Tag: Menschheit
Shifting gears to power human walking
Human muscles outnumber the minimum needed to actuate our joints, yet the advantage of this redundancy remains unclear. We show that redundancy provides a...
Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began
Scientists are searching some of Earth’s oldest rocks for tiny fossils that could reveal how simple microbial life made the extraordinary leap toward plants,...
Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so?
Many countries around the world are in a unique position in human history: rather than having a constant or growing population, their populations are...
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...
