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Origin review: A genetic history of the Americas | New Scientist
By Michael Marshall, 26 January 2022 WHO were the first people to reach the Americas? When did they get there, and how? These are among the most mysterious questions in prehistory, and have long been studied using traditional archaeology: bones, artefacts and so on. In recent years, however, the field has been revolutionised by genetic…
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Do dogs miss us when we are gone? A “talking” dog offers insights | Salon.com
The viral dog, who communicates with a series of buttons, is very curious where her friends are off to By Nicole Karlis, Published October 10, 2021 10:00AM (EDT) Any dog owner knows how hard it is to leave their pup for an extended period of time. We wonder: Do they miss us when we’re gone?…
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Human Evolution Offers Clues For Modern Brain Health : Shots – Health News : NPR
June 18, 20215:00 AM ET, by Bret Stetka It’s something that many of us reckon with: the sense that we’re not quite as sharp as we once were. I recently turned 42. Having lost my grandfather to Alzheimer’s, and with my mom suffering from a similar neurodegenerative disease, I’m very aware of what pathologies might…
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Puppies Are Born Ready to Communicate With Humans | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
A new study finds very young dogs with little human contact can understand pointing gestures—and that the ability has a strong genetic basis By Alex Fox smithsonianmag.comJune 3, 2021 Dog owners might not be too impressed when they’re able to point out a fallen piece of chicken or a thrown stick to their pooch, but…
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Is there a scientific case for literature? A neuroscientist novelist argues yes | Salon.com
Illogical as it might seem, there may be an evolutionary reason that humans love consuming fiction By Erik Hoel, April 18, 2021 11:30PM (UTC) You do something strange every day. You consume fictions. It’s such an omnipresent habit, shared by all, that we rarely consider the oddity of it. I’m a fiction writer myself, but…
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Humans on Earth.. how long?
It is hard to realize how short the period of time we have been on this planet actually is… pic.twitter.com/IyjGi3L2lA — World and Science (@WorldAndScience) November 17, 2016 Source: https://twitter.com/WorldAndScience
