Evolution - the rise of man
- Avi Blizovsky
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Genetic and isotopic analysis showed that these were gray wolves and not dogs, but their aquatic diet, low genetic variation, and signs of injury raise the possibility of ongoing contact with prehistoric communities.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Traces of long-buried Denisovan DNA are resurfacing in the genomes of modern humans—and they may still be working in our favor today
- Avi Blizovsky
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A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and partner institutions studied chimpanzees in the E-Ngamba Reserve in Uganda and found that they change their choices when given stronger evidence – a finding that places rationality at the center of
- Avi Blizovsky
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Fossilized footprints dating back some 80 years discovered on the Algarve coast reveal how Neanderthals moved, hunted and exploited coastal environments – and show a diverse diet based on deer, horses, rabbits and marine resources.
- Tel Aviv University
For the first time in science, early biological connections between the two human groups that were considered two separate human species have been documented.
- Avi Blizovsky
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While many features of our bodies are explained by biological comparisons between different species, the chin remains an isolated case – with no parallel, no converging observations, and no definitive answer.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Brown University researchers have discovered that North Africa remained relatively wet even during a period of global climate change – a finding that challenges the link between drying and the paving of humanity.
- Avi Blizovsky
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These early humans, who roamed the Earth over 100,000 years ago, traveled more than 20,000 kilometers on foot from northern Asia to the southernmost tip of South America.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Joint research from the University of Zurich and Harvard reveals that bonobos use meaningful vocal combinations, suggesting deep evolutionary roots for language
- Avi Blizovsky
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8 million years ago, the Arabian Peninsula was green: Fossils and caves change the history of human migration
- Avi Blizovsky
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New study reveals sharp decline in Neanderthal genetic and morphological diversity in evolutionary bottleneck
- Avi Blizovsky
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New research at the University of Cambridge reveals that the modern human genome was created as a result of a merger between two ancient populations, which separated about 1.5 million years ago and reunited about 300 years ago.
- The Hebrew University
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New research conducted in the Tanshemesh Cave in central Israel reveals that ancient humans lived together, shared technologies, and even maintained extensive cultural and social ties * Prof. Yossi Seidman of the Hebrew University, lead researcher
- Avi Blizovsky
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New evidence reveals that Homo erectus was able to survive in extreme environments like deserts as early as 1.2 million years ago, challenging the notion that only Homo sapiens was such an adaptable creature.
- Davidson Institute
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New study: An ancient species in the human lineage walked on two legs, but could not run as fast and efficiently as we do
- Avi Blizovsky
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The study examines how ancient humans chose and used different types of rocks to create tools, focusing on the archaeological site of Malacca and Kena in the Ethiopian highlands, one of the oldest high altitude settlement sites in the world
- The Hebrew University
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A new study conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem presents an innovative method for inferring DNA methylation patterns in tissues that did not come from ancient skeletons, and provides a deeper understanding of the evolutionary processes that shaped the human brain and its functions
- Avi Blizovsky
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Genes from extinct human species allow the Tibetans to live in a low-oxygen environment, the Papuans got a good immune system and the Inuit (formerly called Eskimos) cope thanks to these genes with the arctic cold
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers simulated childbirth in chimpanzees and humans and measured the distance between the bony birth canal and the fetal head. The study shows that narrow birth canals relative to the size of the baby's head are not unique to humans
- The Hebrew University
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Groundbreaking research reveals that marmosets mark each other by name using unique calls, an ability that until now was thought to be the exclusive preserve of a limited number of species. The findings provide new insights
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers from the Hebrew University and their partners around the world have discovered that parents repeat words more often when talking to young babies, and use a more varied vocabulary as the children get older
- Science site The Conversation
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Some problematic trends can be understood from a mismatched evolutionary fit. For example, competition and anxiety about social status have been linked to obsessions with studies, competing for prestigious positions and materialism. There is a growing trend of "being poor longer".
