Nice females also hunt Dec 5, 2008
The role of male hunting in human evolution is the subject of hot debate among anthropologists. But except for a few kinds of animals, males do not go out and bring home the bacon (or the caterpillars) while the females stay home with the kittens, pups or chicks. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Two From One: Evolution Of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors Mapped Out Nov 28, 2008
She added that the study also shows that plants can lend insight into animal and human evolution. We have the opportunity to observe the evolution of sex chromosomes in plants because that development is more recent. (Science Daily)
Researcher Sheds New Light On Witch-hunting And Epidemics Of Fear Nov 27, 2008
28, 2006) A new study of the Hadza population in Tanzania, forthcoming in the April 2006 issue of Current Anthropology, explores the role of hunting in human evolution. Researchers have long tried to locate. (Science Daily)
Return of the Neanderthals Nov 24, 2008
How would you feel about rewinding human evolution to a species that's almost like us, but not quite. Last week in Nature, scientists reported major progress in sequencing the genome of. (Slate)
The Surprisingly Fascinating History of Walking Nov 21, 2008
By Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of PedestrianismGeoff NicholsonRiverhead Books; 276 pages. (Time.com)
Standing up against MSG Nov 19, 2008
The answer lies beyond macroeconomics, microeconomics and business strategies in fundamental principles of human evolution and communal living. Urgent work needs to be done collectively by all the citizens of this world, especially in countries where there is no formal consumer rights' council, to help inform people and protect them from the toxic effects of food additives. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Prehistoric Pelvis: Clues To Human Development Nov 14, 2008
Semaw is also a research scientist at the Stone Age Institute, a research center near Bloomington dedicated to the study of early human evolution and culture. It is affiliated with Indiana University's CRAFT, the Center for Research into the Anthropological Foundations of Technology. (Science Daily)
Scientists hope parrots will teach humans the secrets of language Nov 12, 2008
" The full article contains 188 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper. Page 1 of 1 Last Updated: 09 November 2008 10:27 PM Source: The Scotsman Location: Edinburgh Bookmark: The Former Mr. Angry, Perth 10/11/2008 01:02:15 Those parrots could give the Profs some lessons if they've been listening to Woss and Brand recently!For a large share of that 3.25M grant I can easily state that language tends to originate in the LHS of the brain and artistic creative endeavours tend to be on RHS. Guga... (Scotsman)
3.2m to study human learning and language Nov 11, 2008
The project is expected to offer a major step forward in our understanding of human evolution, adaptation and culture and to stimulate considerable interdisciplinary exchange, he said. At the same time Dr Fitch will examine to what extent human characteristics such as expression through visual art, music and speech are shared with other species. (Aberdeen Press and Journal)
Harnessing The Power Of The Brain Nov 3, 2008
It's like a sudden leap in human evolution - a leap that could one day help paralyzed people to walk again and amputees to move bionic limbs. As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, the connection has already been made for a few people, and for them it has been life changing. (CBS News)
BioScience tip sheet, November 2008 Nov 3, 2008
Diagrams of human evolution were the most confusing of all. . (EurekAlert!)
