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Changes in Early Stone Age tool production have ‘musical’ ties
Stone arrow head.
Credit: © W.Scott McGill / Fotolia
New research suggests that advances in the production of Early Stone Age tools had less to do...
Cannabis reverses aging processes in the brain, study suggests
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zimmer (left) and the North Rhine-Westphalia science minister Svenja Schulze (centre) in the lab of the Institute of Molecular Psychiatry at...
Earth was barren, flat and almost entirely under water 4.4 billion years ago
Zircon crystals as old as 4.4 billion years were found in sandstone at Jack Hills of Western Australia.
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU
Scientists at The Australian...
Archaeogeneticist pinpoints Indian population origins using today’s populace
Indian women in saris.
Credit: © Kokhanchikov / Fotolia
In addition to its vast patchwork of languages, cultures and religions, the Indian Subcontinent also harbours huge...
Paris 1.5°C target may be smashed by 2026
the projected paths of global temperatures with a positive and negative Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation.
Credit: Study authors
Global temperatures could break through the 1.5°C barrier negotiated...
‘Humanlike’ ways of thinking evolved 1.8 million years ago
A volunteer creates an ancient Acheulean hand axe wearing a cap designed to measure brain activity.
Credit: Shelby S. Putt
By using highly advanced brain imaging...
Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor
Variation in the colour of the eyes from brown to green can all be explained by the amount of melanin in the iris, but...
Acupuncture may alleviate babies’ excessive crying (infantile colic), study suggests
Excessive crying in babies is an issue for up to one in five families, causing pain for the baby and stress for the parents.
Credit:...
Scandinavians Are Descended From Stone Age Immigrants, Ancient DNA Reveals
New research suggests that modern Scandinavians are not descended from the people who came to Scandinavia at the conclusion of the last ice age...
Sun: Igniting a solar flare in the corona with lower-atmosphere kindling
Recent images captured by NJIT's 1.6-meter New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have revealed the emergence of small-scale magnetic fields in...
Three-thousand-year-old axes found in farmer’s field in mid-Norway
One of the axeheads after it was dug up.
Credit: Eirik Solheim
Some 3,000 years ago, 24 axes were cached in Stjørdal municipality, about 44 km...
