Early Humans Left Africa Much Earlier Than Previously Thought NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 11 July 2024 at 14:00 Scientists have found evidence of several waves of migration by looking at the genetic signatures of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. © Volker Steger/Science SourceExtracting fossilized Neanderthal bone for genetic sequencing at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, in 2008.
How the Denisovans Survived the Ice Age NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 3 July 2024 at 11:00 A trove of animal bone fragments from a cave on the Tibetan plateau reveals how Denisovans thrived in a harsh climate for over 100,000 years.
How Does Bird Flu Spread in Cows? Experiment Yields Some ‘Good News.’ NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 29 June 2024 at 05:04 Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained. © Arin Yoon for The New York TimesResearchers have long known that influenza viruses can infect mammary cells in cow udders and can be shed in milk. But they had never seen an epidemic of cow flu like the one this year.
Famine Drove Jamestown Settlers to Eat Native Dogs, DNA Reveals NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 29 June 2024 at 05:01 By analyzing dog bones buried at the site, scientists found butcher marks and surprising breeds.
The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 27 June 2024 at 11:13 The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.
How Flounder Wound Up With an Epic Side-Eye NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 21 June 2024 at 05:01 Flatfish offer an evolutionary puzzle: How did one eye gradually migrate to the other side?
How Our Brain Produces Language and Thought, According to Neuroscientists NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 19 June 2024 at 16:43 A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning. © via Evelina FedorenkoA network of regions become active when the brain retrieves words from memory, use rules of grammar, and carries out other language tasks.
Was This Sea Creature Our Ancestor? Scientists Turn a Famous Fossil on Its Head. NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 17 June 2024 at 11:25 Researchers have long assumed that a tube in the famous Pikaia fossil ran along the animal’s back. But a new study turned the fossil upside down. © Mussini et al., Current Biology 2024The fossil of Pikaia, a creature that lived 508 million years ago and may have been a close relative of vertebrates.
Scientists Find the Largest Known Genome Inside a Small Plant NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 31 May 2024 at 11:00 A fern from a Pacific island carries 50 times as much DNA as humans do.
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