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Neandertals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech
Neandertals -- the closest ancestor to modern humans -- possessed the ability to perceive and produce human speech, according to a new study published by an international multidisciplinary team of researchers including Binghamton University anthropology professor Rolf Quam and graduate student Alex Velez.
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Study of partial left femur suggests Sahelanthropus tchadensis was not a hominin and thus was not the earliest known human ancestor
A small team of researchers from France, Italy and the U.S., has found evidence that suggests Sahelanthropus tchadensis was not a hominin, and thus was not the earliest known human ancestor. In their paper published in Journal of Human Evolution, the group describes their study of the fossilized leg bone and what it showed them.
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Scientists Trick The Immune System Into Healing The Gut of Mice With Inflamed Bowels
An important cell in mice and humans' immune systems has been shown to have gut-healing properties in mice with a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Deforestation is stressing mammals out
Lots of us are feeling pretty anxious about the destruction of the natural world. It turns out, humans aren't the only ones stressing out—by analyzing hormones that accumulate in fur, researchers found that rodents and marsupials living in smaller patches of South America's Atlantic Forest are under more stress than ones living in more intact forests.
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Early Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Beautiful diagrams exploring the nervous system from two pioneers in the field.
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Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird - Their Genes Are Part Bird, Reptile, And Mammal
The first complete map of a platypus genome has just been released, and it's every bit as strange as you'd expect from a creature with 10 sex chromosomes, a pair of venomous spurs, a coat of fluorescent fur, and skin that 'sweats' milk.
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Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists
Many botanists dispute idea of plant sentience, but study of climbing beans sows seed of doubt
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What tricks do octopuses have to stay alive?
Octopuses are vulnerable, like a snail without a shell, so they have to really use their wits to stay alive in the dangerous ocean.
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The Grasshopper Mouse Is a Killer Howling Rodent
The werewolf mouse
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Bacteria fight by destroying each other’s biofilms
In bacterial battles, there is more than just direct killing. Some bacteria even challenge their prey by destroying their bacterial houses. We could learn a lot from these microscopic combats for our own fights against bacterial superbugs.
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Scientists Confirm Certain Spider Bites Inject Something Even Worse Than Venom
A tiny brown invasive species of spider that's creeping its way across the UK has a dangerous reputation for dissolving flesh, one that many experts have argued isn't deserved.
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Development of new stem cell type may lead to advances in regenerative medicine
A team led by UT Southwestern has derived a new "intermediate" embryonic stem cell type from multiple species that can contribute to chimeras and create precursors to sperm and eggs in a culture dish. The findings, published online this week in Cell Stem Cell, could lead to a host of advances in basic biology, regenerative medicine, and reproductive technology.
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Researchers Solve Anti-aging Mystery – Identify Gene Responsible for Cellular Aging
Cellular reprogramming can reverse the aging that leads to a decline in the activities and functions of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs). This is something that scientists have known for a while. But what they had not figured out is which molecular mechanisms are responsible for this reversal.
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Stop Everything - It Turns Out Wombats Also Have Biofluorescent Fur
First we discovered platypus would look great at a rave, now wombats, bilbies and other marsupials can join the blacklight party - with scientists unexpectedly finding they all glow wonderfully fluorescent greens, blues and pinks beneath UV light.
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The Epigenetic Secrets Behind Dopamine, Drug Addiction and Depression
New research links serotonin and dopamine not just to addiction and depression, but to the ability to control genes.
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Wombat's deadly butts: how they use their 'skull-crushing' rumps to fight, play and flirt
Research offers insights into marsupial’s rearguard defences and ‘brutal’ mating rituals
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Monkeys May Have Self-Domesticated Just Like Humans Did, Study Suggests
Monkeys, much like humans, could be engaged in the process of self-domesticating themselves, altering the course of their own evolution and physiology through the way they behave with one another, new research suggests.
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German scientists have invented bioplastic from waste that decomposes in a year
German scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology have invented a new type of bioplastic that is produced from waste and decomposes in 12 months. The new production technology is reported by New Atlas.
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The magic of mushrooms forces us to rethink what intelligence means
The astonishing secrets of fungal life raise profound questions
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Toothless dinosaur with just two fingers discovered
Several complete skeletons of the unusual feathered two-fingered dinosaurs were unearthed in the Gobi Desert.
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