News tagged with primate evolution
Snakes and how they helped our big brains evolve
May 01, 2009 |
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The threat of snakes gave primates superior vision and large brains -- and fueled a critical aspect of human evolution, UC Davis anthropology professor Lynne Isbell argues in a new book.
A dead gene comes back to life in humans
Mar 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene - infection-fighting human ...
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Primate culture is just a stone's throw away from human evolution, study finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2009 |
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For 30 years, scientists have been studying stone-handling behavior in several troops of Japanese macaques to catch a unique glimpse of primate culture. By watching these monkeys acquire and maintain behavioral traditions ...
54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ...
47-million-year-old fossil could shed light on primate family tree
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported "missing link" between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed ...
Primate archaeology sheds light on human origins
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 15, 2009 |
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A University of Calgary archaeologist who is one of the few researchers in the world studying the material culture of human beings' closest living relatives - the great apes - is joining his colleagues in ...
Researchers find an evolutionarily preserved signature in the primate brain
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Researchers have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral cortex of humans and other primates. These findings, published June 20th in ...
New fossil reveals primates lingered in Texas
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 40 million years ago, primates preferred Texas to northern climates that were significantly cooling, according to new fossil evidence discovered by Chris Kirk, physical anthropologist at The University ...
Monkey gene that blocks AIDS viruses evolved more than once
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as a defense against lentiviruses, the group of viruses that includes HIV. The study, published February 29 in the open-access ...
Researchers find an evolutionarily preserved signature in the primate brain
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Researchers from Uppsala University, Karolinska Institute, and the University of Chicago, have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral ...
Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree (w/ Video)
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- About 40 miles outside Cairo, Egypt, National Science Foundation-supported paleontologists from three American universities are revealing features of a newly discovered African primate and ...
Genomics study provides insight into the evolution of unique human traits
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Jul 30, 2007 |
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Today, researchers from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, along with colleagues from Stanford University, report the results of a large-scale, genome-wide study to investigate gene copy number differences ...
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