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Moroccan fossils trace ancient African branch near origin of Homo sapiens
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 An international team has analyzed newly described hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I near Casablanca, Morocco, identifying an African population close to the base of the lineage that later gave rise to Homo sapiens, Neandertals, and Denisovans. The material from the Grotte a Hominides at Thomas Quarry I includes a nearly complete adult mandible, an additional adult half mandible, a child mandible, vertebrae, a femur, and isolated teeth, many of them recovered from deposits interpreted as a form ... read more |
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Socializing alone: The downside of communication technologyColumbus OH (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 A review of more than 1,000 studies suggests that using technology to communicate with others is better than nothing - but still not as good as face-to-face interactions. Researchers found tha ... more 
Chinese villagers win battle against forced cremation after protestsBeijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 Protests in rural China have thwarted government attempts to enforce cremation in place of traditional burials, demonstrators say, as economic pressures fuel unrest in poor areas. ... more 
Ligament clues refine picture of how early hominins movedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 When scientists reconstruct how fossil hominins moved, they usually examine bone morphology and muscle attachment sites to track the evolution of bipedalism, but soft tissues such as joint ligaments ... more 
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in IberiaBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Researchers at the University of Cologne have developed a simulation model to examine how Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans may have encountered each other on the Iberian Peninsula during ... more |
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COP30 has a mascot: the fiery-haired guardian of Brazil's forestBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 With a spear in hand and red hair rising like fire, the mischievous forest guardian from Brazil's Indigenous folklore, Curupira, is the mascot of this year's UN climate conference in the Amazon. ... more 
COP30: Indigenous peoples vital to humanity's futureBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 8, 2025 At COP30 in Belem, in Brazil's Amazon region, the country's Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, hopes Indigenous peoples will play a leading role in the international climate conference that begins Monday. ... more 
Descended From Everyone, Related To No OneSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 01, 2025 In the quiet arithmetic of ancestry, we all carry an impossible paradox. Every person alive today is, in a strictly genealogical sense, descended from everyone. ... more 
OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicideSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 28, 2025 Data from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suggest that more than a million of the people using its generative AI chatbot have shown interest in suicide. ... more 
European hunter-gatherers altered landscapes long before farmingBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 New evidence has revealed that humans significantly influenced Europe's vegetation tens of thousands of years before agricultural practices began. Recent research led by Aarhus University, using com ... more |
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Guinea baboons implement social structure when distributing meat
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 Researchers from the German Primate Center have revealed that Guinea baboons regulate the transfer of meat through established social dynamics closely paralleling human hunter-gatherer communities. Drawing from nearly a decade of behavioral records and 109 observed meat-eating events, the team demonstrated that meat shares tracked the closeness of social ties. Transfers were more peaceful and likely between kin or tight social allies, while unrelated members experienced theft more frequently. Guin ... read more 
Rapid human brain and skull changes outpace other apes in evolutionary raceLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 A recent study from University College London has revealed that human evolution took a dramatic leap forward in the pace of skull and brain changes compared to other apes. Using advanced 3D scans, t ... more |
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Bionic Eye Restores Reading Vision for Patients Blinded by Macular DegenerationLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 A wireless bionic eye implant known as PRIMA has achieved what was once thought impossible - restoring central reading vision in people who were completely blind due to advanced age-related macular ... more 
Jane Goodall's final wish: blast Trump, Musk and Putin to spaceWashington (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 It's like the opposite of naming your dream dinner party guests. ... more 
World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2025 British primatologist Jane Goodall, who transformed the study of chimpanzees and became one of the world's most revered wildlife advocates, has died at the age of 91, her institute announced Wednesday. ... more 
Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survivalTilouguit, Morocco (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural flight. ... more 
Oldest practice of smoke-dried mummification traced to Asia Pacific hunter gatherersCanberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Archaeologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered the earliest confirmed evidence of mummification, with findings showing smoke-dried preservation of bodies in Southeast As ... more |
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