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Indigenous Cultures: Tracing the path of pygmies' shared knowledge of medicinal plants
When members of the BaYaka Pygmies living in the northern Republic of Congo get sick, they don't just go to the doctor for a prescription. Instead, they rely on their shared knowledge of medicinal plants to help them get well. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press >journal Current Biology on September 8 have examined shared…
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Early Humans: Evidence of oat grinding by Stone Age hunter-gatherers found in Italy
Archaeologists have uncovered a stone grinding tool in southern Italy which shows signs it was used to make flour that was boiled into gruel or baked into bread.Interior of Grotta Paglicci, Italy, with wall paintings [Credit: Stefano Ricci]The discovery, which predates the dawn of farming, suggests that stone age man's first culti…
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Dinosaurs: Scientists carry out 'autopsy' on life-sized T-Rex replica
With “Jurassic World” hitting theaters next weekend, it seems like everyone’s got “dino fever” these days. This includes the folks at the National Geographic Channel, who are cashing in on the craze with “T. rex Autopsy,” which features a dissection of the world’s first anatomically correct synthetic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Performing …
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Evolution: Looking different to your parents can be an evolutionary advantage
Looking different to your parents can provide species with a way to escape evolutionary dead ends, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).The work by researchers at the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences looked at polyploid hybrids in the genus Nicotiana, the group that includes tobacco.Unlik…
The Great London [01/08/17]
- Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World at the British Museum
- Human Zoos: Exhibition recounts stories of 'savages' put on show at circuses and theatres
- Genghis Khan exhibit in Raleigh
- 'Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Christ Fresco revives centuries old Papal scandal
