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Humans Evolved to Be Friendly

jeudi 30 juillet 2020 par Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods — Features, The Sciences, Evolution

Cooperation made Homo sapiens the last human species standing -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

One Mystery of Stonehenge's Origins Has Finally Been Solved

mercredi 29 juillet 2020 par Scott Hershberger — The Sciences, Chemistry, Evolution

Detailed testing of the chemical signature of the Neolithic monument’s most prominent large stones pinpointed where they came from -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

When the First Farmers Arrived in Europe, Inequality Evolved

mardi 28 juillet 2020 par Laura Spinney — Features, The Sciences, Evolution

Forests gave way to fields, pushing hunter-gatherers to the margins—geographically and socially -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Science News Briefs from around the Planet

lundi 27 juillet 2020 par Sarah Lewin Frasier — Public Health, Sustainability, Environment, Natural Disasters, The Sciences, Evolution, Physics

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

World's Smallest Dinosaur Is Probably a Lizard

vendredi 24 juillet 2020 par Giuliana Viglione, Nature magazine — The Sciences, Evolution

The paper that reported the animal’s discovery was retracted following new evidence from a similar fossil -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Old Art Offers Agriculture Info

vendredi 24 juillet 2020 par Susanne Bard — EARTH, The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution

Art museums are filled with centuries-old paintings with details of plants that today give us clues about evolution and breeding practices. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Controversial Cave Discoveries Suggest Humans Reached Americas Much Earlier Than Thought

jeudi 23 juillet 2020 par Colin Barras, Nature magazine — The Sciences, Evolution

Archeologists say stone artifacts point to occupation more than 30,000 years ago—but not everyone is convinced -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Cricket Avoids Being Bat Food by Doing Nothing

jeudi 23 juillet 2020 par Emily Schwing — Neuroscience, Environment, The Sciences, Evolution

The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Civil War Vaccine May Have Lessons for COVID-19

lundi 20 juillet 2020 par Susanne Bard — Health, Public Health, The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Biology, Evolution

Vaccination used against smallpox during the Civil War reveals the identity of the distantly related virus used to keep troops disease-free. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American