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Tool-Wielding Chimps Provide A Glimpse Of Early Human Behavior
November 12, 2007 — Chimpanzees inhabiting a harsh savanna environment and using bark and stick tools to exploit an underground food resource are giving scientists new insights to the behaviors of the earliest hominids ... > full story -
Are There Rearrangement Hot Spots In The Human Genome?
November 9, 2007 — The debate over the validity of genomic rearrangement 'hot spots' has its most recent addition in a new theory put forth by researchers at the UC-San Diego. The study holds that there are indeed ... > full story -
Domestic Cat Genome Sequenced
October 31, 2007 — The domestic cat genome has now been sequenced. The genome was of a 4-year-old Abyssinian cat named Cinnamon, who has a well-documented lineage that can be traced back several generations to Sweden. ... > full story -
Intriguing Approach To Developing Treatments For Chagas Disease Found
October 30, 2007 — Mexican researchers highlight a novel approach to discovering drugs for Chagas disease in a new laboratory study. Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects about 18 million ... > full story -
New Ideas About Human Migration From Asia To Americas
October 25, 2007 — Questions about human migration from Asia to the Americas have perplexed anthropologists for decades, but as scenarios about the peopling of the New World come and go, the big questions have ... > full story -
Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads
October 25, 2007 — Ancient DNA retrieved from the bones of two Neanderthals suggests that at least some of them had red hair and pale skin, scientists report in Science. Neanderthals' pigmentation may even have been as ... > full story -
St. Bernard Study Shows Human-Directed Evolution At Work
October 24, 2007 — The St Bernard dog -- named after the 11th century priest Bernard of Menthon -- is living proof that evolution does occur, say scientists. Biologists at The University of Manchester say that changes ... > full story -
Neandertals, Humans Share Key Changes To 'Language Gene'
October 18, 2007 — Adaptive changes in a human gene involved in speech and language were shared by our closest extinct relatives, the Neandertals according to a new article. The human form of the gene arose much ... > full story -
Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans Detected
October 17, 2007 — Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex bladelet tools and using red pigments in symbolic behavior 164,000 years ago, far earlier ... > full story -
New Method Of Selecting DNA For Resequencing Accelerates Discovery Of Subtle DNA Variations
October 14, 2007 — A new technology will allow researchers to more easily discover subtle and overlooked genetic variations that may have serious consequences for health and disease. Called Microarray-based Genomic ... > full story
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