The discovery comes from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY-NBA), an archaeological site where early humans produced stone tools hundreds of thousands of years ago. Elephant remains were unearthed alongside handaxes and cleavers made from basalt, a volcanic rock. These implements belong…
Home → Science → Anthropology It's all about the dried meat and seeds. Over 10,000 years ago, humans in Borneo feasted on dried meats and palm plants, new research suggests. While researchers have a fairly good idea about the diet of Late Pleistocene…
Active centromeric alpha-satellite arrays in humans and other great apes are consistently larger and more homogeneous than inactive neighbours, letting the longest array predict the functional centromere in most chromosomes. Complete telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies can now resolve centromeric repeat architecture…
A study of more than 40,000 people and 86 chimpanzees reveals a surprising connection between social status and willingness to take risks. What does a company boss have in common with a chimpanzee at the top of its group? According to a…
Humans and chimpanzees share more than 96% of their protein-coding DNA, yet human brains are roughly three times larger and far more complex. New research led by Lund University scientists suggests that part of the explanation may lie in a viral…
Melanin is best known as the pigment that gives skin and hair their colour, but it also plays an important role in protecting internal organs from harmful substances. In vertebrates, melanin is stored in melanosomes, which come in different shapes…
Want more Life's Little Mysteries? It turns out laziness existed long before couches and takeout. The "why bother?" attitude not only existed hundreds of thousands of years ago, but may also have led to the decline of an ancient human…
Newswise — KANSAS CITY, MO—The face you critiqued in the mirror this morning was sculpted before you were born by a transient population of cells called neural crest cells. Those cells spring from neural tissue of the brain and embryonic…
Home → Health → Genetics An enormous DNA study links personality to health, habits and even where people settle. Why do some people exercise regularly while others struggle to stick to a routine? Why are some people natural night owls, while others…
Bipedalism is a human-defining trait 1â3. It is made possible by the familiar, bowl-shaped pelvis, whose short, wide iliac blades curve along the sides of the body to stabilize walking and support internal organs and a large-brained, broad-shouldered... Uncover the latest…
Our ancestors: hominin fossils, Neanderthals and Denisovans, early Homo sapiens and the origins of human traits and behaviour.
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