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Evidence for reduced BRCA2 functional activity in Homo sapiens after divergence from the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Jinlong Huang   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

Determination of Thermal DNA‐Stability With Respect to PCR or How to Debunk a Pseudoscientific Claim

open access: yesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Debunking pseudoscience is difficult, especially for early‐career students and the public. Recently, in particular the Corona pandemic has spawned a whole range of pseudoscientific claims and conspiracy theories, many of which are publicly available in the style of scientific articles on preprint servers, in predatory journals, or in some ...
Vivien Dycks, Andreas Beyer
wiley   +1 more source

Language as a Critical Factor in the Emergence of Human Cognition

open access: yesHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2014
Modern human beings are most sharply distinguished from all other organisms alive today by their possession of symbolic reasoning, the cognitive capacity that makes possible the mental construction of alternative versions of the world.
Ian Tattersall
doaj  

Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

O nascimento do homem e do Meme

open access: yesKalagatos, 2017
Memética; Teoria da co-evolução; Neurônios-espelho; Filosofia da Biologia;  Homo Sapiens;
Gustavo Leal Toledo
doaj  

Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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