Sentences with phrase «unique human traits»

Some researchers think stone tools can answer the big questions in human evolution: How do we differ from other primates and when did our unique human traits emerge?

He covers the evolution of unique human traits — red hair, lactose tolerance — and delves into the genetics of historical celebrities — Richard III and Jack the Ripper, to name two.

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You describe human language as a unique trait.

Scholars gathered to discuss how a unique combination of human traits helped our species survive to colonize the globe

«Mapping the genome jungle: Unique animal traits could offer insight into human disease.»

From a bat's wings to an elephant's cancer resistance, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at University of Utah Health are using animals» unique traits to pinpoint regions of the human genome that might affect health.

The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World By Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman Neuroscientist Eagleman and composer Brandt explore the many manifestations of our most unique trait.

While there is general consensus that the ability to imagine a never - before - seen object or concept is a unique and distinctive human trait, there is little that we know about the neurological mechanism behind it.

Researchers are finding many genes unique to our species, but so far they reveal little about our most human traits.

This is a unique scientific paradigm: the first publication determining the role of human - specific gene duplications during brain development came out of our laboratory recently (Charrier et al., 2012) and represents a milestone in our understanding of the genetic and neurobiological mechanisms underlying the emergence of human - specific traits of brain development, for example neoteny during synaptic maturation (Benavides - Piccione et al., 2002; Petanjek et al., 2011).

«Basically, this study shows that the genetic makeup of individual human embryonic stem cell lines is unique in the numbers of copies of certain genes that may control traits and things like disease susceptibility,» said Teitell, who also is an associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

My immodest goal was to identify the genetic basis for all the traits that make humans unique.

This virus has unique traits across the board, including the ability to infect bats that will then attack humans, making it far more fun to play.

Classic Star Trek races such as human, Vulcan, Gorn, Cardassian and Trill are present and accounted for, but you can also create an alien race with a unique mix of gameplay traits and physical characteristics if you prefer.

These include six human characters that have unique abilities and traits and three animal companions that each have unique abilities as well.

These personal human traits make each player's game experience entirely unique and at times even comical, thus Hurl VR stands out not only as an interactive puzzler but as a fun party game as well.

The pursuit of biometric data in facial scans, iris patterns and fingerprints all add to our burgeoning and invisible electronic profiles, amounting to a sinister accumulation of personal information on databases that capture and categorise humans according to outward appearance, unique bodily traits and even DNA sequencing.

This is especially true with research about cetaceans, because the discoveries of marine mammal scientists over the last 50 years have made it clear that whales and dolphins share traits once believed to be unique to humans: self - awareness, abstract thought, the ability to solve problems by planning ahead, understanding such linguistically sophisticated concepts as syntax, and the formation of cultural communities.