Search results for: humans
Downfall of the neanderthals
8-6-2009 |
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Paleoanthropologists are still working to solve one of the biggest mysteries of our past, what exactly happened to the n...
Humans, and 'hobbits' existed together
8-4-2009 | 19
The debate over mysterious 'hobbit' Homo floresiensis has raged on ever since its discovery in 2003, now a new study com...
Humans glow in visible light
7-26-2009 | 16
Japanese scientists have used incredibly sensitive cameras to capture the extremely faint glow being given off by a numb...
Easter Island compound extends life
7-14-2009 | 9
A compound first discovered in the soil of Easter Island called "rapamycin" has shown promising results when administere...
Cats 'exploit' humans by purring
7-14-2009 | 50
Researchers have determined that cats exploit a natural human bias by producing a purring sound that incorporates a simi...
Buzz Aldrin urges US to land on Mars
6-21-2009 | 1
Apollo astronaut and second man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin has said that the US space agency needs to stop focusing on the ...
Human-faced missing link found in Spain ?
6-17-2009 | 16
An ancient fossil species over 11.9 million years old has been discovered in Spain. The species has an unusually flat an...
Early man "genetically modified" wild horses
6-12-2009 | 11
A team of German scientists have discovered that early humans would have "genetically modified" wild horses by selective...
Laughter evolved 10m years ago
6-7-2009 | 3
Scientists have used recordings of modern day apes being tickled in order to trace the origins of laughter back over 10 ...
Mammoths roasted in ancient kitchen pit
6-6-2009 | 2
Archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric fire pit in the Czech Republic that would been used over 30,000 years ago t...
Animals can tell right from wrong
5-25-2009 | 43
A controversial new book has suggested that animals possess a sense of morality and are able to tell right from wrong in...
NASA eyes water in Moon mission
5-23-2009 | 11
NASA is on target for a mission to the Moon in June designed to search for suitable landing sites with water where human...
"Missing link" fossil revealed
5-20-2009 | 76
The remains of a 47-million-year-old creature dubbed as the "missing link" between primates and humans has been revealed...
Were Neanderthals hunted to extinction ?
5-18-2009 | 31
A controversial new theory has suggested that the Neanderthals may have died out 30,000 years ago because modern humans ...
Was Eden in the Kalahari desert ?
5-8-2009 | 5
A new genetic survey of people in Africa has suggested that the Kalahari desert in southwest Africa could be the origin ...
NASA may abandon plans for Moon base
5-2-2009 | 60
It is believed NASA may abandon its plans to build a base on the Moon and instead focus its efforts on manned missions t...
Why do we cry ?
4-12-2009 | 20
Why do you humans cry ? A Neuroscientist at the University of Maryland believes that the ability for humans to cry is an...
Volunteers flock to space experiment
3-28-2009 | 6
6000 applicants from over 40 countries have signed up for a chance to take part in an experiment designed to see how hum...
Dogs (not chimps) most like humans
3-28-2009 | 18
A new study has shown that dogs, rather than chimps, are most like humans. Dogs have undergone so much domestication tha...
Erasing traumatic memory possible
3-14-2009 | 8
Scientists have been successful at erasing brain cells in mice associated with fearful memories, offering the possibilit...
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