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    The monkey hunters: Humans colonized South Asian rainforest by hunting primates

    A multidisciplinary study has found evidence for humans hunting small mammals in the forests of Sri Lanka at least 45,000 years ago. The researchers discovered the remains of small mammals, including primates, with evidence of cut marks and burning at the oldest archaeological site occupied by...
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    Researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans

    University of Otago researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates—great apes and humans—apart from other mammals, through the study of a rare developmental brain disorder. Dr. Adam O'Neill carried out the research as part of his Ph.D. at the University of Otago, under...
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    What Makes Us Human? Dopamine and the Cerebellum Hold Clues

    http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6366/1027 Here's the abstract to the paper, but it's behind a paywall. Abstract To better understand the molecular and cellular differences in brain organization between human and nonhuman primates, we performed transcriptome sequencing of 16 regions...
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