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That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You

mardi 9 mars 2021 par Christopher Intagliata — The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Prehistoric Plankton Became Predators to Survive a Mass Extinction

lundi 8 mars 2021 par Riley Black — Advances, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

When the sun disappeared, tiny coccoliths turned to hunting -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Neandertals Probably Perceived Speech Quite Well

lundi 8 mars 2021 par Jan Osterkamp — The Sciences, Evolution

Could they speak, too? Did they proposition modern humans in an interspecies creole language? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

An Ancient Proto-City Reveals the Origin of Home

lundi 1er mars 2021 par Annalee Newitz — Features, The Sciences, Evolution

The 9,000-year-old settlement of Çatalhöyük in Turkey shows how humans began putting down roots -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Mammoth Genomes Shatter Record for Oldest DNA Sequences

mercredi 17 février 2021 par Kate Wong — The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Researchers extracted DNA from fossils that are more than a million years old, illuminating the origins of the woolly mammoth and the Columbian mammoth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Dinosaur Discoveries Are Booming

mercredi 17 février 2021 par Katie Peek — Graphic Science, The Sciences, Evolution

Fossils are being found worldwide, and there are plenty more to come -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Evolution Could Explain Why Psychotherapy May Work for Depression

vendredi 12 février 2021 par Gary Stix — Features, Mind, Mental Health, Evolution

Persistent rumination may be an attribute that lets us think our way out of despair—a process enhanced through talk therapy -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Neandertalized 'Mini Brains' Yield Clues to Modern Human Uniqueness

jeudi 11 février 2021 par Kate Wong — News, The Sciences, Evolution

Experiments on clusters of cultured cells hint that a gene variant found only in Homo sapiens profoundly changed brain development in our species, compared with our extinct relatives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How Evolution Helps Us Understand Cancer and Control It

mercredi 27 janvier 2021 par Athena Aktipis — Features, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Cells need to cooperate to coexist in people, and when some break the rules, cancer results -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Ancient Dogs Had Complex Genetic Histories

vendredi 22 janvier 2021 par Eliene Augenbraun — Behavior & Society, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Some dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American