Sentences with phrase «early in human evolution»

Early in human evolution, our ancestors switched off two key genes.

There could be other explanations for these shared traits, but, he adds, early in human evolution, «It's possible there was gene flow between all three species.»

How bonobos developed this kind of social tolerance without being bred for it may provide an interesting parallel to what happened early in human evolution.

A new study concludes that the art of conversation may have arisen early in human evolution, because it made it easier for our ancestors to teach each other how to make stone tools — a skill that was crucial for the spectacular success of our lineage.

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Or, as cognitive scientist Stephanie Braccini and colleagues put it in a Journal of Human Evolution study, «a strengthening of individual asymmetry [may have] started as soon as early hominins assumed a habitual upright posture during tool use or foraging».

Second: The Creation tale is simply a way for early humans to explain mans creation and «fall» from God's predetermined path... The old testament is full of stuff more related to philosophy and health advice then «Gods word» However, this revelation has not made me less of a christian... In Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uIn Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and us.

There is no danger, therefore, that evolution if it is understood in a truly metaphysical and theologically correct way, will teach us to think less of the first human being than was thought in earlier ages.

In Roman Catholicism, for example, one goes from the official condemnation of the «modernists» in an early part of this century to what might be appropriately described as the dominant position today, found in Pope Pius XII's Human generis (1950), which, concerning the relation between evolution and creation, accepts evolution yet insists on the special, «second» creation of the human souIn Roman Catholicism, for example, one goes from the official condemnation of the «modernists» in an early part of this century to what might be appropriately described as the dominant position today, found in Pope Pius XII's Human generis (1950), which, concerning the relation between evolution and creation, accepts evolution yet insists on the special, «second» creation of the human souin an early part of this century to what might be appropriately described as the dominant position today, found in Pope Pius XII's Human generis (1950), which, concerning the relation between evolution and creation, accepts evolution yet insists on the special, «second» creation of the human souin Pope Pius XII's Human generis (1950), which, concerning the relation between evolution and creation, accepts evolution yet insists on the special, «second» creation of the human Human generis (1950), which, concerning the relation between evolution and creation, accepts evolution yet insists on the special, «second» creation of the human human soul.

I should, however, also remark that the more subtle developments of Whitehead's thought seem to have been the inspiration for one of the most thorough and impressive discussions of the evolution of human mentality and language in its relation to cognate activities in earlier evolutionary forms, namely Suzanne Langer's impressive work, Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, of which two volumes have so far appeared and a third is promised human mentality and language in its relation to cognate activities in earlier evolutionary forms, namely Suzanne Langer's impressive work, Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, of which two volumes have so far appeared and a third is promised Human Feeling, of which two volumes have so far appeared and a third is promised soon.

In the early stages of human evolution, biochemical «inflammatory» responses developed to give an evolutionary advantage in coping with «attack» from microbes, etcIn the early stages of human evolution, biochemical «inflammatory» responses developed to give an evolutionary advantage in coping with «attack» from microbes, etcin coping with «attack» from microbes, etc..

If you follow the evolution of human society per the theory of the early philosophers: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau; it is posited that when humans decided to move from a state of survival of the fittest in which they roamed in the bush mainly in small family groups and decided to settle in larger societal groups, they needed rules and regulations to order society.

The data suggest that the girl lived at least 50,000 years ago and that two other Denisovan individuals died in the cave at least 110,000 years ago and perhaps as early as 170,000 years ago, according to two talks here last week at the meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

This savanna in Tanzania is typical of the kind of landscape that helped shape early human evolution.

An international team of influenza researchers in China, the United Kingdom and the United States has used genetic sequencing to trace the source and evolution of the avian H7N9 influenza virus that emerged in humans in China earlier this year.

It underscores the importance of developing large brains in early human evolution, Simpson says.

Rather, they were a much more primitive hominid population, possibly Homo habilis, whose members lived in, or at least transited, Dmanisi much earlier than what our accepted chronology of human evolution indicates.

Instead, small groups of African H. sapiens continually traveled into Arabia and beyond starting nearly 100,000 years ago or earlier, suggests Martinόn - Torres, who directs the National Research Center on Human Evolution in Burgos, Spain.

Intermixing does not surprise paleoanthropologists who have long argued on the basis of fossils that archaic humans, such as the Neandertals in Eurasia and Homo erectus in East Asia, mated with early moderns and can be counted among our ancestors — the so - called multiregional evolution theory of modern human origins.

«In this study, I believe we may have found an individual from a lineage that broke off early in modern human evolution and remained geographically isolateIn this study, I believe we may have found an individual from a lineage that broke off early in modern human evolution and remained geographically isolatein modern human evolution and remained geographically isolated.

In their extreme focus on early human evolution in Africa, scientists may have missed major clues about our ancestry still buried in other parts of the worlIn their extreme focus on early human evolution in Africa, scientists may have missed major clues about our ancestry still buried in other parts of the worlin Africa, scientists may have missed major clues about our ancestry still buried in other parts of the worlin other parts of the world.

Harnessing this primordial energy source as early as a million years ago was a major milestone in human evolution.

The researchers believe that humans underwent a similar process early in the evolution of our species.

«It seems like ergot has been involved with animals and humans almost forever, and now we know that this fungus literally dates back to the earliest evolution of grasses,» said George Poinar, Jr., an internationally recognized expert on the life forms found in amber and a faculty member in the OSU College of Science.

