How did humans learn to speak?
Scientists compared parts of the brain that correlate to speech in humans and primates to understand how speech evolved in humans.
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Scientists compared parts of the brain that correlate to speech in humans and primates to understand how speech evolved in humans.
Paleontologists described a trilobite fossil preserved in 3D with its gut contents intact.
Scientists in China made live monkey hybrids using cells from embryos, to help them study how animals heal and reproduce.
Researchers tracked a species of large cave salamanders for several years to see how they survived their low-energy surroundings. It turns…
Researchers found bottlenose dolphins modify the pitch and range of whistles when communicating with their calves, similar to how humans…
Scientists tracked the brain activity of northern elephant seals to find out how they sleep. They found the seals sleep only 2 hours per day…
Scientists have observed lab honey bees are living 50% shorter lives than they were 50 years ago. As a result, commercial beehives and honey…
Back when the Earth was warmer, a part of the ocean called the Humboldt Current used to be dominated by goby-like fish instead of the…
Mosquitoes’ brains uniquely respond to a special blend of compounds found in human body odor, allowing them to track us by smell.
Dogs have been in our lives for at least 10,000 years. At first, dogs did not look like today’s common breeds — these appeared only…