New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas Oct 21, 2008
Journal of Human Evolution, October 2008; DOI. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
UFO Disclosure: Critical consideration and Worldviews Oct 20, 2008
A change this profound, the redirection of "normal" human evolution, has happened in only our oldest memories: these include the Genesis texts and the Sumerian and Akkadian texts of five to seven millennia past. Those writings declare that the trajectory of human evolution was adjusted. (Canadian National Newspaper)
Powerful tales, well worth your tax dollars Oct 16, 2008
Her existence disproves the theory of human evolution as the straightforward development of a larger and larger brain, and throws a bucket of cold water on the notion that the first humans evolved exclusively on the African savannah before belatedly moving across the world. This may be fascinating to those of us who have no particular intellectual stake in evolution beyond a layman's interest in his or her ancestors, but it is hugely disruptive to some academic careers. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Geneticist says evolution may be near its end Oct 13, 2008
LONDON - Human evolution may be winding down as the forces that once drove it - older fathers, isolated populations and widespread child mortality - are disappearing, a geneticist at the University College London argues. In a lecture this week titled "Human Evolution is Over," genetics professor Steve Jones said the rate of genetic mutations found in humans is falling dramatically, something he believes is largely the result of lifestyle changes. (AZCentral -- News)
Top Geneticist: Human Evolution Is Over Oct 8, 2008
Human evolution is grinding to a halt because of a shortage of older fathers in the West, according to a leading genetics expert ... Speaking Tuesday at a UCL lecture entitled "Human Evolution Is Over," Professor Jones will argue that there were three components to evolution natural selection, mutation and random change. (Fox News)
English teachers have lost the plot Sep 20, 2008
To elevate pictures and sounds to equal status is to rewind human evolution and primitivise the brain. Orwell wrote in his 1946 essay Politics And The English Language that if you can't write you can't think. (Sydney Morning Herald)
He cooked up a new theory on evolution Sep 15, 2008
One day 10 years ago, Richard Wrangham was lying in front of the fire in his home thinking about human evolution. People like to think in front of fires, and Wrangham, a Harvard professor of biological anthropology, likes to think about human evolution, so it wasn't really a special occasion ... Most anthropologists would agree that cooking has played a role in human evolution. (Boston Globe)
Surprising insights from the social sciences Sep 14, 2008
AN OPEN QUESTION in human evolution is why homosexuality has persisted in the population if homosexuals are less likely to reproduce. Using data from a survey of thousands of Australian twins, a team of researchers found evidence that genes are at least partly responsible for creating an atypical gender identity, which is associated with homosexuality but is also associated with enhanced reproductive success in heterosexuals. (Boston Globe)
Our dietary freedom's at steak Sep 11, 2008
Meat-eating was essential for human evolution, according to a 2003 paper by Katharine Milton, an anthropologist with the University of California in Berkeley. About two million years ago our ancestors began to eat red meat on the African savanna, to supplement a vegetarian diet that had become too meagre. (Sydney Morning Herald)
New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior Sep 10, 2008
Palmer and Lyle B. Steadman, emeritus professor of human evolution and social change at Arizona State University, explored the supernatural claims in different forms of religion, including ancestor worship; totemism, the claim of kinship between people and a species or other object that serves as the emblem of a common ancestor; and shamanism, the claim that traditional religious leaders in kinship-based societies could communicate with their dead ancestors. They found that the clearest... (Science Daily)
Childbirth Was Difficult For Neanderthals Sep 9, 2008
These new insights into the history of human evolution are being presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by researchers from the University of Zurich. Dr. Marcia Ponce de Le;n and Prof. (Science Daily)
Is there a double standard in Camden? Sep 9, 2008
Xenophobia, as part of a greater fear of the unknown, is part of human evolution. Hundreds of years ago humans were afraid to venture into the next village. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Neuroscientist discusses music and human evolution at Prairie Lights Sep 3, 2008
Brian Dau - The Daily Iowan. Issue date: 9/3/08 Section. (Daily Iowan, IA)
A nose for fear Sep 2, 2008
In earlier stages of human evolution, these alarm pheromones may have helped save the species from sabertooth tigers. Today, though, they seem to be no protection at all from such dangers of modern living as plummeting sales figures. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
Academic rock star fails to score another hit Sep 1, 2008
Scarcely a year after climbing the non-fiction charts with This Is Your Brain on Music, Daniel Levitin has produced a sequel that attempts to show how music is intimately linked to human evolution. And how much Joni Mitchell dislikes organized religion. (Calgary Herald)
'Complexity' of Neanderthal tools Aug 27, 2008
The work by a US-British team appears in the Journal of Human Evolution ... The authors of the paper in Journal of Human Evolution suggest that, since they conferred no technological advantage, modern humans may have used blades because they had cultural meaning. (BBC News)
Tools Test Debunks 'Dumb Neanderthals' Theory Aug 27, 2008
His team published its findings in the Aug. 26 issue of theJournal of Human Evolution. "I think this [study] is very important, in that it is helping move Neanderthals out of that dark box that they have traditionally been confined to," said Jeffrey Laitman, an anthropologist and director of anatomy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City. (Washington Post)