In addition to being the oldest known example of an early primate skeleton, the new fossil is crucial in elucidating a pivotal event in primate and human evolution — the evolutionary divergence that led to modern monkeys, apes and humans (collectively known as anthropoids) on one branch, and to living tarsiers on the otheIn addition to being the oldest known example of an early primate skeleton, the new fossil is crucial in elucidating a pivotal event in primate and human evolution — the evolutionary divergence that led to modern monkeys, apes and humans (collectively known as anthropoids) on one branch, and to living tarsiers on the othein elucidating a pivotal event in primate and human evolution — the evolutionary divergence that led to modern monkeys, apes and humans (collectively known as anthropoids) on one branch, and to living tarsiers on the othein primate and human evolution — the evolutionary divergence that led to modern monkeys, apes and humans (collectively known as anthropoids) on one branch, and to living tarsiers on the other.

The basin has been home to important discoveries in human evolution, including many hominid fossils and the earliest known stone tools (SN: 6/13/15, p. 6).

«Considered in total, this study provides important early archaeological evidence for meat eating, hunting and scavenging behaviors - cornerstone adaptations that likely facilitated brain expansion in human evolution, movement of hominins out of Africa and into Eurasia, as well as important shifts in our social behavior, anatomy and physiology,» Ferraro said.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV - 1) responsible for most of the AIDS cases in the world infected people approximately 100 years ago, more than 20 years earlier than previously believed, according to findings presented here this week at the Evolution 2008 meeting.

This is the famous site of Dmanisi, Georgia, which offers an unparalleled glimpse into a harsh early chapter in human evolution, when primitive members of our genus Homo struggled to survive in a new land far north of their ancestors» African home, braving winters without clothes or fire and competing with fierce carnivores for meat.

In October in the Journal of Human Evolution, Metin Eren, a graduate student at the University of Exeter in England and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, appraised the qualities of flint knives he had re-created in the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of EuropIn October in the Journal of Human Evolution, Metin Eren, a graduate student at the University of Exeter in England and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, appraised the qualities of flint knives he had re-created in the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of Europin the Journal of Human Evolution, Metin Eren, a graduate student at the University of Exeter in England and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, appraised the qualities of flint knives he had re-created in the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of Europin England and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, appraised the qualities of flint knives he had re-created in the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of Europin Dallas, appraised the qualities of flint knives he had re-created in the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of Europin the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of Europe.

It represents a big step forward in our efforts to chart the course of the earliest phases of primate and human evolution.»

According to her model, early in their evolution humans added cooperative breeding behaviors to their already existing advanced ape cognition, leading to a powerful combination of smarts and sociality that fueled even bigger brains, the evolution of language, and unprecedented levels of cooperation.

Although it was just about possible to dismiss A. sediba, with its assortment of ancient and modern features, as a quirk of human evolution, the new find hints that such «mosaicism» is not the exception in early humans but the rule, says Berger.

The Mars Exploration Program studies Mars as a planetary system in order to understand the formation and early evolution of Mars as a planet, the history of geological processes that have shaped Mars through time, the potential for Mars to have hosted life, and the future exploration of Mars by humans.

When HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans sometime in the early 1900 ′ s, it crossed a gulf spanning several million years of evolution.

The results, reported May 8 in the journal Nature Human Behavior, place the appearance of human - like cognition at the emergence of Homo erectus, an early apelike species of human first found in Africa whose evolution predates Neanderthals by nearly 600,000 yHuman Behavior, place the appearance of human - like cognition at the emergence of Homo erectus, an early apelike species of human first found in Africa whose evolution predates Neanderthals by nearly 600,000 yhuman - like cognition at the emergence of Homo erectus, an early apelike species of human first found in Africa whose evolution predates Neanderthals by nearly 600,000 yhuman first found in Africa whose evolution predates Neanderthals by nearly 600,000 years.

The comparison of the relative size of the prefrontal region in primate brains is described in a paper titled «No relative expansion of the number of prefrontal neurons in primate and human evolution» by Herculano - Houzel and postdoctoral fellow Mariana Gabi published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences early edition.

«We found that genes expressed in the human brain have in fact slowed down in their evolution, contrary to some earlier reports,» says study author Chung - I Wu, professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago.

A study in the Journal of Human Evolution says the bones of Homo floresiensis can be connected to one of the earliest known human speHuman Evolution says the bones of Homo floresiensis can be connected to one of the earliest known human spehuman species.

The earliest known stone toolkit could write a whole new chapter in the book of human evolution, especially since the tools were not even made by our genus.

«Understanding that the foot arches appeared very early in our evolution shows that the unique structure of our feet is fundamental to human locomotion,» observes Ward.

First, our early ancestors led the way in human evolution.

A high percentage of introns in human genes were present early in animal evolution: evidence from the basal metazoan Nematostella vectensis.

Hence, though the Pulse Climate Variability hypothesis is an interesting starting point for discussing early human evolution it may to simplistic to capture the whole range of evolutionary forcing occurring in East Africa in the Plio - Pleistocene.

We believe in viewing nutrition through an ancestral perspective, learning from our early Palaeolithic ancestors and all throughout human evolution to help us understand how to thrive in today's modern environment.

A year and a half after adding a puzzling new member to the human family tree, a team of researchers working in South Africa... claim that East Africa incubated humankind's early evolution, a narrative that rests on rich hominin fossil...

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The Broken Hill skull is the first early human fossil found in Africa and provided the primary evidence to support Darwin's theory of evolution, proposing humans as the natural descendants of primates.

I suggest look at the fossil sequences of human ancestors from early apes to australopithicus, homo erectus and homo habilis to homo sapiens, and notice how they morph one into the other quite smoothly, all explained by Darwinian evolution, while with respect the old testament verision is clearly a creation myth like you find in early greek and roman culture etc, an imaginative guess, and very implausible in light of our current understanding of things.