Almost all living people outside of Africa trace back to a single migration more than 50,000 years ago Posted on September 22, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Australian Aborigines have long been cast as a people apart. Although Australia is halfway around the world from our species’s accepted birthplace in Africa, the continent is nevertheless home to […]Read more Almost all living people outside of Africa trace back to a single migration more than 50,000 years ago
Ancient Skeleton Discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck Posted on September 21, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News An international research team discovered a human skeleton during its ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck (circa 65 B.C.). The shipwreck, which holds the remains of a Greek trading […]Read more Ancient Skeleton Discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck
World’s hardiest animal has evolved radiation shield for its DNA Posted on September 21, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News They are the toughest known animals on Earth and now the secret to one of their superpowers – resistance to radiation – is out. Tardigrades, also known as water bears […]Read more World’s hardiest animal has evolved radiation shield for its DNA
Pigeons have quite a way with words: Otago research Posted on September 21, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Pigeons can learn to distinguish real words from non-words by visually processing their letter combinations, surprising new research from the University of Otago in New Zealand and Ruhr University in […]Read more Pigeons have quite a way with words: Otago research