New Findings Explain Genetic Disorder's Unique Shift; Father's Role As Resource Provider Influential In Prader-Willi Syndrome Aug 27, 2008
It exemplifies of how social structure may have shaped the symptoms of some diseases over the course of human evolution. According to the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of the United States, the syndrome is found in one out of every 12 to 15 thousand children, and while rare, is considered the most common genetic cause of obesity. (Science Daily)
Why Neanderthal man may not have been as stupid as he looks Aug 26, 2008
The study, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, measured how long it took to make the tool by the process of flint knapping, how much waste was produced in making it, the sharpness of its cutting edge and for how long it lasted. One problem still remains why did Homo sapiens switch from the type of tool technology used by the Neanderthals to something that was different but no more efficient. (Independent)
New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth Aug 26, 2008
Published in the Journal of Human Evolution, their discovery debunks a textbook belief held by archaeologists for more than 60 years ... Journal of Human Evolution, Published online August 26, 2008. (Science Daily)
Primal instinct behind whale grief Aug 23, 2008
THE outpouring of emotion this week at the plight of a baby humpback whale may be a vestige of a capacity from early in human evolution that allowed us to live alongside larger, stronger animals, say researchers in human-animal interaction. The shark-ravaged, starving and apparently orphaned whale calf, which captured hearts when it tried to suckle on a small boat, was euthanased yesterday morning by officials from the National Parks and Wildlife Service after efforts failed to shift it from... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Huge power, bit of a wuss Aug 21, 2008
To help unravel human evolution, Wroe is planning similar bite force studies of chimps, apes, orang-utans, fossil human remains and living humans. His shark findings appear in the Journal of Zoology. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Athletes may be hard-wired to show pride, study says Aug 14, 2008
She suspects such expressions may have played an important role in human evolution. "If you have a success ... it's really important that other people in the group know that," said Tracy. (Vancouver Sun)
Health And Marriage: The Times They Are A Changin' Aug 12, 2008
31, 2007) The standard practice of tracking only female life histories leads to mistaken conclusions about the forces that shape human evolution, according to a new article. The reason is that men's and. (Science Daily)
Schizophrenia: Costly By-product Of Human Brain Evolution? Aug 6, 2008
The idea that certain neurological diseases are by-products of increases in metabolic capacity and brain size that occurred during human evolution has been suggested before, but in this new work the authors used new technical approaches to really put the theory to the test. They identified the molecular changes that took place over the course of human evolution and considered those molecular changes observed in schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder believed to affect cognitive functions such as... (Science Daily)
Boozing Mammal Drinks "Beer" Every Night, Study Finds Jul 30, 2008
"The circumstances in which these tree shrews consume alcohol could be similar to past scenarios of human evolution in pre-primate or early primate stages [and] could somehow be a link to human alcohol consumption," said study lead author Frank Wiens, a biologist at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Wiens and colleagues' findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (National Geographic)
Measures To Limit Effects Of Pandemic Flu On Nursing Homes Jul 25, 2008
"Our work is the first to provide a flexible road map for prevention and protection of vulnerable populations living in residential care facilities, said Gerardo Chowell-Puente, an assistant professor in ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change. "We found that something previously considered implausible -- the protection of a health care institution against pandemic influenza by using only non-pharmaceutical measures -- may be possible and may be practical," Chowell-Puente said. "We... (Science Daily)
Executive director of Cleveland Museum of Natural History to retire Jul 23, 2008
Latimer especially wanted the museum's exhibits to emphasize the science underlying human evolution, a subject to which he has contributed throughout his career as an expert on the development of upright walking ... "Bruce is one of the most knowledgeable people in the country about human evolution," said Kent State University anthropologist Owen Lovejoy, Latimer's mentor and friend, who was surprised by the announcement. (Cleveland.com)
Tanzania:Prehistoric Footprints Stir Fresh Controversy Jul 22, 2008
"The president directed a team of local experts to exhume them from their likely permanent grave for the sake of both tourism and studies on human evolution", he explained. However, he said no conclusive decision had been made on the fossilised imprints of early hominids which were discovered by Dr Mary Leakey 30 years ago. (allAfrica.com)
Study outlines measures to limit effects of pandemic flu on nursing homes Jul 22, 2008
"Our work is the first to provide a flexible road map for prevention and protection of vulnerable populations living in residential care facilities, said Gerardo Chowell-Puente, an assistant professor in ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change. "We found that something previously considered implausible the protection of a health care institution against pandemic influenza by using only non-pharmaceutical measures may be possible and may be practical," Chowell-Puente said. "We want... (EurekAlert!)
