Tag: Menschheit
For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing each other
Dogs have been shaping—and being shaped by—humans for about 15,000 years, evolving from early partners of hunter-gatherers into an astonishing range of specialized companions....
A unifying framework for the evolution of metazoa and social insects, two major evolutionary transitions
The evolution of life is characterized by major transitions, i.e., the evolution of new targets of selection (e.g., prokaryotes, eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, social insect...
138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?
138 million children in the world are in child labor: that was the headline estimate in a report from the United Nations last year....
Rätselhafte DNA entdeckt: Zwei unbekannte Ahnen im menschlichen Erbgut
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Der Stammbaum des Menschen bekommt neue Äste. Forscher haben im Erbgut heutiger Menschen Hinweise auf zwei bislang unbekannte Ahnen entdeckt – ausgestorbene Menschenformen, von...
600 Millionen Dollar: USA wollen wieder Geld an Impfallianz Gavi geben
Washington – Nachdem die USA im vergangenen Jahr ihren Beitrag zur internationalen Impfallianz Gavi gestrichen hatten, will die Regierung in Washington nun doch wieder...
Ancient ape fossil in Egypt challenges the story of human origins
A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged. Analyses place it closer...
Ancient DNA reveals a chilling secret at China’s 4,000-year-old Shimao city
Ancient DNA from China’s vast 4,000-year-old Shimao settlement is revealing how one of East Asia’s earliest complex societies was organized. Researchers found that its...
Zufall Mensch? Der kleine Schritt zum großen Gehirn
Wir aber haben Architektur, Religion, Wissenschaft, Sprache, Schrift, Kunst, Kultur und Visionen. Errungenschaften, die wir einem größeren Gehirn mit Milliarden von Nervenzellen verdanken. Erst...
We have a new Urbanization topic page
With my colleagues Hannah Ritchie and Veronika Samborska, we have made a substantial update to our topic page on urbanization. The new page brings...
The Neanderthal “love story” isn’t what the DNA actually shows
Claims that Neanderthal men "preferred" Homo sapiens women may make for catchy headlines, but the underlying research does not actually show prehistoric romance. The...
