Research suggests humans evolved from prehistoric sharks
June 14th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 14 (IANS) Believe it or not - humans evolved from a prehistoric shark that populated the seas more than 300 million years ago, according to scientists.
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Stone tools helped human hand evolve unique features
March 9th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 9 (IANS) Increased use of stone tools by our ancestors helped the human hand evolve unique characteristics.Past research has borne out the existence of features in the bones ... Read more...
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Humans switched from living in trees to on the ground 4.2mn yrs ago
January 29th, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): A new study has revealed that early human ancestors stopped swinging in trees and started walking on the ground sometime between 4.2 and 3.5 million years ago.Lead author ... Read more...
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World’s first known cannibals ate each other for extra nutrition
August 27th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the world's first known cannibals ate each other to satisfy their nutritional needs.The humans-as-food determination negates other possibilities, such as cannibalism ... Read more...
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Fossil find puts face on last common ancestor of apes and monkeys
July 15th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): The discovery of a skull in Saudi Arabia is providing new insights into what the last common ancestor of apes and monkeys may have looked like and when ... Read more...
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Presence of ancient molecules in animals hints at early origin of tissues
February 2nd, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that small RNA molecules that existed 600 million years ago are in animals alive today, thus providing a bigger picture of ... Read more...
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Discovery of “Ardi” named breakthrough of the year
December 18th, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 18 (ANI): The discovery of Ardipithecus ramidus, or "Ardi," has received the top honor as the Breakthrough of the Year 2009 by the magazine 'Science' and its publisher, AAAS, the ... Read more...
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Oldest hominid skeleton rewrites human evolutionary history
October 2nd, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 2 (ANI): An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of the oldest hominid skeleton on Earth, which at 4.4 million years of age, would revolutionize our understanding of ... Read more...
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Fairy tales more ancient than previously believed
September 6th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 6 (ANI): They have been told as bedtime stories by generations of parents, but according to a new study, fairy tales are more ancient than was previously thought.To reach the ... Read more...
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Like humans, chimps too close a deal
August 21st, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 21 (ANI): Lower-ranking chimpanzees know how to bargain with their superiors to achieve a fairer split of food, concludes a new study.The study, published in Evolution and Human Behavior, suggests ... Read more...
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New ‘molecular clock’ aids dating of human migration history
June 5th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 5 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, have devised a new 'molecular clock' that aids dating of human migration history.Estimating the chronology of population migrations throughout mankind's early ... Read more...
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Seagrass habitat helped seahorses evolve their upright posture 25 mln yrs ago
May 6th, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 6 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found that seahorses evolved their upright posture some 25 million years ago, thanks in part to an expansion of vertical seagrass habitat.The ... Read more...
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Disease-associated genes are ancient evolutionary legacy
October 17th, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 17 (ANI): German researchers have found that a majority of the genes that can cause diseases in humans were already in existence at the origin of the first cells.
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Neanderthals didnt mate with modern humans
August 13th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 13 (ANI): A new DNA study has suggested that Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans did not interbreed.According to a report in National Geographic News, researchers sequenced the complete ... Read more...
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Last common ancestor of Neanderthals and humans lived about 660,000 years ago
August 8th, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 8 (ANI): The complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequenced from a 38,000-year-old bone has shown that the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and humans lived about 660,000 years ago, give ... Read more...
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Did walking begin with a chance shuffle?
May 30th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 30 (IANS) It was perhaps when he stood up on his hind legs to reach for an overhanging fruit that the ancestor of primates and humans inadvertently learnt to walk ... Read more...
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Walking on 2 feet began with a shuffle
May 30th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 30 (ANI): When babies learn to walk, they usually start covering short distances by shuffling. Now, a new research has suggested that our ancestors did the same before they ... Read more...
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