Ion Channels Caught In Their Opening Act Jul 15, 2008
9, 2001) Research on components of the brain's electrical signaling system has answered a basic question about our human evolution, confirming scientific belief that we two-legged, computer-using. . (Science Daily)
Books are available for citizen review Jul 14, 2008
"Won"t Get Fooled Again," by Joseph H. Boyett. A voter's guide to seeing through the lies, getting past the propaganda and choosing the best leaders. 231 pages."Last Call," by J.D. Seamus. A modern crime fiction, no-holds-barred tale about life, loyalty, love and libations. 302 pages."The Dominant Animal, Human Evolution and the Environment," by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich. A look at how the humans of today are creating the world of humans tomorrow - and what it will take for... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Tuberculosis May Have Migrated From Humans To Cattle, Not The Reverse Jul 13, 2008
Graduate student Luz-Andrea "Lucha" Pfister and associate professor Anne Stone in ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and Michael Rosenberg, an assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences, are trying to establish a credible evolutionary timeline for TB.. Their research suggests that the disease migrated from humans to cattle -- not the reverse, as has long been assumed. (Science Daily)
Families With Children Without A Genetic Or Gestational Link To Their Parents Are Functioning Well Jul 8, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) The emotional well-being of families where children lack a genetic or gestational link to one or both of their parents -- where the children have been conceived through surrogacy, egg donation or donor insemination -- has long been a subject of debate. Now, in the first worldwide study of this issue, British scientists have shown that relationships within such families appear to be functioning well, and that there are few differences between them and families in whom... (Science Daily)
Newcomer In Early Eurafrican Population? Jul 2, 2008
They have been jointly financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Human Evolution at the Max Plank Institute in Leipzig (Germany), INSAP (Morocco) and the Aquitaine region. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Shaven ape: the origin of a very big stink Jul 1, 2008
In 1858, almost nothing was known of human evolution. Now, though, Darwin's whole case can be advanced in terms of apes and monkeys, of chimps and gorillas, and of men and women. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Teeth Yield Clues To Early Human Ancestors Jun 30, 2008
Understanding more about the function of canine teeth can lead to new models for understanding human evolution ... 10, 1999) Fire provided the "spark" for modern human evolution, but not because it allowed our ancestors to eat meat. (Science Daily)
SEX4, Starch And Phosphorylation: Molecular Mechanisms Of Starch Breakdown In Plants Jun 29, 2008
Human evolution and society have been intimately tied to our exploitation of plant biomass for food, fuel, tools, and shelter. See also. (Science Daily)
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory Jun 28, 2008
" Previous theories have only ever applied to a small proportion of all instances of humour, many of them stipulating necessary content or social conditions either in the humour itself or around the individual experiencing it. But this doesn't explain why an individual can laugh at something when no one else around them does, nor why two people can laugh at the same stimulus for different reasons. The theory further identifies the importance of pattern recognition in human evolution as Clarke... (EurekAlert!)
SEX4, starch and phosphorylation Jun 26, 2008
Human evolution and society have been intimately tied to our exploitation of plant biomass for food, fuel, tools, and shelter. However, to be usable, the starch carbohydrate stored in plants must be broken down to component sugars. (EurekAlert!)
