InverseGenetics Sex between different types of ancient humans resulted in “genetic resistance” Inverse - Stephenie Livingston Around 45,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans expanding into the Pacific region encountered archaic hominins on their journey. It wasn’t long …
QuartzWest Africa How new discoveries in west Africa could rewrite pre-history verified_publisherQuartz - Eleanor ScerriOur species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material culture, are found throughout much of Africa and include...
Popular MechanicsLearning The Universe Is a Machine That Keeps Learning, Scientists Say verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertBasically, we live in one giant algorithm. In fascinating new research, cosmologists explain the history of the universe as one of self-teaching, autodidactic algorithms. The scientists, including physicists...
DNA Neanderthal DNA Unearthed from Dirt insidescience.org (Inside Science) -- Roughly 100,000 years ago, a community of Neanderthals settled into a region of what we know as northern Spain, calling it home …
When does science cross an ethical line?By New AtlasScientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos, restored brain function in pigs hours after death, and used electrical pulses to prevent violent behavior in criminals. Sometimes crossing an ethical line in research is accidental, other times scientists can see the problem looming and ask questions early. Would you eat dog meat if it was grown from cells in a lab?
SalonLiberal View Republicans who pushed Arkansas' anti-trans ban just passed a bill to teach creationism in schools verified_publisherSalonGOP state Rep. Mary Bentley has been very busy doing what religious conservatives might say is the lord's work in the Arkansas state legislature. A fourth-term member of the House, Bentley has introduced...
ScienceAlertDNA Who Are The Denisovans? verified_publisherScienceAlert The Denisovans are an extinct relative of modern humans that also share a common ancestor with Neanderthals. Little is known about this category of …
DNA DNA from cave dirt tells tale of how some Neanderthals disappeared sciencemag.org - Ann Gibbons Estatuas cave in northern Spain was a hive of activity 105,000 years ago. Artifacts show its Neanderthal inhabitants hafted stone tools, butchered …
Buzz600:51Rabbits Jumping Jackrabbit! This Genetic Mutation Causes Rabbits To Do Handstands! Buzz60 - flipboard.com Is this bunny martial arts? Buzz60’s Mercer Morrison has the story.
Ars TechnicaBiology Arkansas House passes unconstitutional bill putting creationism in schools verified_publisherArs Technica - John Timmer Despite unanimous Democratic opposition, the bill moves on to the Senate. Last week, the Arkansas state House of Representatives passed a bill that …
Opinion & Analysis Arkansas keeps trying to return to 1954 suntimes.com - Gene Lyons It’s the fundamental unseriousness of right-wing culture war posturing that astonishes: taking militant stands against imaginary threats. How can …
Science Bipedalism Led Humans Down Strange Evolutionary Path realclearscience.com - Riley Black No other animal moves the way we do. That’s awfully strange. Even among other two-legged species, none amble about with a straight back and a gait …
Biology 45,000-year-old human genomes reveal extent of Neanderthal interbreeding verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael Irving Two new genetic studies have shed light on just how often our ancestors got frisky with Neanderthals. Scientists analyzed the genomes of …
The Conversation UKDinosaurs Dinosaurs: how our understanding of what they looked like keeps changing The Conversation UK - Daniel Merino and Gemma Ware This is a transcript of episode 11 of The Conversation Weekly podcast Dinosaurs: from giant reptiles to warm-blooded, feathered creatures, how our …
Atlas ObscuraBiology The Carnivore Paradise That Keeps Changing the Story of Human Evolution verified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Gemma Tarlach New research at Dmanisi continues to challenge what we think we know about our deep past. To visit Dmanisi, one of the most important sites in the …
Jeff Bezos Here’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter geekwire.com - Mike Lewis The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins’ bestselling 1986 book that skewers the notion of intelligent design while celebrating the rational science of …
Michael Jackson The Evolution of Dance from 1950 to 2019: A 7-Decade Joy Ride in 6 Minutes openculture.com - by Ayun Halliday I see Michael Jackson as a dance style, okay? — Ricardo Walker Ricardo Walker and his Crew’s The Evolution of Dance, 1950 to 2019 will make you regret …
Jurassic Era ‘Monkeydactyl’ with Opposable Thumbs DiscoveredBy NerdistAs life has evolved over billions of years, it has exhibited an endless array of forms. Evolution, it seems, has no problem mishmashing disparate traits from disparate animals… often times for gross efficiency. Now, an international team of researchers has uncovered another genomic chimera: a 160-million-year-old pterodactyl with opposable thumbs. And yes, the researchers actually refer to it as a “Monkeydactyl.”
Cell Biology Why Should We Believe Atheists on the Subject of God? mindmatters.ai - News Noting a recent article by philosopher Steve Meyer at The Federalist, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor comments, The public square is replete with books and …
DNA Prehistoric DNA Detected in Caves Reveals Secrets of Neanderthal History haaretz.com - Ariel David Innovation allows researchers to extract hominin genetic material from sediments, and reveals that Neanderthals may have come close to extinction …
Biology A rich marine algal ecosystem existed 600 million years earlier than previously thought phys.org - Birgitte Svennevig The first photosynthetic oxygen-producing organisms on Earth were cyanobacteria. Their evolution dramatically changed the Earth allowing oxygen to …
theamazelab0:59Biology Scientists Rethink What May Have Been the First Animal on Earth theamazelab - flipboard.com Our most distant animal ancestor has been a contested issue for years, but a new study may finally put the debate to rest.
Biology Curious Kids: Could octopuses evolve until they take over the world and travel to space? space.com - Culum Brown Michael, aged 14, asks: If the faster part of human evolution is over, and squids and octopuses continue to evolve, could there be an apocalypse where …
CNNNeanderthals Interactions between early modern humans and Neanderthals were a lot more common than we thought verified_publisherCNN - By Ashley Strickland(CNN) — The Neanderthal DNA in East Asians today can be traced back to interactions between Neanderthals and early modern humans in Europe 45,000 years ago. The oldest known remains of modern humans in...
The GuardianGenetics What are the new Covid variants and what do they mean for the pandemic? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorFrom the moment public health officials started to track new variants of coronavirus, it became clear that the same mutations were cropping up time and again and making the virus more troublesome. What...
AvatarDigital TrendsRobotics Evolving, self-replicating robots are here — but don’t worry about an uprising verified_publisherDigital Trends - By Luke Dormehl “We are trying to, if you like, invent a completely new way of designing robots that doesn’t require humans to actually do the designing,” said Alan …
TNWScience Physicists working with Microsoft think the universe is a self-learning computer verified_publisherTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of theoretical physicists working with Microsoft today published an amazing pre-print research paper describing the universe as a self-learning system of evolutionary laws. In other words: We live...
Science Living fossil discovered below Earth’s surface cosmosmagazine.com - Lauren Fuge Microbe may have been in evolutionary stasis for millions of years. A microbe that feeds on radioactivity has been at an evolutionary standstill for …
Science Study warns of ‘oxygen false positives’ in search for signs of life on other planets ucsc.edu In the search for life on other planets, the presence of oxygen in a planet’s atmosphere is one potential sign of biological activity that might be …
SalonBiology A zoologist imagines what alien life might look like verified_publisherSalonThis article originally appeared on Undark. Animals as varied as sharks, salamanders, and duck-billed platypuses can detect electric fields around them, while some fish, including the South American knifefish...
