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156 results for "Evolution "

156 results for "Evolution "

On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction

Book

Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and for ourselves, whether we live on the plains of Africa or in North American suburbs. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also...

Lawrence Flynn

Person

My research interests focus on the paleobiology of past ecosystems, especially the Neogene of South Asia and China. I specialize in small mammals which, collectively, account for half of modern community diversity. For the fossil record, small mammals...

An ancient dog breed regulates pitch when howling with music

Journal Article
Singing occurs in every human society, most commonly as group singing where individuals coordinate their vocal pitches1. Coordinating pitch with other simultaneous voices is not necessary for ordinary speech, which involves turn taking, yet this ability...

HEB Colloquium: "Isotopic studies of hominin paleobiology"

Event
Speaker: Dr. Scott Blumenthal, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon Abstract: A fundamental challenge of human evolutionary studies is understanding the role of climatic and ecosystem change in shaping hominin biology and behavior...

Press Release: January 2013

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First Molar Eruption, Weaning, and Life History in Living Wild Chimpanzees The Study in Brief Scholars have been debating whether early humans (hominins) followed ape-like or human-like patterns of growth and development for quite some time. Others have...

Sofia Schembari

Person

Sofia is a first year PhD student in the Pan lab, where she studies the social behavior of wild bonobos. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Evolutionary Biology from Columbia University, and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from New York University.