"An underground trove of fossil skeletons found in Australia suggests humans, not climate change, drove the continent's large land animals to extinction 40,000 to 50,000 years ago."
"Tuesday, January 23, 2007
FQ's with Professional Mountain Climber Jake Norton
Welcome to another installment of Five Questions where interesting people are asked, well, FQ's. Today's guest Jake Norton is not only...
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"A skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago."The skull is between 35,000 and 40,000...
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In an effort to raise awareness about primate conservation, an Australian zoo has put humans on display. Audiences can vote for their favourite ape via text messages. There are some rules for the human...
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"British scientists are on the verge of producing a revolutionary flu vaccine that works against all major types of the disease.
Described as the 'holy grail' of flu vaccines, it would protect against all strains of influenza A - the virus behind both bird flu and the...
"Tick, Tick, Tick - Viet Cluck N' Quack [A-Mole] ... As in Whack-A-Mole ...
... and the clock keeps on a tickin'.
First South Korea, and now Viet Nam.
If Islamo-Fascism doesn't knock us off, this will."
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"There have been plenty of stories recently about computerized reporting efforts (and, perhaps, computerized stock trading based on those reports). However, before media organizations embrace such things, they might want to have someone teach computerized reporters a sense of...
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"Further evidence that Engels was correct in his ground breaking study; The role of Labour in the Transition From Ape to Man. Once again proving Hobbes wrong. Gendered division of labor gave modern humans advantage over Neanderthals"
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" SAN FRANCISCO - Tourists flock to Fisherman's Wharf for the seafood and the stunning views of San Francisco Bay, but for many visitors, the real stars are the dozens of playful, whiskered sea lions that lounge by the water's edge, gulping down fish. Now a series of...
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Scientists from the United Kingdom, France and Italy have studied teeth from Neanderthals (info) with X-rays from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). They found that the dental development of...
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Researchers are finding new ways for robots to connect with humans in such amazing areas as health and children care."The new field of human-robot interaction was born. Unlike the rest of robotics, many of its...
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"Chimpanzee males prefer to have sex with older females, U.S. researchers found in a study published on Monday that shows one of the biggest behavioral differences between humans and our closest biological relatives.
Male chimps will chase down and fight ove"
The first ever catalogue of the different types of proteins found in sperm could help reveal the origins of sex and explain some of the mysteries of infertility, say scientists. Research published in the journal...
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