New Evidence From Earliest Known Human Settlement In The Americas Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early migration route followed the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago.
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New evidence of earliest North Americans Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia.
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UCLA-Dutch team uncovers Egypt's earliest agricultural settlement Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated animals, pits for cooking and even floors for what appear to be dwellings.
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Scientists Find A Fingerprint Of Evolution Across The Human Genome Posted: 4 months ago by Blankspace73
The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion “letter” DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins, the workhorses of most life processes. This has raised the question of what the remaining part of the human genome does. How much of the rest performs other biological functions, and how much is merely residue of prior genetic events?
Evolution FTW.
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Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
A team of Genographic researchers have published the most extensive survey to date of African mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Analyses of the extensive data presented in this study provide surprising insights into the early demographic history of human populations before they moved out of Africa, illustrating that these early human populations were small and isolated from each other for many tens of thousands of years.
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Human Age Posted: 10 months ago by daftgretel
Human age is a simulation game / free virtual management game / rpg where you adopt a human being and help him or her through various ages of mankind, from prehistory to the 21st century, from learning how to use a club to your driver's license.
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Earliest Stage Of Planet Formation In The Solar System Dated Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers have dated the earliest step in the formation of the solar system - when microscopic interstellar dust coalesced into mountain-sized chunks of rock - to 4,568 million years ago, within a range of about 2,080,000 years. The dates established by analyzing a particular type of meteorite, called a carbonaceous chondrite, which represents the oldest material left over from the formation of the solar system.
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Million-year-old human tooth found Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Spanish researchers have reportedly unearthed a human tooth more than one million years old, which they estimated to be the oldest human fossil remain ever discovered in western Europe.
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Human Slingshot Posted: 1 year ago by LatueOfStiberty
Oh my god, i would never do this.
She goes alot farther than i expected.
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Evolutionary comparison finds new human genes Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Using supercomputers to compare portions of the human genome with those of other mammals, researchers at Cornell have discovered some 300 previously unidentified human genes, and found extensions of several hundred genes already known. The discovery is based on the idea that as organisms evolve, sections of genetic code that do something useful for the organism change in different ways.
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Oldest hominid discovered is 7 million years old: study Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
French fossil hunters have pinned down the age of Toumai, which they contend is the remains of the earliest human ever found, at between 6.8 and 7.2 million years old. The fossil was discovered in the Chadian desert in 2001 and an intense debate ensued over whether the nearly complete cranium, pieces of jawbone and teeth belonged to one of our earliest ancestors.
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Becoming Human: Paleoanthropology, Evolution and Human Origins Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
Journey through the story of human evolution in an interactive documentary.
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Human Body Explorer Posted: 4 weeks ago by doggylives
The Discovery Channel put together this great site on the capabilities of the human body. It’s a really great learning experience because it’s fun, visually stimulating, and always highly interesting. This is the way media should be done!
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Spontaneous Human Combustion Posted: 10 months ago by agent014
This is a weird site that sort of gives a description and history of spontaneous human combustion.
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Human Rights Watch: Photo Essays Posted: 4 months ago by doggylives
An amazing collection of photographs of human rights issues from around the world, I was going to just submit one gallery but I've submitted the link to the site as theres so many great ones to look at.
A good place to start is HERE
Some of the galleries contain graphic pictures but are marked as graphic so just be careful
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Losses Of Long-established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
While it is well understood that the evolution of new genes leads to adaptations that help species survive, gene loss may also afford a selective advantage. A group of scientists has investigated this less-studied idea, carrying out the first systematic computational analysis to identify long-established genes that have been lost across millions of years of evolution leading to the human species.
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Human Genome Project Phase 2 Posted: 6 months ago by Pocksucket
The original Human Genome Project mapped the DNA from one person and took 13 years to complete. Today the 1000 Genome Project was announced - a plan to map the differences between individual humans that will give an insight into the physiological differences between us, and genetic diseases too. It is expected to take 3 years.
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Computer beats human experts at poker Posted: 2 weeks ago by deEPCHIll
Human pride took a hit 11 years ago when IBM's Big Blue computer beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov. Now it's poker players' turn to be humiliated by a machine.
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Local find unveils oldest known reptile evidence in the world Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Howard Falcon-Lang discovered this fossil near Dorchester Cape last August. Lang believes the fossil is the oldest known reptile evidence in the world.
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Fancy driving with this... the earliest wind-up sat-nav Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
They are notorious for guiding exasperated motorists down footpaths, into ponds or to the wrong city entirely. But the modern-day sat-nav is likely to pose far fewer problems for lost drivers than its 1927 forerunner. The Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator, which has gone on display at a National Trust house, is thought to be the first navigation device for motorists.
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Human Mirror Posted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad
Double, Double, Vision, Vision.
15 pairs of twins create a human mirror on a New York subway car.
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