Fresh Clues About Human Evolution Jun 19, 2008
19, 2008) Research on the genome of a marine creature led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is shedding new light on a key area of the tree of life. Linda Holland, a research biologist at Scripps Oceanography, and her colleagues from the United States, Europe and Asia, have deciphered and analyzed fundamental elements of the genetic makeup of a small, worm-like marine animal called amphioxus, also known as a lancelet. (Science Daily)
REGION: County weds gay couples Jun 19, 2008
All the church rant, all the right-wing shout out of blasphemy and demoralization, signifies nothing more than fear of human evolution. The bible is a book, like other books. (North County Times)
Reasons Not to Sleep Train Jun 16, 2008
Human Evolution Points to Co-sleeping. Sleep training when the infant is asleep by himself in a crib in another room is not in line with how humans have evolved. (Suite101.com)
Infectious melodies Jun 14, 2008
The Iranian-born Sabeti, a Rhodes Scholar by way of MIT, is currently exploring the interplay between human evolution and infectious diseases, with the goal of developing more effective regimens to combat killers like malaria and Lassa fever. She travels to Africa at least twice a year to do fieldwork, supported by major grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Burroughs Wellcome Fund. (Boston Globe)
Zimbabwe:Continent's Top Leaders Call for Free Polls Jun 13, 2008
In the beginning, mirroring human evolution, the industry emerged in Africa. The progenitor for many of today's private security firms was the South Africa-based Executive Outcomes. (allAfrica.com)
A progressive metal band ' 'And That's OK' Jun 6, 2008
Maybe Futants are not selected to survive and push human evolution to its finest, but they are establishing a new genre of rock and roll. Hopefully they will have more stories to tell through their unique song, style and sound. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Human Viruses Appear To Be Making Wild Chimpanzees Sick Jun 6, 2008
14, 2004) A new study of wild chimpanzee growth rates, published in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that early human evolution may have taken a different. (Jan. (Science Daily)
LETTERS: NCT, May 30, 2008 May 31, 2008
If you think he was questioning human evolution as a historical fact, that is a flagrant misunderstanding of his intent ... "Bushes and Ladders in Human Evolution" (pp ... For 6, regarding human evolution , I see you intentionally elect to focus on the confusion over how to interpret hominid fossil evidence rather than focus on the evidence itself (e. (North County Times)
First Female DNA Sequenced May 27, 2008
As the X-chromosome is present as a single copy in half the population, the males, it has undergone a harsher selection in human evolution. This has made it less variable. (Science Daily)
Crystal Skulls: Is Indy Chasing A Fake? May 25, 2008
12, 2007) Reliably dated fossils are critical to understanding the course of human evolution. A human skull discovered over fifty years ago near the town of Hofmeyr, in the Eastern Cape Province of South. (Science Daily)
Wax or be damned May 24, 2008
(The history of warfare offers a similar possibility; that since the machine-gun, war has stopped selecting for valour or heroism and has devolved into a random factor in human evolution. Add to this women's apparent preference for caveman lovers and bank-manager or dentist husbands, and it seems possible to construct a theory that civilisation is selecting against maleness. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
CLOSE TO HOME: 51 fresh summer destinations May 24, 2008
Surviving: The Body of Evidence has nothing to do with a whodunit: It's the new exploration of human evolution at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Designed to appeal to both kids and adults, with fossils, interactive exhibits and thought-provoking discussions of genetics, the exhibit runs until next May. (USA Today -- Money)
Creationism edges into high school classes May 22, 2008
The majority of teachers spend no more than five hours on human evolution. Only 23 percent of teachers strongly agreed that evolution is the unifying theme for their biology or life sciences courses, though the majority of teachers see evolution as essential to high school biology. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Teaching Evolution? Many High School Biology Teachers Include Creationism In Their Curriculum May 21, 2008
This is a wide range for a topic considered by the National Academy of Sciences to be "the central concept of biology." The amount of time spent teaching human evolution is even less: the majority of teachers spend no more than five hours on the subject. "This is the hottest of the hot buttons" says Berkman, suggesting that pressure from the community might play a role in how teachers structure their classes. (Science Daily)
