Dec. 5, 2024 — A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes ... A Fossil First: Scientists Find ...

It is the first time researchers use data from ... A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans.

Non-invasive techniques such as functional MRI (fMRI) can be used to record signals related to brain activity in humans from many locations in the brain simultaneously. However, many conventional ...

Many have predicted that as AI improves, it will commoditize technical skills and knowledge, but accentuate the things that make us human—things like our empathy and connection with other human ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs (www.monographs.iarc.fr) identify environmental and occupational causes of human cancer. Sometimes called the WHO “Encyclopedia of ...

For the many wondrous things humans can do, we can't fly on our own. But if we could, how big would our wings be? Of course, the answer depends on the person's size. But someone who's about 155 ...

China will host the world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots. Dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join the 21km (13-mile) race in Beijing in April, according to local media.

The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites across the country are clearly remnants of archaic hominins — the formal name for species in the human lineage ...

Human Planet, a cinematic experience, bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world today. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth. The BBC has been ...

“If you think about what we might expect humans to accomplish in an area like biology in 100 years, I think a doubling of the human lifespan is not at all crazy,” he said yesterday (Ja ...

Our ability to peer inside the human genome has shown that in fact our biology continues to change to suit particular environments. Most of us feel breathless in high mountain air because our ...

There are few human diseases that have been linked to mutations or defects in DNA polymerases. Mutations in the polymerase that replicates mitochondrial DNA, Pol γ, lead to a range of human ...