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Archaeogeneticist pinpoints Indian population origins using today’s populace

PhD student Marina Silva has identified migrating humans from Africa, Iran and Central Asia over a period of 50,000 years.

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Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans

A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely...

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Discovery in northern lakes may be key to understanding early life on Earth

A team of researchers has discovered that many Canadian lakes can provide new insights into ancient oceans, and their findings could advance...

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Our ancestors were cannibals – and probably not because they needed the calories

In the recently released horror movie Raw, a lifelong vegetarian teenager arrives at a veterinary school and, after being forced to consume...

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Agriculture, dietary changes, and adaptations in fat metabolism from ancient to modern Europeans

Good vs bad cholesterol. Margarine vs butter. Red meat vs. vegan. The causal links between fats and health have been a hotly...

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Aboriginal hair shows 50,000 years connection to country

DNA in hair samples collected from Aboriginal people across Australia in the early to mid-1900s has revealed that populations have been continuously...

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Genetic data show mainly men migrated from the Pontic steppe to Europe 5,000 years ago

A new study, looking at the sex-specifically inherited X chromosome of prehistoric human remains, shows that hardly any women took part in...

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A study published in Nature shows that violence in humans has some deep evolutionary roots

A team of Spanish scientists, in which the University of Granada (UGR) participates, has proven that lethal interpersonal violence, by which a...

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Hominin STD Clinic – How disease can shed light on the migration of our ancient ancestors

As our ancient ancestors and cousins evolved many infectious diseases evolved with them. Many of these pathogens have short unpleasant moments in...

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Retroviruses ‘almost half a billion years old’

Retroviruses - the family of viruses that includes HIV - are almost half a billion years old, according to new research by...

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Biologists unlock 51.7-million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin theory

Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower, first noted as important by Charles Darwin...

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How pygmy moths started to diversify 100 million years ago

The leaf-mining pygmy moths (family Nepticulidae) and the white eyecap moths (family Opostegidae) are among the smallest moths in the world with...

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How Frankenstein saved humankind from probable extinction, Dartmouth-UC Merced study

Frankenstein as we know him, the grotesque monster that was created through a weird science experiment, is actually a nameless Creature created...

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New species of extremely leggy millipede discovered in a cave in California

Along with many spiders, pseudoscorpions, and flies discovered and catalogued by the cave explorers, a tiny threadlike millipede was found in the...

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New tools identify key evolutionary advantages from ancient hominid interbreeding

Neanderthals. Denisovans. Homo sapiens. Around 50,000 years ago, these hominids not only interbred, but in some cases, modern humans may have also...

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Ancient hominid ‘hanky panky’ also influenced spread of STIs

With recent studies proving that almost everyone has a little bit of Neanderthal DNA in them - up to 5 percent of...

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Twenty-five little bones tell a puzzling story about early primate evolution

A cache of exquisitely preserved bones, found in a coal mine in the state of Gujarat, India, appear to be the most...

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How did primate brains get so big?

Virtual brains reconstructed from ancient, kiwi-sized primate skulls could help resolve one of the most intriguing evolutionary mysteries: how modern primates developed...

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Ancient DNA reveals complex genetic history of near east at dawn of agriculture

The first large-scale, genome-wide analyses of ancient human remains from the Near East have illuminated the genetic identities and population dynamics of...

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Before animals, evolution waited eons to inhale

A couple of times in four billion years, evolution has slowed to a crawl. And an eon or so has passed before...

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DNA analyses reveal genetic identities of world’s first farmers

Conducting the first large-scale, genome-wide analyses of ancient human remains from the Near East, an international team led by Harvard Medical School...