- Tel Aviv University
A new study by Tel Aviv University reveals: in the areas of the Samaria Mountains, east of Jaljulia and Merat Kesem, special stone tools appeared for the first time in the world, which were used about 400 thousand years ago to hunt donkeys
- Tel Aviv University
Why did the ancient man return again and again, over hundreds of thousands of years, to the same quarry sites? It turns out that the secret lies in the migration routes of the elephants
- Avi Blizovsky
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The loss of the tail occurred about 25 million years ago, when the lineage of humans and great apes split from that of the ancient apes. The researchers identified the insertion of a specific AluY element into the intron of the TBXT gene
- Avi Blizovsky
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Great apes recognize pictures of group members they haven't seen in more than 25 years and respond more enthusiastically to pictures of their friends, new research suggests
- Avi Blizovsky
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Sediment studies in the Mediterranean reveal the existence of a green corridor in the Sahara desert that emerged at the exact time when our ancestors migrated from Africa about 2.1 million years ago
- Avi Blizovsky
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- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
On the way in which vocal expressions can convey emotional information, especially in powerful experiences, and on the importance of the visual context
- The Technion
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The primitive facial architecture of the gorilla as a key to understanding human facial expressions
- Tel Aviv University
The need to hunt small animals caused prehistoric man to improve his mental abilities in order to perfect his hunting tools
- Tel Aviv University
The people who lived in the Hula valley hundreds of thousands of years ago made long journeys to obtain quality raw material for the production of hand stones
- Dr. Hanan Stein
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Chapter nine from the book: "The Free Man - Evolutionary Psychology, Brain Research and Understanding the Mind"
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new model of human evolution suggests that Homo sapiens arose from many closely related populations rather than from a single group
- Avi Blizovsky
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Using rigorous and detailed collection methods, the researchers were able to place the remains of fossilized apes, such as Morotopithecus, in detailed reconstructions of habitats. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt
- The Hebrew University
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This is the earliest evidence of self-initiated cooking with fire. A global breakthrough by the Hebrew Universities, Bar Ilan and Tel Aviv in collaboration with Oranim College and the Sea and Lake Research Institute
- The Technion
An international study with the participation of researchers from the Technion and the Hebrew University won the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant
- Yoram Soreq
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Following on from Judith's question about the longevity of women compared to men, Nir asks what is the evolutionary logic in living long after the period of fertility has ended?
- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
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Santa Febo is a Swedish evolutionary geneticist, one of the founding fathers of the field of paleogenetics, leader of the international project to map the Neanderthal human genome, and co-discoverer of Denisovan man
- Ehud Amir
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- Avi Blizovsky
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Contrary to the popular assumption until now, a team of researchers from France and Chad discovered that walking on two feet is not only characteristic of Homo sapiens and may have evolved several times. Contrary to the popular assumption so far, a team of researchers
- Ehud Amir
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Why do we think our nature is so bad? Why do we believe that constant warfare is a basic human drive?
- Ehud Amir
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In this chapter we will examine whether social morality is a product of religions, or a universal biological trait that preceded cultures and religions? And how humanity can unite in times of emergency
- Yoram Soreq
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Yaniv wonders about human nature: "Why did the word humanity take on the meaning of human love, tolerance, patience, etc., are wars, death, cruelty and oppression of the weak less humane?" Yaniv wonders about human nature: "Why does the word
- Weizmann Institute
The findings obtained through an innovative method based on artificial intelligence are some of the earliest evidence of the use of fire in Israel and in the world
- Yoram Soreq
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The matriarchal society of the ancient man thrived precisely because of the ignorance of the connection between sex and pregnancy and childbirth, this has changed in the last 8,000 years
- Avi Blizovsky
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Denisovan man, a sister race of modern man, lived in Laos 164,000 to 131,000 years ago with important implications for populations outside of Africa and Australia
- Yoram Soreq
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David shares the question and the idea: Homo sapiens is the only species that has a chin and science has no explanation as to what the evolutionary advantage of such a "facility" is and how it works.
- Yoram Soreq
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Dana asks: Why does tickling make us laugh and why can't we tickle ourselves? Evolution gives an answer to this question as well