News articles tagged with 'Africa'
Human, artificial intelligence join forces to pinpoint fossil locations
— 22 Nov 2011 16:59 | Geology and palaeontologyIn 1991, a team led by Washington University in St. Louis palaeoanthropologist Glenn Conroy, PhD, discovered the fossils of the first - and still the only - known pre-human ape ever…
Untapped crop data from Africa predicts corn peril if temperatures rise
— 13 Mar 2011 19:19 | EnvironmentA hidden trove of historical crop yield data from Africa shows that corn - long believed to tolerate hot temperatures - is a likely victim of global warming…
Our ancestors lived on shaky ground
— 4 Mar 2011 14:11 | Geology and palaeontologyOur earliest ancestors preferred to settle in locations that have something in common with cities such as San Francisco, Naples and Istanbul - they are often on active tectonic faults…
Ancient catastrophic drought leads to question: How severe can climate change become?
— 26 Feb 2011 17:48 | EnvironmentHow severe can climate change become in a warming world? Worse than anything we've seen in written history, according to results of a study appearing this week in the journal Science…
Skin colour: Handy tool for teaching evolution
— 20 Feb 2011 16:15 | BiologyVariations in skin colour provide one of the best examples of evolution by natural selection acting on the human body and should be used to teach evolution in schools, according to…
Mio-Pliocene faunal exchanges and African biogeography: The record of fossil bovids
— 17 Feb 2011 19:00 | Geology and palaeontologyNew fossil discoveries have provided a glimpse into the biogeographic configuration of Africa over the last seven million years…
Intravaginal practices are associated with acquiring HIV infection
— 16 Feb 2011 03:47 | HealthAlthough there is no evidence to suggest a direct causal pathway, some intravaginal practices used by women in sub-Saharan Africa (such as washing the vagina with soap) may increase…
Wealth of orchid varieties is down to busy bees and helpful fungi, says study
— 31 Jan 2011 16:31 | BiologyScientists have discovered why orchids are one of the most successful groups of flowering plants - it is all down to their relationships with the bees that pollinate them and the fungi…
More frequent drought likely in eastern Africa
— 29 Jan 2011 18:37 | EnvironmentThe increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to new research…
The cryptic African wolf: Canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal
— 27 Jan 2011 19:11 | BiologyNew molecular evidence reveals a new species of grey wolf living in Africa. Formerly confused with golden jackals, and thought to be an Egyptian subspecies of jackal, the new African…