The researchers extracted the DNA from bone powder and sequenced it to high quality. They estimate that the female Neandertal lived 60,000-80,000 years ago. From the variation in the genome they estimate that she and other ...
Archaeology
Jun 17, 2020
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A University of Virginia-led National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report has found that adolescence, like infancy, is a critical period of development—and it is not being used to its full potential by ...
Social Sciences
May 17, 2019
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Young people spend a lot of their time online. Even so, we still know very little about how this intensive use of social media influences their development. Brain researcher and Spinoza Prize winner Eveline Crone from Leiden ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2018
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Neuroscience has made tremendous progress in understanding the adolescent brain, creating opportunities as well as challenges for using that knowledge in relation to public policies, according to an article in the Spring ...
Other
Apr 5, 2012
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We accept that some people are born with a talent for music or art or athletics. But what about mathematics? Do some of us just arrive in the world with better math skills than others?
Other
Aug 8, 2011
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For years, genes have been considered the one and only way biological traits could be passed down through generations of organisms. Not anymore.
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2009
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