News tagged with human foot
Floppy-footed gibbons help us understand how early humans may have walked
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Nov 17, 2008 |
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The human foot is a miracle of evolution. We can keep striding for miles on our well-sprung feet. There is nothing else like them, not even amongst our closest living relatives. According to Evie Vereecke, from the University ...
Skeleton of 12,000-year-old shaman discovered buried with leopard, 50 tortoises and human foot
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Nov 05, 2008 |
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The skeleton of a 12,000 year-old Natufian Shaman has been discovered in northern Israel by archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The burial is described as being accompanied by "exceptional" ...
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Gibbon feet provide model for early human walking
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that early humans could have walked successfully on a 'flexible' flat foot, similar to modern day gibbons.
'Little foot' skeleton is dated
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Dec 14, 2006 |
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British scientists have dated an ape-man skeleton at 2.2 million years old, suggesting it might not be part of the ancestral tree leading to Homo sapiens.
Archaeological discovery in Jordan valley: Enormous 'foot-shaped' enclosures
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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"The 'foot' structures that we found in the Jordan valley are the first sites that the People of Israel built upon entering Canaan and they testify to the biblical concept of ownership of the land with the foot," said archaeologist ...
It's all in the footwork: New research sheds light on parrot intelligence
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You can tell how smart a parrot is by watching what it does with its feet, according to a new study by Macquarie University researchers.
New analysis shows 'hobbits' couldn't hustle
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May 06, 2009 |
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A detailed analysis of the feet of Homo floresiensis—the miniature hominins who lived on a remote island in eastern Indonesia until 18,000 years ago -- may help settle a question hotly debated among paleontologists: how si ...
Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered a gene enhancer, known as HACNS1, that may have contributed to the evolution of the uniquely opposable human thumb, and possibly also modifications in the ankle or foot that allow humans to walk ...
Researchers Find 'Junk DNA' May Have Triggered Key Evolutionary Changes in Human Thumb and Foot
Sep 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Out of the 3 billion genetic letters that spell out the human genome, Yale scientists have found a handful that may have contributed to the evolutionary changes in human limbs that enabled ...
New family of gecko discovered
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May 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History and Pennsylvania’s Villanova University have discovered a new family of gecko, the charismatic large-eyed lizard popularized by car insurance commercials.
Science steps in to discover wonders of Toe-tankhamun
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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An artificial big toe attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could prove to be the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body part, say scientists.
Foot-and-mouth lab looks for new home
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Five U.S. states are vying for a $500 million federal research center that would house highly infectious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth.
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