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What Makes Humans Different Than Any Other Species

lundi 8 septembre 2014 — Features, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Psychology, Thought & Cognition, Technology

The capacity to engage in shared tasks such as hunting large game and building cities may be what separated modern humans from our primate cousins -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Why Humans and Other Primates Cooperate

lundi 8 septembre 2014 — Features, More Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology

Our ability to cooperate in large societies has deep evolutionary roots in the animal kingdom -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall Talks about What Makes Humans Special [Video]

samedi 6 septembre 2014 — Web Exclusives, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

New ideas about human evolution reveal just how unique Homo sapiens are -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

High-Tech Gunfire Locator May Nab Rhino Poachers in South Africa

vendredi 5 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Technology, Communications

By Peroshni Govender KRUGER NATIONAL PARK South Africa (Reuters) - Rhino poachers in South Africa now risk giving themselves away when they shoot thanks to a high-tech, gunfire-detection system being... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Coffee's Caffeine Buzz Evolved Separately from Tea's

vendredi 5 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution

Genome of the robusta variety reveals that caffeine-making evolved more than once, in part because pollinators developed a caffeine habit -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Love among the Primates

vendredi 5 septembre 2014 — More Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

Promiscuity, polygamy, monogamy—over the course of millions of years, humans and their primate relatives have tried nearly every possible mating arrangement -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How Archer Fish Gun Down Prey from a Distance [Video]

vendredi 5 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The fish control the range of their potent water pistols by adjusting their mouths -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Turtles Not Among the "Silent Majority" of Reptiles

jeudi 4 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution

Biologists have identified at least 11 different sounds in the turtle repertoire—but they still have no idea what they mean. Christopher Intagliata reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

New "Dreadnought" Dinosaur Most Complete Specimen of a Giant

jeudi 4 septembre 2014 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs

The 60-metric-ton herbivore may tell future researchers more about how gargantuan sauropods lived and evolved -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Lone Survivor? Weird New Animal May Be Long Sought Living Ediacaran

mercredi 3 septembre 2014 — Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

It’s not every day a new animal is discovered that could shake up the roots of animal taxonomy and simultaneously form its own new phylum, the top classification in the Animal Kingdom, but... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American