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1 July, 2009

New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As ‘Ida’

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A new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, not Africa as many researchers believe.

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30 June, 2009

New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as ‘Ida’

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(Carnegie Museum of Natural History) According to new research published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) on July 1, 2009, a new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, not Africa as many researchers believe.

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29 June, 2009

Dinosaur demise brought the rise of the elephants

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A five-kilo plant eater from 60 million years ago turns out to be the earliest known ancestor of the elephant



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4 June, 2009

Tickled apes yield laughter clue

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Research carried out by tickling apes and infants suggests laughter evolved in a common ancestor of great apes and humans.

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27 May, 2009

Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

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Research suggests people today and in future generations should look to the past in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. The dangers of rising sea levels, crop failures and extreme weather were all faced by our ancestors who learnt to adapt and survive in the face of climate change.

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20 May, 2009

Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts — like developing night vision

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(Cornell University) Minor differences in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the large differences found in the eyes of two species — owl monkeys and capuchin monkeys — that evolved from a common ancestor.

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19 May, 2009

HRT-breast cancer risk stays same, regardless of family history

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(University of Rochester Medical Center) The risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same for women with a family history of the disease and without a family history, a University of Rochester Medical Center study concluded.

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27 January, 2009

Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains

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The Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction 65 million years ago may have wiped out the dinosaurs, but those that survived — the ancestors of today’s birds — may have done so because of their bird brains.

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26 January, 2009

Modern feet step back 1.5 million years

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Footprints preserved at an African site suggest that the feet of a 1.5 million-year-old human ancestor looked much like those of people today

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Fossil footprints reveal our modern walk in the making

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Ancient footprints left in Kenya 1.5 million years ago were made by human ancestors with essentially modern foot anatomy and gait

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