years ago in the area near Beijing were likely related to many present-day Asians and Native ... > full story
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