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- Health & Medicine
Main malaria parasite came to humans from gorillas, not chimps
Using DNA from fecal samples, researchers show that the infection was not passed to Homo sapiens by its closest primate relative.
- Humans
Human mutation rate slower than thought
First direct measurements show that the number of genetic typos inherited from each parent can be highly skewed toward either mom or dad.
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- Animals
Chimps wear personalities on their mugs
Humans can assess the dominance of their close evolutionary relatives by glancing at the apes’ expressionless faces.
By Bruce Bower - Psychology
Kids share, chimps stash
Divvying up goods comes easily to 3-year-old kids but not to adult chimps, a finding with evolutionary implications.
By Bruce Bower -
Humans
The psychological toll of miscarriage can linger for years, plus bilingual timelines and twisted morality in this week’s news.
By Science News - Humans
Ancestral gals roamed, guys stayed home
Females in two ancient hominid species may have left their home groups to find mates.
By Bruce Bower - Humans
Humans
Music keeps the mind sharp, plus chimp self-recognition, bullying's bodily effects and more in this week's news.
By Science News - Life
Life
Salamander's algal partners, tool-using capuchins, a beneficial bacterial infection and more in this week's news
By Science News - Humans
Humans
Subliminal messages can help fight phobias, plus more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Humans
Most Neandertals were right-handers
Right handedness, and perhaps spoken language, originated at least a half million years ago, a new study suggests.
By Bruce Bower - Life
Gone fishing, orangutan-style
Apes that catch fish in ponds and eat them raise the possibility that ancient hominids did the same.
By Bruce Bower