MU_Peter

MU_Peter, 3 months ago to random

The diverse way languages convey emotion

These findings contribute to debates about universality and diversity in how humans understand and experience emotion

Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaw8160

MU_Peter, 3 months ago to random

🤔 Why Do Humans Have Chins?

Dr James Pampush devoted five years and his Ph.D. dissertation to one question:

Why do homo sapiens have chins, when all of our evolutionary relatives don't?

An explanation of The 'Enduring Puzzle'
https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/464893281/why-do-humans-have-chins-a-scientist-explains-the-enduring-puzzle

MU_Peter, 3 months ago to random

🤔 Hmmm, from 2010...

Prescient?
"...this reappraisal of Homo erectus poses the question of the possible occurrence of two different species."

Solo man in question:
Convergent views to split Indonesian Homo erectus in two categories
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618210000388

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

☀️ #DarwinDay

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."

Charles Darwin

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

☀️Happy #DarwinDay

A day of celebration, activism, and international cooperation for the advancement of science, education, and appreciation of evolution.

International Darwin Day on February 12th
https://darwinday.org/

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

☀️ Good morning!

Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809

❤️‍ Happy #DarwinDay!

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MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

🤔 But is it art?

Did art exist before modern humans?
New discoveries raise big questions.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-art-exist-before-modern-humans-new-discoveries-raise-big-questions

Examples of artistic expression that reshape what we know about the cognitive abilities of our archaic human relatives, such as Neanderthals.

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

Good news!

Michael Mann @MichaelEMann who is among the world's most renowned climate scientists, has won a defamation case in D.C. Superior Court.

Climate scientist Michael Mann wins defamation case against conservative writers
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1230236546/famous-climate-scientist-michael-mann-wins-his-defamation-case

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

This is the incredible moment a baby sperm whale playfully bumped into a diver - only to be scolded by an elder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwCAZbzCq3g

Shows the whale moments after bumping diver, who can be seen swimming away. The adult then approaches to "tell her off."

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical and equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples and Lands
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02309-0https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02309-0

Key insights and guidance that are rooted in Indigenous scientific training and communities of practice.

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

☀️ Good morning!

A fascinating link between sleep, memory, and breathing

Respiration modulates sleep oscillations and
memory reactivation in humans
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43450-5

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

Sometimes "gatherer-hunter" seems more apt

Stable isotope chemistry reveals plant-dominant diet among early foragers on the Andean Altiplano, 9.0–6.5 cal. ka
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0296420

Reveals plants dominated the diet, comprising 70–95% of the average diet

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

Let's be clear...
The medium is the message.

How eyes evolved to cope from seeing through water to seeing through air.

From water to land:
Evolution of photoreceptor circuits for vision in air
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002422

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

Sensitive lipid biomarker detection for tuberculosis in late Neanderthal skeletons from Subalyuk Cave, Hungary
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147297922300118X

Correlation of probable skeletal lesions and proven lipid biomarker points to presence of tuberculosis in these Neanderthals

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

☀️ Good morning!

Meet the Picasso Moth:
Mother Nature’s Insect That Looks Like a Work of Abstract Art
https://mymodernmet.com/picasso-moth/

Known for its colorful, abstract designs on its wings, it's an example of one of nature's masterpieces.
🎮 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80nVHwhMSD4

MU_Peter, 4 months ago to random

Scientific societies have a part to play in repatriating fossils
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02296-2

The repatriation of fossil specimens — a central issue in the global palaeontological community, as interest in combating scientific colonialism grows

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

With help from a now-extinct bear, archaeologists have unlocked the mysteries of Spain’s Cova Dones.

100 prehistoric motifs—created over 24 Kya using unorthodox methods.

Just How Old Are the Cave Paintings in Spain’s Cova Dones?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-old-cave-paintings-spain-cova-dones-180983456/

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

Paleoclimate reconstructions for the last 280,000 years

Orbitally induced strong monsoons and early human dispersal to East Asia

Concurrent Asian monsoon strengthening and early modern human dispersal to East Asia during the last interglacial

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2308994121

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

Our world is saturated with BS and spin.

Armor yourself against the nonsense with these nine simple principles.

The 9 Simple Principles in Physicist Carl Sagan's 'Baloney Detection Kit' Will Make You BS-Proof
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/9-simple-principles-physicist-carl-sagan-baloney-detection-kit-make-you-bs-proof.html

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MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

Reindeer bone found in Cork shows that humans lived in Ireland 33 Kya
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/reindeer-bone-humans-ireland-33k-years

A reindeer bone fragment dating back 33,000 years and bearing chop marks from a stone tool has upended previous assumptions humans first came to Ireland 12,5 Kya.

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

☀️ Good morning!

Earliest Evidence Yet Reveals Photosynthesis Evolved at Least 1.75 Billion Years Ago
https://www.sciencealert.com/earliest-evidence-yet-reveals-photosynthesis-evolved-at-least-1-75-billion-years-ago

Photosynthetic organisms form the foundation of most food webs, and their metabolic processes fill the atmosphere with oxygen.

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

☀️ Good morning!

Neanderthals may have been morning people and genetic material from Neanderthal ancestors may contribute to the propensity of some people today to be "early risers"

Archaic Introgression Shaped Human Circadian Traits
https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/15/12/evad203/7457904

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

The dynamics of the transition between late Neanderthals and modern humans, is still controversial.

Investigating the co-occurrence of Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium through direct radiocarbon dating of bone implements
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248423001501

MU_Peter, 5 months ago to random

There’s both archaeological and physiological evidence to support the idea that females were proficient and intentional hunters of large animals.

Fallacy Of The Female Forager Is Dead,
We've Always Been Proficient Hunters
https://www.iflscience.com/fallacy-of-the-female-forager-is-dead-weve-always-been-proficient-hunters-72153