Sentences with phrase «ancient human species»

«If we can then relate that to ancient human species... What this paper shows is the sagittal crest might also play a role in how those hominins are developing social structures that can then be linked to biology beyond diet.»

At a recent meeting in Gibraltar, however, some researchers held that recently redated fossils from a cave in Spain paint a more complicated picture, with two or more ancient human species living side by side in Europe for thousands of years.

The infamous hobbit may not have been the only ancient human species to travel deep into Indonesia.

Researchers have harnessed the chemical degradation of fossil DNA to determine methylation patterns that may reveal which genes were turned on, or off, in ancient human species.

In 2012, his team reported that humans had a different form of these fatty acid genes than did chimps or other ancient human species, one that made them more efficient at processing the fatty acids from plants.

A new analysis of a well - preserved skeleton of a Neandertal child reveals that the ancient human species may have had an extended period of brain growth compared to modern humans.

Not exact matches

That's how large scientists believe the brain of a newly discovered species of an ancient human relative was...

A 400,000 - year - old genome from ancient human bone could herald a missing link species — taking us closer than ever to our common ancestor with Neanderthals

So much so, in fact, that its discoverers argue that the ancient human family tree should be pruned of many of its species, which may simply be different forms of H. erectus.

Researchers have little clue about H. floresiensis» evolutionary relationship to other ancient - human relatives, and whether they mated with humans or other species is an open question.

An ancient species of pint - sized humans discovered in the tropics of Indonesia may have met their demise earlier than once believed, according to an international team of scientists who reinvestigated the original finding.

The idea of God (or gods) also served in ancient times as a way to apply the clan - centric cognition of the human species to the problem of comprehending the dynamics of the world.

Ironically, some of the best DNA sources for extinct species and ancient humans are specimens nobody has tried to preserve.

The probe from DeLong and Hinrichs, on the other hand, had worked right away: The Hydrate Ridge sediments were loaded with their methane eater, which is not a bacterium at all but a species of Archaea, an ancient group of microbes that diverged from bacteria billions of years ago and are as distinct from them now, genetically speaking, as humans are.

Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones A 400,000 - year - old genome from ancient human bone could herald a missing - link species — taking us closer than ever to our common ancestor with Neanderthals.

«As the first species to be domesticated, dogs have a very ancient and very profound link to humans that affected both of us.»

These environmental records, in combination with ancient tools that have been excavated from archeological sites within Olorgesailie, help tell the tale of a hominin species that could very well be the ancestor of modern humans.

Other species may have tamed themselves to live alongside humans, such as seals and ancient cats.

It is an ancient, pivotal episode in the human lifespan, pre-programmed into us by natural selection — an exceptional characteristic of an exceptional species.

Conditions in the Altai - Sayan are fairly stable, so ancient humans may have taken refuge there and lived off the diverse game species.

Then, by comparing this ancient epigenome with that of modern humans, they identified genes whose activity had changed only in our own species during our most recent evolution.

She says the new findings provide evidence that humans picked up genetic changes from other ancient species.

Eventually, ancient humans and other species moved to every other continent except Antarctica and the Americas.

This suggests that unlike other hominin species, these ancient humans avoided inbreeding.

Scientists have identified the hominin species responsible for passing genital herpes to our ancient human ancestors.

That means mating with other hominids — other species of human ancestors — may have helped ancient humans thrive, the scientists say.

A reconstructed skull of Homo floresiensis once belonged to a small species of ancient humans.

At least two commercial DNA testing services offer users information on heritage coming from coupling between ancient humans and other species.

Complete mitochondrial genomes of the human follicle mites Demodex brevis and D. folliculorum: novel gene arrangement, truncated tRNA genes, and ancient divergence between species.

Responses to the discovery of a tiny species of ancient human hailed as one of the most sensational finds of its type in decades.

Ongoing projects examine the paleoenvironmental context for human evolution and cultural development, reconstructing ancient rivers and lakes, dating geological formations, and attempting to understand the role that climate change had in producing new species and stone - tool cultures.

Q: In Darwin's Radio, you wrote about the evolution of a new human species that is triggered by an HERV, or Human Endogenous Retrovirus — which, if I understand correctly, is a kind of ancient virus that has entered into human DNA and persisted there in a dormant state for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of yhuman species that is triggered by an HERV, or Human Endogenous Retrovirus — which, if I understand correctly, is a kind of ancient virus that has entered into human DNA and persisted there in a dormant state for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of yHuman Endogenous Retrovirus — which, if I understand correctly, is a kind of ancient virus that has entered into human DNA and persisted there in a dormant state for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of yhuman DNA and persisted there in a dormant state for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years.

Ancient humans saw wild cats hunting rodents around their grain stores and quickly realized that both species would benefit from living together.

Stepping - stone and other models have been proposed for the natural dispersal of a variety of taxa, but lessons from the invasive species pandemic of recent centuries suggest that ancient human introductions also may have been important dispersal mechanisms [8,9].

Visitors can swim across a pool to enter the ATM Cave where ancient Maya priests once performed human sacrifices, explore the ruins of Cahal Pech, once home to an elite royal Maya family more than a thousand years ago, rappel more than 300 feet down the infamous «Back Hole Drop», ride an inner tube down the Caves Branch river while passing through the remnants of the Maya underworld, zip line through the jungle canopy, enjoy some of the best fishing anywhere in the world, snorkel in crystal clear water, and enjoy bird watching in a land that more than 500 species of birds call home.

To this end, Kareiva advises conservationists to craft «a new vision of a planet in which nature — forests, wetlands, diverse species, and other ancient ecosystems — exists amid a wide variety of modern, human landscapes.»