News tagged with nutcracker
New technologies challenge old ideas about early hominid diets
New assessments by researchers using the latest high-tech tools to study the diets of early hominids are challenging long-held assumptions about what our ancestors ate, says a study by the University of Colorado ...
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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No nuts for 'Nutcracker Man': Early human relative apparently chewed grass instead
(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, a 2.3 million- to 1.2 million-year-old human relative named Paranthropus boisei has been nicknamed Nutcracker Man because of his big, flat molar teeth and thick, powerful jaw. ...
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May 02, 2011 |
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Conservation of whitebark pine may hinge on preservation of ponderosa
The caching of whitebark pine seeds by the Clark's nutcracker in late summer and early fall may not be enough to regenerate populations of the imperiled conifer in most of its range, scientists have found.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Researchers unravel ways capuchin monkeys select effective tools
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Tchaikovsky penned The Nutcracker, the last thing he probably had in mind was a capuchin monkey. And yet new research, co-directed by a researcher at the University of Georgia, is changing our view about ...
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Pressure prepares lobsters for long-distance delivery
Autumn is the prime season for catching lobsters in the cold waters off New England, and the red shellfish will soon find its way into many winter feasts, from office holiday parties to Christmas dinners and ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Analysis of sperm differentiation reveals new mode of proteasome regulation
(Medical Xpress) -- Early in development, cells undergo a controlled demolition that helps to shape their raw, pliable material into the specialized forms they must have to do their jobs as adults. The process ...
May 02, 2011 |
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If these teeth could talk: What was really on the menus of our ancestors?
For human ancestors, eating could be hard work.
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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Humans have a mighty bite: Size matters, but efficiency matters more
The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ...
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Jun 22, 2010 |
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Ancient 'Lucy' Species Ate A Different Diet Than Previously Thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research examining microscopic marks on the teeth of the "Lucy" species Australopithecus afarensis suggests that the ancient hominid ate a different diet than the tooth enamel, size and sh ...
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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High-tech tests allow anthropologists to track ancient hominids across the landscape
Dazzling new scientific techniques are allowing archaeologists to track the movements and menus of extinct hominids through the seasons and years as they ate their way across the African landscape, helping ...
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Early Human Skulls Shaped for Nut-Cracking (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research conducted in part by researchers at The George Washington University has led to novel insights into how feeding and dietary adaptations may have shaped the evolution of the earliest ...
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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You are what you eat? Maybe not for ancient man
New findings suggest that the ancient human “cousin” known as the “Nutcracker Man” wasn’t regularly eating anything like nuts after all.
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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Do animals think like autistic savants?
When Temple Grandin argued that animals and autistic savants share cognitive similarities in her best-selling book Animals in Translation (2005), the idea gained steam outside the community of cognitive neuroscientists. ...
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Feb 20, 2008 |
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New research finds people and pigeons see eye to eye
Pigeons and humans use similar visual cues to identify objects, a finding that could have promising implications in the development of novel technologies, according to new research conducted by a University ...
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Feb 20, 2007 |
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