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Advances in artificial intelligence could cause a big change in the way we interact with our devices over the coming year says one of Intel's experts. 
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Whether you’re listening to Puccini’s Madam Butterfly or pop star sensation Adele’s latest hit single, studies have shown there are certain musical patterns that are common not only to various genres, but also across cultures.
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This year was filled with a plethora of discoveries giving insights into human origins and where we came from, revealing human ancestors had sex with now-extinct Neanderthals and Denisovans, where we left Africa from and the possible direct ancestor...
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two of the most basic questions in the study of human evolution revolve around why early people started walking around on two feet instead of four and why they lost their fur, especially in light of the fact that most other...
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But…what if our Homo sapiens intelligence is radically overrated? What if we’re smarter, but only quantitatively so, not qualitatively? What if many of our Earthly cousins are respectably intelligent after all? More intriguingly, what if there are systematic barriers that lead us to overestimate our true level of intelligence relative to that of others? And, although I won’t get into this here, what are the implications for the rights of chimpanzees, if the chasm between us and them is, instead, a slender fault line? That question has led to a recent movement to ban invasive research on chimpanzees in the U.S., a measure that the EU has already adopted.
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What a flamingo, a capybara, and a guinea pig have to do with the beginnings of recorded time.
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Natural climate variability is extremely unlikely to have contributed more than about one-quarter of the temperature rise observed in the past 60 years, reports a pair of Swiss climate modellers in a paper published online today. Most of the observed warming — at least 74 % — is almost certainly due to human activity, they write in Nature Geoscience1.
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The BioDigital Human is a 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease and treatments. Explore the body in 3D!
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From the Michelin Man to the Pillsbury Doughboy, anthropomorphized brands have often been used by companies eager to put a personal face on their products. Now new research shows that thinking about brands as people can make you either take on the brand's characteristics or display the opposite characteristics, depending on how you feel about the brand.
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A series of new archaeological discoveries in the Sultanate of Oman, nestled in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, reveals the timing and identity of one of the first modern human groups to migrate out of Africa, according to a research article published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE.
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The first humans left their African homeland 100,000 years ago and began an epic journey that was to end with mankind dominating the globe. On their voyages they encountered monster-like creatures and perilous lands that would test their powers of... Via ramblejamble
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The other day, Amanda, who is currently teaching AP Biology, noted that among the various sources she had at hand, including a couple of textbooks, the number of cells that make up human body seemed to range from about five trillion to fifty trillion with a scattering of numbers in between. It is not clear why this number matters but I suppose if we want to impress students with the smallness of cells and the complexity of life it is worth pointing out, and if it is worth pointing out it might be worth getting it right. So, how many are there?
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"The Ferrari is exactly the same in the human context," says evolutionary psychologist Gad Saad, "as the peacock's tail is on the peacock." Saad... Via Ricardo AHUATZIN DUEN
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In a study published recently in the journal Nature, a team of scientists from the University of Zürich suggest that the evolution of the large human brain was the outcome of a major energy-saving development, most likely bipedalism.
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It's quite subtle. Nearly imperceptible. Not where we might think of looking first: how we see ourselves—our identity—shapes our future as a species. So let's tell a story about ourselves—let's build a cultural identity that moves us to dream bigger, learn faster.... go places, evolve into something even better. The HUMAN Project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehumanproject.me
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For early hominid hunters, there was no greater prize than an elephant. Kill just one of those, and a tribe could eat well for days.
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Elephants have long been known to be part of the Homo erectus diet. But the significance of this specific food source, in relation to both the survival of Homo erectus and the evolution of modern humans, has never been understood — until now.
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SETTING up home in the modern world means acquiring some furniture—particularly a bed.
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How the human brain and human cognitive abilities evolved in less than six million years has long puzzled scientists.
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"Now that we can rewrite the code of life, Darwinian evolution can't stop us, says investor Juan Enriquez." Via Yvan Marechal, Frederic Emam-Zade Gerardino
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Sharing food has widely been considered by scholars as a defining characteristic of human behavior.
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On the role of sanitation and energy in fostering progress on a finite planet.
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Scientists at Plymouth University are studying the social interaction between humans and a specially-designed robot, in a project that could pave the way for a generation of more life-like androids. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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Tools are very important aspect in human life, and this played a huge role in the development of humans to the extent that we see today. As humans deviated from being food collectors, from being eaters of wild berries and fruits, to eating flesh, the necessity of tools developed. Why did it happen? Probably because of their migration to a different region caused by the depletion of fruits and berries in the deep forests or jungles.
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Research news from leading universities (OpenSim – Free software models how humans move http://t.co/5RebxZdn...)...
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