If you were to greet a Neanderthal with a handshake, it might feel a little awkward.
Neanderthals could hear and make the same sounds as humans, new research suggests
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Forget those brutish caveman grunts. Neanderthals, our closest ancestors, could have produced the same sounds as humans today, according to a study modeling the hearing ability of the Stone Age hominins that went ex...
Why women should monitor blood pressure differently, according to a new study
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When you visit the doctor, often the first order of business is wrapping a blood pressure cuff around your arm and looking to the display screen for the magic number. What's that number, you ask? Less than 120 over ...
Russia tells WHO it has detected first case of avian flu strain in humans
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Russian authorities say they have detected what is believed to be "human infection with avian influenza H5N8," the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed to CNN. Russia notified WHO of the possible strain. "I...
GOP Sen. Mike Lee hands over phone records to House impeachment managers
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GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has turned over phone records to the House impeachment managers, shedding light on the timing of a call that had been referenced during the second Senate impeachment trial of former Preside...
Presidents Day is a time to reflect on the incredible power we entrust to imperfect hands
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian and resident scholar at the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College. She is the author of "The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American I...
World’s first face and hands transplant gives New Jersey man a second chance at life
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It's been more than two years since Joe Dimeo could smile. In July 2018, Dimeo, 20 at the time, fell asleep at the wheel of his car on Route 22 in New Jersey. He lost control, and the car hit the curb, flipping over...
In the name of cricket sex, humans need to stop making noise
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We humans tend to spread and frolic about wherever we please, a development that has been found to harm animals' environments and health, and therefore ultimately our own. That may be the effect on crickets because ...
Prehistoric teeth hint at Stone Age sex with Neanderthals
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Early modern humans and Neanderthals lived in Europe and parts of Asia at the same time -- overlapping for several thousands of years before our archaic relatives disappeared around 40,000 years ago. During this ti...
Dogs likely migrated to the Americas with humans over 15,000 years ago, study says
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Dogs have been following humans for thousands of years. Archaeological and genetic data has revealed that dogs accompanied humans when they were migrating to the Americas from East Asia, according to a study publis...
Police respond differently when it’s a left-wing protest, study finds
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President Donald Trump's supporters were still rampaging through the US Capitol when the question arose: If these had been Black Lives Matter demonstrators instead of overwhelmingly White, militant Trump backers, ho...
Black service members in the Air Force are treated differently than their White peers, an investigation finds
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Black service members in the US Air Force face disparities in disciplinary action and career opportunities compared to their White peers, according to a recent report. The findings, released Monday, come from an ind...
Married couple, both teachers, die of Covid-19 while holding hands with their children
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Married for 30 years, they died together from Covid-19 complications sharing one final embrace -- holding each other's hands and the hands of their children. Paul Blackwell, 62, and Rose Mary Blackwell, 65, passed ...