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Gorilla Joins the Genome Club
Researchers have deciphered the genetic code of the gorilla – the last of the Great Ape genuses to be...
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5,300-Year-Old Iceman’s Genetic Blueprints Unveiled
The 5,300-year-old Iceman had brown eyes, Lyme disease and modern-day Mediterranean relatives
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Neanderthal Cave Paintings May Be World’s Oldest Works of Art
The world’s oldest works of art have been found in a cave on Spain’s Costa del Sol, scientists believe....
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DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All
The tip of a girl’s 40,000-year-old pinky finger found in a cold Siberian cave, paired with faster and cheaper...
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The Evolution of Personality
Examining four animal groups with high relative brain size, and finding that they have a variety of qualities in...
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An Otherworldly Discovery: Billions of Other Planets
Astronomers have determined that each of the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way probably has at least one...
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Searching for Goldilocks
At least four times in the last few years, astronomers have announced they have found planets orbiting other stars...
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Are We the Teachable Species?
It’s certainly true that teaching comes naturally to us humans. There’s no culture on Earth without teachers. But just...
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“New” Genes May Have Played a Role in Human Brain Evolution
When an international team of researchers scanned the human genome for “de novo” genes, they putatively uncovered 60, three...
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Did Parasites Drive Human Evolution?
What if factors other than climate, like the food available nearby or the viruses, bacteria, and parasites native to...