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...
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...
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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