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What Makes Something A ‘New’ Language?
For linguists, Light Warlpiri provides a unique opportunity to study the creation of a new language — one that...
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‘Female’ Chromosome May Play Unexpected Role in Male Biology
Behind every great man, the saying goes, there’s a great woman. And behind every sperm, there may be an...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Caveman
In a letter to the botanist Asa Gray written in 1860, a year after the publication of On the...
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Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?
The story of how humans evolved from knuckle-walking primates to upright bipeds is still a matter of great debate...
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Dog and Human Genomes Evolved Together
Researchers from the University of Chicago and several international institutions found that several groups of genes in humans and...
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A New Way to Listen to Extinct Languages
Languages are like species. They evolve in mostly predictable ways, splitting into new species or dying out over time....
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Half-Million-Year-Old Human Jawbone Found
Scientists have unearthed a jawbone from an ancient human ancestor in a cave in Serbia. The jawbone, which may...
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Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king’s
A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. Experts...