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Anthropologist finds explanation for hominin brain evolution in famous fossilTallahassee, FL (SPX) May 16, 2012 One of the world's most important fossils has a story to tell about the brain evolution of modern humans and their ancestors, according to Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk. The Taung fossil - the first australopithecine ever discovered - has two significant features that were analyzed by Falk and a group of anthropological researchers. Their findings, which suggest brain evolution was a result of a complex set of interrelated dynamics in childbirth among new bipeds, w ... read more |
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 Wasted milk is a real drain on our resources Big-mouthed babies drove the evolution of giant island snakes 'Modern Portfolio Theory' optimizes conservation practices Ancient sea reptile with gammy jaw suggests dinosaurs got arthritis too UMD Finding May Hold Key to Gaia Theory of Earth as Living Organism Statistical Analysis Projects Future Temperatures In North America Tiny plants could cut costs, shrink environmental footprint Model Forecasts Long-Term Impacts of Forest Land-Use Decisions Wall art from France said world's oldest Amber preserves earliest pollination clue Lee makes 'landmark' visit to Myanmar Report details biodiversity concerns Libya's Belhaj quits military to enter politics EU issues warning to carbon tax rebels China, India | .. |
 Cautious Asians split as Obama backs gay marriage US President Barack Obama's ground-breaking support for same-sex marriage was met with applause from beleaguered gay rights campaigners in Asia on Thursday, but also with scorn from hardline opponents. ... more | .. |
 Emotion Reversed In Left-Handers' Brains Holds New Implications For Treatment Of Anxiety And Depression The way we use our hands may determine how emotions are organized in our brains, according to a recent study published in PLoS ONE by psychologists Geoffrey Brookshire and Daniel Casasanto of The Ne ... more | .. |
 Darwinian selection continues to influence human evolution New evidence proves humans are continuing to evolve and that significant natural and sexual selection is still taking place in our species in the modern world. Despite advancements in medicine and t ... more | .. |
 Iceman mummy yields oldest blood seen Researchers studying a 5,300-year-old body found frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991 say they found red blood cells around his wounds, the oldest ever seen. ... more |
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 Genes shed light on spread of agriculture in Stone Age Europe One of the most debated developments in human history is the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies. This week's edition of Science presents the genetic findings of a Swedish-Dani ... more | .. |
 A middle-ear microphone Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients fro ... more | .. |
 Eating more berries may reduce cognitive decline in the elderly Blueberries and strawberries, which are high in flavonoids, appear to reduce cognitive decline in older adults according to a new study published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Ne ... more | .. |
 'Inhabitants of Madrid' ate elephants' meat and bone marrow 80,000 years ago Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle Palaeolithic (between 127,000 and 40,000 years ago) fed themselves on pachyderm meat and bone marrow. This i ... more |
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 New study chronicles the rise of agriculture in Europe An analysis of 5,000-year-old DNA taken from the Stone Age remains of four humans excavated in Sweden is helping researchers understand how agriculture spread throughout Europe long ago. According t ... more | .. |
 Learning mechanism of the adult brain revealed They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW) have now discovered how the adult brain can ... more | .. |
 Rio Summit must address population growth: scientists A top scientific academy on Thursday called on June's Rio Summit to tackle population growth and voracious consumption that are placing Earth's resources under intolerable strain. ... more | .. |
 Scientists show how social interaction and teamwork lead to human intelligence Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation and teamwork, shedding new light on the origins of what it means to be human. ... more |
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 NIST mini-sensor measures magnetic activity in human brain A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by successfully measuring human brain activit ... more | .. |
 Meat eating led to earlier weaning, helped humans spread across globe When early humans became carnivores, their higher-quality diet allowed mothers to wean babies earlier and have more children, with potentially profound effects on population dynamics and the course ... more | .. |
 Genetic adaptation of fat metabolism key to development of human brain About 300 000 years ago humans adapted genetically to be able to produce larger amounts of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. This adaptation may have been crucial to the development of the unique bra ... more | .. |
 Chimpanzee ground nests offer new insight into our ancestors descent from the trees The first study into rarely documented ground-nest building by wild chimpanzees offers new clues about the ancient transition of early hominins from sleeping in trees to sleeping on the ground. ... more |
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 Japan enters commercial space race German Astronomers Finish Europe's Largest Solar Telescope On Tenerife Ariane 5 ECA rocket orbits JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 Mission accomplished Watching an electron being born New Space Station Crew in Orbit Solar Eclipse this Weekend JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House Space Systems Loral Provides High Capacity Broadband Satellite to Hughes NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike American Hypersonic Weapons Are Threat To Russia Says Rogozin Hitting the wrong target with missile-interceptor Russia Repeats Iskander Deployment Threat | .. |
 Development of the glial cell revealed A vast majority of cells in the brain are glial, yet our understanding of how they are generated, a process called gliogenesis, has remained enigmatic. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have ... more | .. |
 Majority-biased learning The transmission of knowledge to the next generation is a key feature of human evolution. In particular, humans tend to copy behaviour that is demonstrated by many other individuals. Chimpanzees and ... more | .. |
 New study explores what the evolution of names reveals about China What can surnames tell us about the culture, genetics and history of our society? That is the question being answered by Chinese researchers who have traced the evolution of surnames across China. T ... more | .. |
 Excessive worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy Coplan, MD, p ... more |
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 Fine-scale analysis of the human brain yields insight into its distinctive composition Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have identified similarities and differences among regions of the human brain, among the brains of human individuals, and between humans and mice ... more | .. |
 Chinese-Brazilian superkid insists he's no 'genius' Moshe Kai Cavalin insists he is not a "genius" - even though he earned an associate's degree when he was 11, and is soon to graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), at 14. ... more | .. |
 Data mining opens the door to predictive neuroscience The discovery, using state-of-the-art informatics tools, increases the likelihood that it will be possible to predict much of the fundamental structure and function of the brain without having to me ... more | .. |
 The Neurogenics of Niceness It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example. Research by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, has f ... more |
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