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Tiny ancient shells point to earliest fashion trend
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Shell beads newly unearthed from four sites in Morocco confirm early humans were consistently wearing and potentially trading symbolic jewellery as early as 80,000 years ago. These beads add significantly to similar finds ...
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
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Altruism: Genetic or Cultural Evolution?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The origins of altruism, the willingness to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of others often unknown to us, has perplexed evolutionary social scientists and biologists for years.
A breath of fresh air could improve drug toxicity screening
Sep 02, 2009 |
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A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed an innovative way to culture liver cells for drug toxicity screening. In a report to be published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...
New evidence of culture in wild chimpanzees
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A new study of chimpanzees living in the wild adds to evidence that our closest primate relatives have cultural differences, too. The study, reported online on October 22nd in Current Biology shows that neighb ...
'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2009 |
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A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study.
When cells reach out and touch
May 01, 2009 |
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MicroRNAs are single-stranded snippets that, not long ago, were given short shrift as genetic junk. Now that studies have shown they regulate genes involved in normal functioning as well as diseases such as cancer, everyone ...
Genes drive behaviour, but culture can select genes: study
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Culture, not just genes, can drive evolutionary outcomes, according to a study released Wednesday that compares individualist and group-oriented societies across the globe.
Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to ...
Lung tissue generated from human embryonic stem cells
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Scientists in Belgium have successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into major cell types of lung epithelial tissue using a convenient air-liquid interface. The technique, published in BioMed Central's ...
Neutralizing tumor growth in embryonic stem cell therapy
May 06, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a method to potentially eliminate the tumor-risk factor in utilizing human embryonic stem cells.
Teach your physicians well
Oct 19, 2009 |
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As the national conversation about healthcare reform engages millions of Americans, a new Brandeis study sheds light on the values of medical faculty who train the nation's physicians and lead in health care and research ...
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