Genetic legacy of Jomon hunter-gatherers linked to increased BMI in modern Japanese populations
New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to ...
1.77 million-year-old human teeth link long childhoods to larger brains
Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...
Fossil teeth suggest a long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain
Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...
'One-of-a-kind' skull fossil from Brazil reveals bird brain evolution
The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...
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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains
Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...
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80 million-year-old dinosaur-era fossil bird offers insight into brain evolution
Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...
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Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhoods
Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.
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These 1.77-million-year-old teeth could help demystify human childhoods
Putting together the puzzle of human evolution sometimes comes down to about 32 pieces–our teeth. Several fossil teeth dating ...