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Skull find shows women were sacrificed in ancient ChinaBeijing (AFP) Dec 02, 2013 Archaeologists in China have unearthed the skulls of more than 80 young women who may have been sacrificed more than 4,000 years ago, state media reported Monday. The skulls were found in what appears to have been a mass grave at the Shimao Ruins, the site of a neolithic stone city in the northern province of Shaanxi. The women's bodies were not present, the official news agency Xinhua said, adding that archaeologists concluded that the skulls were "likely to be related to the construction of t ... read more |
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 How bacteria respond so quickly to external changes A living desert underground Iron preserves, hides ancient tissues in fossilized remains Reef fish find it's too hot to swim Glaciers sizzle as they disappear into warmer water Evolution, Civil War history meet in fossil with tragic past | .. |
 Ancient, modern DNA tell story of first humans in the Americas of Illinois anthropology professor Ripan Malhi looks to DNA to tell the story of how ancient humans first came to the Americas and what happened to them once they were here. He will share some of hi ... more | .. |
 DNA of early hominid found to include 'mystery' early genes The genome of the Denisovans, an extinct early hominid species, includes DNA that seems to have come from yet another unknown group, a U.S. scientist says. ... more | .. |
 Dogs likely originated in Europe more than 18,000 years ago Wolves likely were domesticated by European hunter-gatherers more than 18,000 years ago and gradually evolved into dogs that became household pets, UCLA life scientists report. "We found that ... more | .. |
 China one-child law change small but crucial: experts Beijing's relaxation of its hugely controversial one-child policy is an attention-grabbing first step, but it will have to usher in greater changes if China is to tackle its looming demographic timebomb, experts say. ... more |
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China one-child law change small but crucial: experts Beijing's relaxation of its hugely controversial one-child policy is an attention-grabbing first step, but it will have to usher in greater changes if China is to tackle its looming demographic timebomb, experts say. ... more | .. |
 China eases one child rule, ends re-education in reform package China's Communist rulers announced an easing of the controversial one-child policy amid a raft of sweeping pledges unveiled Friday including the abolition of "re-education" labour camps and loosening economic controls. ... more | .. |
 Fast-mutating DNA sequences shape early development; guided evolution of uniquely human traits What does it mean to be human? According to scientists the key lies, ultimately, in the billions of lines of genetic code that comprise the human genome. The problem, however, has been deciphering t ... more | .. |
 Scientists tracking Brazilian wildlife find ancient cave paintings Conservationists tracking wild peccaries in Brazil say they made an unexpected find - ancient cave drawings made thousands of years ago by hunter-gatherers. ... more |
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 Study: Humans made sophisticated stone tools earlier than thought British scientists conducting archaeological digs in Africa say they've found evidence early stone tool making was more sophisticated than originally thought. ... more | .. |
 Did hard-wired fear of snakes drive evolution of human vision? The evolution of high-quality vision in our human ancestors may have been driven by a hard-wired fear of snakes, Japanese and Brazilian researchers suggest. ... more | .. |
 Hair regeneration method is first to induce new human hair growth Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have devised a hair restoration method that can generate new human hair growth, rather than simply redistribute hair from one part of the sca ... more | .. |
 Long-term memory helps chimpanzees in their search for food Where do you go when the fruits in your favourite food tree are gone and you don't know which other tree has produced new fruit yet? An international team of researchers, led by Karline Janmaat from ... more |
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 No known hominin is ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans The search for a common ancestor linking modern humans with the Neanderthals who lived in Europe thousands of years ago has been a compelling subject for research. But a new study suggests the quest ... more | .. |
 The evolutionary benefit of human personality traits Bold and outgoing or shy and retiring - while many people can shift from one to the other as circumstances warrant, in general they lean toward one disposition or the other. And that inclination cha ... more | .. |
 Mysterious ancient human crossed Wallace's Line Scientists have proposed that the most recently discovered ancient human relatives - the Denisovans - somehow managed to cross one of the world's most prominent marine barriers in Indonesia, and l ... more | .. |
 Hitchhiking virus confirms saga of ancient human migration A study of the full genetic code of a common human virus offers a dramatic confirmation of the "out-of-Africa" pattern of human migration, which had previously been documented by anthropologists and ... more |
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 Turkey keen on space cooperation with China China's most moon-like place NASA's Dawn Fills out its Ceres Dance Card LADEE Instruments Healthy and Ready for Science Hubble Traces Subtle Signals of Water on Hazy Worlds Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop | .. |
 Unique skull find rebuts theories on species diversity in early humans Paleoanthropologists from the University of Zurich have uncovered the intact skull of an early Homo individual in Dmanisi, Georgia. This find is forcing a change in perspective in the field of paleo ... more | .. |
 Marmoset monkeys know polite conversation Humans aren't the only species that knows how to carry on polite conversation. Marmoset monkeys, too, will engage one another for up to 30 minutes at a time in vocal turn-taking, according to eviden ... more | .. |
 Archaeologists rediscover the lost home of the last Neanderthals A record of Neanderthal archaeology, thought to be long lost, has been re-discovered by NERC-funded scientists working in the Channel island of Jersey. The study, published in the Journal of Q ... more | .. |
 Sinking teeth into the evolutionary origin of our skeleton For decades, it was thought that our skeleton and all its characteristic bony tissues originated in the predators, known as 'conodonts'. However new research, led by the University of Bristol and pu ... more |
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 Complete skull from early Homo evokes a single, evolving lineage What if the earliest members of our Homo genus-those classified as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus and so forth-actually belonged to the same species and simply looked different from on ... more | .. |
Genetics suggests early human relatives made impressive migrations Some ancient human relatives somehow managed to cross one of the world's widest marine barriers in Indonesia to interbreed with modern humans, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Young apes manage emotions like humans Researchers studying young bonobos in an African sanctuary have discovered striking similarities between the emotional development of the bonobos and that of children, suggesting these great apes re ... more | .. |
 1.8-million-year-old skull find creates debate over human origins The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old human skull in Europe is igniting debate on the origins of distinct species of ancient human relatives, scientists say. ... more |
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