http://www.thehumandynasty.net Following the great human journey Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 40,000-year-old site may hold the world's southernmost traces of early human life. http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/australia-aborigines-tribe.html  At the site of a major road construction project in Tasmania, archaeologists say they have found evidence of the oldest, most southern site of human habitation in the world. “The dates that we’ve got so far, the readings, they’ve been nice and statistically tight, and that suggests to me they’re ... http://www.archaeology.org/news/?p=559 Robots are coming out of their industrial cages and into our lives, prompting engineers to search out new kinds of safety features http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/9712438/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn186310Esafety0Eissues0Eloom0Eas0Ehumanoid0Einvasion0Eapproaches0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm A ground-breaking investigation into Shakespeare’s later life is due to start in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 March 2010, as archaeologists prepare to excavate the remains of Shakespeare’s house in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the public are invited to come along and watch as the latest story about the world’s most famous writer unfolds… The ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReleaseWireLeisureAndHobbies/~3/fxpNxA81UYU/rel_display.php (University of Minnesota) High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University of Minnesota study published in the March issue of the journal Evolution. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/uom-spo031010.php CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Recognizing faces is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it. Some people are unable to recognize even their closest friends (a condition called prosopagnosia), while others have a near-photographic memory for large numbers of faces. Now a twin study by ... http://www.thehumandynasty.net/2010/03/02/face-recognition-ability-inherited-separately-from-iq/ The Alien Arrivals Collection documents the arrival of more than 610,000 immigrants into the UK between the late 18th and early 20th centuries.   The collection includes some of the earliest surviving records of immigrants recorded under the Aliens Act 1793.  The records go online for the first time at Ancestry.co.uk see full ... http://www.dynastyblog.net/2010/02/26/311/ A genetic peek deep into the heart of Africa confirms that Africans have more genetic diversity than Europeans or Asians and provides insights into how to live a long life despite disease and famine.Read The Full Story http://www.thehumandynasty.net/2010/02/24/african-gene-may-provide-secrets-to-long-life/ A Genetic tests indicate that a 2,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in eastern Mongolia was a man of European or western Asian descent. “We don’t know if this 60- to 70-year-old man reached Mongolia on his own or if his family had already lived there for many generations,” said DNA analyst Charles ... http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/mongolian-tomb-western-skeleton.html (Association for Psychological Science) Male homosexuality doesn't make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view. One possible explanation is what evolutionary psychologists call the "kin selection hypothesis." What that means is that homosexuality may convey an indirect benefit by enhancing the survival prospects of close relatives. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/afps-srp020410.php