Evolution & Human Origins (Page 27)

10 July, 2013 - 06:44 johnblack

The Mystery of Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok is located in Antarctica and is a subglacial lake hidden under the ice. It is the largest of all subglacial lakes in Antarctica and exists 4,000 meters under the surface of ice. Andrei...

6 July, 2013 - 12:24 johnblack

Evidence suggests agriculture evolved independently throughout the world

Domestication of plants in agriculture was developed at least 10,000 years ago, according to a new study. It was when ancient humans decided to take control of their food production by introducing...

3 July, 2013 - 11:43 aprilholloway

Mysterious skull found in Australia Could Rewrite History

Australia may need to revise its history books after the mysterious skull of a white man found in New South Wales was found to date back to the 1600s, long before the arrival of Captain James Cook in...

2 July, 2013 - 04:49 johnblack

Tracking Human Migrations through … snails

How is it possible for snails in Ireland to be genetically the same as snails in France? Well probably they didn’t travel thousands of miles including sea on their own. Scientists believe that this...

27 June, 2013 - 12:32 aprilholloway

World’s Oldest Full Genome Revealed by Scientists

A new study published in the journal Nature has reported on the oldest ever full genome which comes from a 700,000 year-old horse leg bone leading to the question of how far back we can go in...

26 June, 2013 - 06:12 aprilholloway

Scientists Discover Evolutionary Leap 500 Million Years Ago

A team of scientists investigating the functions of the ancestors of genes has discovered two mutations that led to an evolutionary leap 500 million years ago. The latest study, published in the...

13 June, 2013 - 12:01 aprilholloway

Humans Did Not Live in Asia Before Sumatra Volcanic Eruption 74,000 Years Ago

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has refuted a recent theory that modern humans lived in Asia prior to the great volcanic eruption in Sumatra 74,000 years...

12 June, 2013 - 03:40 johnblack

Change of diet may be a key to human evolution

The debate between Darwinians , Creationists and now the Panspermians to explain the origin of man has been going on for decades and every week, new evidence is presented to try to prove either one...

8 June, 2013 - 07:13 johnblack

The oldest primate skeleton discovered

According to Darwin’s theory , humans are evolved from primates (monkeys, apes etc) – or at least we are somehow related to primates. Even though the evolution theory is not flawless it makes sense...

5 June, 2013 - 08:31 aprilholloway

Scientists Claim it is Unlikely Humans Ate Neanderthals

The sudden disappearance of the Neanderthals, the closest living relatives of modern humans, approximately 30,000 years ago has been perplexing archaeologists for decades. Explanations range from...

31 May, 2013 - 08:12 aprilholloway

Disappearance of World’s Oldest Fossils Solved

The widespread and unusual disappearance of stromatolites , the oldest known fossils on Earth, may have been caused by the presence of single-celled organisms called foraminifera. Stromatolites (“...

30 May, 2013 - 14:40 johnblack

Our hips and their fish origins

Evolution is a very complex topic. Since Darwin and his famous evolution theory, many things have changed and new theories have emerged. Panspermia theory is the most popular theory at the moment (...

28 May, 2013 - 13:32 johnblack

Flour is as old as 30,000 years

Flour is such a common ingredient that we use almost every day in soups, bread, cookies and many other types of food. Not only that but it has been used for thousands of years in almost every...

26 May, 2013 - 05:03 aprilholloway

Archaeologists say the Indus civilization wasn’t nearly as peaceful as popularly thought

The Indus civilization was long believed to be a peaceful civilization, vastly different from the violent civilization of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. However, new research published in the...

25 May, 2013 - 06:17 aprilholloway

Amazing Discovery that Could Rewrite Australian History

According to the history books, the first person to discover Australia was Dutchman, Willem Janszoon, who landed in north Queensland in 1606 – more than 160 years before Captain Cook arrived and...

Sculpture in Neanderthal Museum (Public Domain)

24 May, 2013 - 09:20 johnblack

Large Neanderthal Settlement found in Greece

It was more than 100,000 years ago when this settlement in Mani, Southern Greece, was occupied by a large number of Neanderthals. The site is called Kalamakia Middle Paleolithic Cave. The site was...

Babylon - Common Origin in the world’s languages

24 May, 2013 - 05:47 johnblack

In Search for a common origin in the world’s languages

We know the Babylon story in the Bible where the God(s) decided that humanity shouldn’t have a common language because obviously they could achieve wonders like the Babylon Tower that would at some...

23 May, 2013 - 15:13 aprilholloway

Climate Changes Linked to Ancient Human Innovations

New research has revealed that periods of abrupt climate changes led ancient humans to embark on periods of innovation and cultural expansion. The study conducted by Martin Ziegler, an earth science...

22 May, 2013 - 14:30 ancient-origins

Neanderthals and their Thinking Ability

At the El Castillo Cave in Spain, a series of rock artwork puzzles anthropologists. While initially the artwork was thought to be over 40,000 years old, making it the work of Homo sapiens, recent...

22 May, 2013 - 05:44 johnblack

Human intelligence is not because of the frontal lobe as believed

The frontal lobe is the part of the brain of humans (and mammals) that is responsible for our intelligence. Up until now it was believed that because humans have a more evolved frontal lobe compared...

18 May, 2013 - 10:37 aprilholloway

New Study Reveals that Mysterious Minoans Were not Egyptian

A new study published in the Journal of Nature Communications has revealed that the founders of the first advanced European civilization were European and not Egyptian as previously believed. The...

15 May, 2013 - 10:00 aprilholloway

Ancient Fossil Discovery May Reveal Important Clues on Human Origins

A new study conducted by an international team of researchers from the US, Italy and Spain could shed new light on the earliest existence of human beings. The study, published this week by the...

29 April, 2013 - 12:42 aprilholloway

Origin of Life, Do we have the Answer?

Researchers at the University of Georgia have embarked on an important discovery providing genetic hints regarding the life and history of specialized micro-organisms known as Archaea and...

24 April, 2013 - 10:27 ancient-origins

Mysterious Gap in European DNA Puzzling Scientists

According to a new study conducted at the University of Adelaide in Australia, researchers have discovered that the genetic lineage of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4,000-5,000 years ago. The...