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Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator
June 19, 2007 — Neanderthal man was not as stupid as has been made out says a new study published by a University of Leicester archaeologist. In fact Neanderthals were far removed from their stereotypical image and ... > full story -
Human Genetic 'Deserts' Are Teeming With Significant Life
June 19, 2007 — Many of the areas of the human genome previously thought to be deserts are in fact teeming with life, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics. Most known ... > full story -
Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda Discovered
June 18, 2007 — Although it may sound like an oxymoron, anthropologists report the first discovery of a skull from a "pygmy-sized" giant panda -- the earliest-known ancestor of the giant panda -- that lived in south ... > full story -
Encyclopedia Of DNA: New Findings Challenge Established Views On Human Genome
June 13, 2007 — An international research consortium just published a set of papers that promise to reshape our understanding of how the human genome functions. The findings challenge the traditional view of our ... > full story -
Lessons From The Orangutans: Upright Walking May Have Begun In The Trees
May 31, 2007 — By observing wild orangutans, a research team has found that walking on two legs may have arisen in relatively ancient, tree-dwelling apes, rather than in more recent human ancestors that had already ... > full story -
Mice And Men Make Livers Differently
May 21, 2007 — Scientists often study mice as a model for human biology and disease, because their basic biological processes are assumed to be essentially the same as those of humans. But now, researchers have ... > full story -
Opossum Genome Shows 'Junk' DNA Source Of Genetic Innovation
May 9, 2007 — A tiny opossum's genome has shed light on how evolution creates new creatures from old, showing that change primarily comes by finding new ways of turning existing genes on and ... > full story -
New Research Confirms 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution
May 9, 2007 — New research confirms the "Out Of Africa" hypothesis that all modern humans stem from a single group of Homo sapiens who emigrated from Africa 2,000 generations ago and spread throughout Eurasia over ... > full story -
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Cataloging The Structural Variations In Human Genetics
May 9, 2007 — Using DNA from 62 people who were studied as part of the International HapMap Project, researchers are now looking for structural variations in DNA that may amount to as much as 5 to 10 percent of ... > full story -
Gene Mutation Linked To Cognition Is Found Only In Humans
May 8, 2007 — A new study showed that a certain form of neuropsin, a protein that plays a role in learning and memory, is expressed only in the central nervous systems of humans and that it originated less than ... > full story
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