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Undiscovered Neolithic society sheds light on early Mediterranean history
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
The Maghreb, a region defined by its Mediterranean climate, proximity to the Sahara Desert, and short maritime route to Europe, has long been recognized for its...
US woman dies in controversial suicide capsule in Switzerland
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which fills with nitrogen and causes death by hypoxia, was used on Monday outside a village near the German border. The por...
AI unlocks new understanding of human cognition through brain research
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
The human brain constantly anticipates future events, asking questions such as: What will I see next? How will my actions affect my environment? Known as predic...
Researchers explore population movement patterns in the Indo-Pacific
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
Bukvic leads the research titled 'Anticipating Coastal Population Mobility: Path to Maladaptation or Sociopolitical Stability'. Collaborators include Peter A. B...
Neanderthals' isolated lifestyle may have contributed to their extinction
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
Over the past few years, scientists have debated the reasons behind the extinction of Neanderthals, while modern humans thrived around 40,000 years ago. The new...
Over half of world population have social benefits, a first: UN
Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)
In a fresh report, the United Nations's International Labour Organization said that 52.4 percent of the global population currently receives some element of wha...
Nearly 200 land and environment defenders killed in 2023, says NGO
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
The report also sounds the alarm on a "crackdown on environmental activists across the UK, Europe and the US", warning "laws are increasingly being weaponised a...
New model sheds light on human dispersal phases across Europe
Sep 10, 2024 (SPX)
The first phase involved a slow migration from the Levant to the Balkans, followed by a rapid westward expansion into Europe in the second phase. A population d...
Islands play a key role in fostering language diversity
Sep 06, 2024 (SPX)
Despite covering a small fraction of the world's land, islands have had an outsized impact on biological sciences, demonstrating evolution in real-time. A class...
Pope appeals for religious unity at stadium mass in Indonesia
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
"I encourage you to sow seeds of love, confidently tread the path of dialogue, continue to show your goodness and kindness... and be builders of unity and peace...
Two-day curfew for Iraq's first census in decades
Sep 01, 2024 (AFP)
The "curfew will be imposed in all provinces of Iraq on November 20 and 21 to conduct a population census", Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said in a stat...
Apes to stay at home as Malaysia tweaks 'orangutan diplomacy'
Aug 19, 2024 (AFP)
In a scheme modelled on China's "panda diplomacy", Malaysia announced in May that it would send the great apes as gifts to palm oil-purchasing countries, sparki...
Neanderthal Adaptability Unveiled at Ancient Pyrenees Site
Aug 14, 2024 (SPX)
Abric Pizarro is among the few known sites that date back to the MIS 4 period, roughly 100,000 to 65,000 years ago. Archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of th...
Discovery of the Smallest Arm Bone Illuminates Evolution of Homo floresiensis
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Dated to approximately 700,000 years old, these findings provide significant insights into the evolution of Homo floresiensis, the diminutive humans discovered ...
Chinese woman loses appeal for right to freeze her eggs
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
The legal action taken by Xu Zaozao, 36, was closely watched in the country where women's rights have become an increasingly prominent issue and the falling bir...
Discovery of tiny bone sheds light on mysterious 'hobbit' humans
Aug 06, 2024 (AFP)
Much about the pint-sized Homo floresiensis has been shrouded in mystery since the first fossils suggesting their existence were found on the island of Flores i...
Analysis reveals agonizing death of 'Screaming Woman' Mummy
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
Among the findings was the mummy of an elderly woman, dubbed the 'Screaming Woman' due to her gaping mouth, as if frozen in a scream. She wore a black wig and t...
Iraqi churches denounce Olympics opening ceremony scene
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
"What happened at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is shameful and a mockery of the Christian religion," Iraq's Chaldean Catholic church said in a sta...
Ancient Human Migration Routes Through Southeast Indonesia Unveiled
Jul 22, 2024 (SPX)
Lead author and ANU PhD candidate Hendri Kaharudin emphasized the importance of the discovery's location at Elivavan on Indonesia's Tanimbar islands. "Tanimbar ...
Tense talks as UNESCO mulls Heritage sites at risk
Jul 20, 2024 (AFP)
Terse language can be expected among diplomats at UNESCO's talks starting Sunday in New Delhi as they discuss cases as varied as Britain's prehistoric Stoneheng...
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