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The evolutionary tree shows how pubic lice – Pthirus pubis and Pthirus gorillae – afflict humans and gorillas. Humans and chimps, meanwhile, can host Pediculus head lice (Illustration: J W Demastes/T Choe/V S Smith)
The newly discovered “superhighway” (red tube) connects the ventricles (shown in light purple in the middle of the brain) with the tiny olfactory bulb (bottom left) (Image: Jonathan Westin)
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.
Whales may share our kind of intelligence, researchers say after discovering brain cells previously found only in humans and other primates.
The first comparison of human and Neanderthal DNA shows that the two lineages diverged about 400,000 years ago and that Neanderthals may have had more DNA in common with chimps than with modern humans.
She could walk, but not talk (Image: ZeresenayAlemseged/ARCCH)
The number of Florida scrub-jays, the only species of bird found exclusively in Florida, is declining - even within preserves set aside for them - a new report has concluded. The birds are being squeezed out by suburban sprawl and overpopulation in the state.
From the annals of insect biology comes a cautionary tale for those recovering from their post-New Year's celebration: heavy boozing has been shown to send male fruitflies, like their human counterparts, into a lusty fog.
This list is partially serious, and partially satire. In any event, technology keeps getting more advanced each year. As it does, it presents situations you may not have considered. Maybe some of them could happen to YOU...
A new year, a new chance to do things we've wanted to do, been meaning to do, need to do. You know the drill.
Public Health Implications of Redefining Human Nature By Earon S. Davis, J.D., M.P.H., L.C.M.T.
A college education doesn't give you much of an edge over a monkey when it comes to doing some basic arithmetic, according to a study released Monday that underscores the surprising mental agility of our simian relatives.
Global warming, and the consequent rising seas and temperature, is biting through its share of the planet. Of the marine life – the fish, the weeds – the coral reefs are being killed by rising temperatures and the human contribution knows no bound.
Think you've got a good memory? Think again: young chimpanzees, the evolutionary distant cousins of humans, have outperformed college students in short-term memory tests,
Tired of those voices in your head who keep telling you to e-mail DANGER ROOM every five minutes? Well, turn in that tin foil hat. There's a new set of homemade head gear that "blocks telepathic communication between aliens and humans," according to its designers."
Just in case your thought the morally deranged, criminally insane doctors were only in the movies, think again. Britain has made it legal to combine Humans and Animals.
We could have alien origins, say scientists who sent fossilized microscopic life-forms into space and back inside an artificial meteorite.
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals is testing a fountain-of-youth pill in humans. You won't live forever, but it may slow aging and increase lifespan. So far, it's working.
I was very impressed by an Newsvine article by Belarius titled Lets move religion debate away from god. But how do we do that? Belarius stated: 'We should spare God the criticism for once, and focus on the sins of man'.
Before you get your hopes up that YOUR side of the family will evolve into the "better" of the two predicted species, consider that the "goblins" of this scheme will most likely be comprised of today's Republicans, and those who live in the "red" states.
Humans, for as long as cognitive expression has existed, have responded to their inherent responsibility to classify and compartmentalize the world around them. This ill-founded obligation we so readily accept has proven helpful in some endeavors while disastrous in others.
In fact, the show, in its third version, generally has a positive impact on children. What we get most is children coming out of the exhibit wanting to be doctors. In the very least, they come out with a greater appreciation of their bodies and of life.
"We will tell it to go out to McDonald's and it will go through the drive-through and we sit in the back and it will get our food,"
An extraordinary advance in human origins research reveals evidence of the emergence of the upright human body plan over 15 million years earlier than most experts have believed.
Pregnant moose seek out human company when they are about to give birth, moving closer to roads and camps to escape the threat of bears. US scientists say Yellowstone moose have adopted the strategy to try to outwit their road-shy predators.
Between technical and popular science writing is what I call "integrative science," a process that blends data, theory and narrative. Without all three of these metaphorical legs, the seat on which the enterprise of science rests would collapse
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysis of peer-reviewed literature reveals that more than 500 scientists have published evidence refuting at least one element of current man-made global warming scares.
The article claims a link may exist between implanted microchips, like those we put in our pets, and tumors. However, the animal tests they refer to may show skewed results becuase the species may be prone to tumors.When the U.S.
Man's ability to digest starchy foods like the potato may explain our success on the planet, genetic work suggests. Compared with primates, humans have many more copies of a gene essential for breaking down calorie-rich starches, Nature Genetics reports.
It's a critical juncture in an embryo's development: the moment that a brain and nervous system begin to form from a mass of unspecialized cells.
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