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'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found
Researchers have shown that
the origin and evolution of
the placenta and uterus in
mammals is associated with
evolutionary changes in a
... > full story
New Ant Species Discovered In The Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage Of Ants
A new species of blind,
subterranean, predatory ant
discovered in the Amazon
rainforest is likely a
descendant of the very first
... > full story
Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior
Without a way to measure
religious beliefs,
anthropologists have had
difficulty studying
religion. Now, two
... > full story
Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals
Neanderthals had a brain at
birth of a similar size to
that of modern-day babies.
However, after birth, their
brain grew more quickly than
it does for Homo sapiens and
... > full story
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Deathways Open Doors To Unexpected Cultural Practices
October 9, 2008 — Cremation, "air burial," grave cairns, funeral mounds, mummification, belief in life after death -- death practices sacred to one culture are often considered "odd" or even terrifying by another. In ... > full story -
Egalitarian Revolution In The Pleistocene?
October 6, 2008 — Although anthropologists and evolutionary biologists are still debating this question, a new study supports the view that the first egalitarian societies may have appeared tens of thousands of years ... > full story -
New Life Found In Ancient Tombs
October 1, 2008 — Life has been discovered in the barren depths of Rome's ancient tombs, proving catacombs are not just a resting place for the dead. The two new species of bacteria found growing on the walls of the ... > full story -
New Life For Middle English: Norwegian Detective Work Gives New Knowledge Of The English Language
September 24, 2008 — After several years of detective work, philologists have collected a unique collection of texts online. Now they're about to start the most comprehensive analysis of middle English ... > full story -
Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution
September 8, 2008 — Molecular and evolutionary biologists have produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature's most primitive multicellular organisms, providing a new insight into the evolution of all ... > full story -
Long-held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New Research
September 7, 2008 — Large flightless birds of the southern continents -- African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi -- do not share a common flightless ancestor as ... > full story -
DNA Shows That Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots
September 5, 2008 — In a surprising reversal of conventional wisdom, a DNA-based study has revealed that the last of the woolly mammoths--which lived between 40,000 and 4,000 years ago--had roots that were exclusively ... > full story -
Tutankhamen Fathered Twins, Mummified Fetuses Suggest
September 4, 2008 — Two fetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified ... > full story -
Significance Of Milk In Development Of Culture To Be Studied
September 4, 2008 — The capacity to drink and tolerate milk may have been of tremendous importance for the cultural development of Europe. Researchers will now study when and where this capacity emerged and what it ... > full story -
Scientists Develop New Computational Method To Investigate Origin Of Life
September 2, 2008 — Scientists have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth. The method has the potential to trace the evolutionary histories of proteins ... > full story
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