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Genetic Diversity Of Beer Yeasts Leaves Wine In Shade

Edit IFL Science 06 Oct 2016
Here's something beer drinkers might find useful the next time they're being patronized by wine snobs. The yeasts that make beer are actually far more genetically diverse than those used for wine ... He found three broad groups of beer yeasts ... “We were even more surprised to learn that, besides forming a new group that we call the Beer clade, beer yeasts form additional groups....

Researchers describe new large prehistoric shark (DePaul University)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Oct 2016
(Source ... The new study​, 'A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes. Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the 'megatoothed' clade,' will appear in the forthcoming issue of the international scientific journal Historical Biology and online on Oct. 3 ... ###. Source.. Kenshu Shimada. 773-325-4697. Media Contacts.. Jon Cecero. 312-362-7640. Carol Hughes. 312-362-8592 ​​ ... (noodl. 35646024) ....

As a species, humans inherit murderous tendencies, study shows

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 30 Sep 2016
Humans are “in a position within a particularly violent mammalian clade, in which violence seems to have been ancestrally present,” the study in the journal Nature says ... > ....

Study: As a species, humans inherit murderous tendencies

Edit The Jakarta Post 30 Sep 2016
Evolution and genetics seem to have baked a certain amount of murder into humans as a species, but civilization has tamed some of the savage beast in us, according to a new study ... And we're in a rough neighborhood. Humans are "in a position within a particularly violent mammalian clade, in which violence seems to have been ancestrally present," the study in the journal Nature says ... ....

Humans’ Tendency To Murder Each Other May Be An Evolutionary Trait

Edit IFL Science 28 Sep 2016
Mankind’s propensity for lethal violence may have been inherited from our evolutionary ancestors, according to a new study in the journal Nature ... The team compiled data relating to more than 4 million recorded deaths among 1,024 species from 137 taxonomic families, in order to determine levels of lethal violence in various animals ... In contrast, fatal conflicts were virtually absent in certain other clades such as bats and whales ... ....

Humans inherit murderous tendencies: study

Edit Toronto Sun 28 Sep 2016
WASHINGTON — Evolution and genetics seem to have baked a certain amount of murder into humans as a species, but civilization has tamed some of the savage beast in us, according to a new study ... And we’re in a rough neighbourhood. Humans are “in a position within a particularly violent mammalian clade, in which violence seems to have been ancestrally present,” the study in the journal Nature says ... Online.. Nature....

Young people from Latin America and the Caribbean demand a holistic education that goes beyond school (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Sep 2016
(Source. UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) ... Second phase ... *** ... Education International (EI-LA), Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE), Programa Mercosur Social Solidario, Red Latinoamericana por la Educación (REDUCA), Red Latinoamericana de Portales Educativos (RELPE), Teach for All (TFA), and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) ... (noodl. 35548839) ....

Upsurge of Enterovirus D68, the Netherlands, 2016

Edit Topix 23 Sep 2016
Thirteen children required intensive care unit admission because of respiratory insufficiency, and 1 had concomitant acute flaccid myelitis. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all of 20 sequences obtained belong to the recently described clade B3 ... ....

Neanderthals created specialised bone tools: Study

Edit DNA India 22 Sep 2016
--> Thu, 22 Sep 2016-11.22am , Berlin , PTI. Researchers used ancient protein analysis to confirm the origins of bone fragments that were found in France ... "For the first time, this research demonstrates the effectiveness of recent developments in ancient protein amino acid analysis and radiocarbon dating to discriminate between Late Pleistocene clades," said Professor Matthew Collins, from the University of York in the UK ... ....

Palaeontologists uncover age-old secret of Hollywood celebrities (University of the Witwatersrand)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2016
'Whereas few studies have investigated sexual dimorphism and competition in early therapsids, this fossil shows that sexual competition and the associated complex, ritualised behaviour were indeed an important component of therapsid evolution at the very root of the therapsid clade, as far back in the past as 300 million years, hundreds of millions of years before mammals or the more advanced dinosaurs expressed these behaviours.'....

Most Eucalypts Are Ill-Suited To A Warming World, But Unusual Discovery Could Hold Solution

Edit IFL Science 20 Sep 2016
If there was one branch on the tree of life that could flourish in a hotter world, you might have expected it to be eucalypts ... This hyper-diverse clade has dominated a continent to a remarkable degree, and some of its members have become invasive species elsewhere. Moreover, the iconic eucalyptus species that play such a huge role in images of Australia are adapted to hot and dry climates....

Disputed Neandertal region confirmed in France (University of York)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Sep 2016
(Source. University of York). Posted on 16 September 2016 ... Châtelperronian body ornaments and bone points from the Grotte du Renne in Arcy-sur-Cure. Credit. Dr. Marian Vanheren ... 'For the first time, this research demonstrates the effectiveness of recent developments in ancient protein amino acid analysis and radiocarbon dating to discriminate between Late Pleistocene clades ... (noodl. 35412302) ....

Palaeoproteomics helps differentiate between modern humans and Neandertals (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Sep 2016
(Source. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV). Researchers decode ancient proteins of Châtelperronian Neandertals. September 16, 2016 ... Entrance of the Grotte du Renne (right). Entrance of the Grotte du Renne (right). © M. Hardy ... For the first time, the paper demonstrates the ability of palaeoproteomics to discriminate between Late Pleistocene clades within the human genus based on protein amino acid sequences alone....
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