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Location of the Kanjera South site along the modern shoreline of Lake Victoria, Kenya (Ferraro JV et al)

Earliest Evidence of Hunting by Human Ancestors Found in Kenya

May 13, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

New research led by Prof Joseph Ferraro from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has provided the oldest known evidence of hunting, scavenging and meat eating...

Ice Age people living in Europe might have used forms of some common words including I, you, we, thou, not, that, to give, who, that in some cases could still be recognized today (Neanderthal Museum, Germany)

Linguists Trace European, Asian Languages Back to One Proto-Language

May 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Languages spoken across Europe and Asia are descended from a proto-language that was used 15,000 to 10,000 years ago, say researchers led by Dr Andrew...

This map shows regions of the SMU that chemists have explored and the ones they haven't (Virshup et. al.)

All Possible Drug-like Chemical Compounds Mapped

May 6, 2013 by Sci-News.com

U.S. researchers have designed a new computer algorithm that can model and catalogue the entire set of carbon-containing molecules, and created a map of...

Habiba Kiongoli, left, and Hawa Nyakisoma, right, recording Ndengeleko stories in Tanzania (Eva-Marie Ström / University of Gothenburg)

European Linguist Explores Endangered African Language Ndengeleko

May 6, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new doctoral thesis by Eva-Marie Ström from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden is the first attempt ever to explore Ndengeleko, a language that...

Researchers Try to Explain How Brain Works

May 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

In two studies published in Physical Review Letters and PNAS, British mathematicians have attempted to explain how the structure of the brain relates to...

Facial approximation of the female Homo floresiensis (Susan Hayes / Australian Archaeological Association)

Homo floresiensis Shared Common Ancestor with Humans, Brain Study Shows

Apr 29, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo and the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ibaraki have precisely measured the brain size of Homo...

The layers of the Earth and their temperatures (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)

Scientists: Earth’s Core Hotter than Previously Thought

Apr 29, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

French researchers have determined that the temperature of the Earth’s core is 10,800 degrees Fahrenheit (6,000 oC) – about 1,800 oF (1,000 oC)...

This image shows phylogenetic network of 39 prehistoric mitochondrial genomes sorted into two groupings - Early Neolithic, left, and Mid-to-Late Neolithic, right. Node colors represent archaeological cultures. LBK - Linear Pottery Culture (Paul Brotherton et al)

DNA Study Reveals Genetic History of Europe

Apr 24, 2013 by Sci-News.com

An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA recovered from human remains dating from up to 5,500 BC to reconstruct the first detailed genetic...