• 古人类180万年前开始使用石斧

    11-09-01 A new study suggests that Homo erectus(直立人) , a precursor(先驱) to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thought. The study, recently publishe...

  • 经基因改造的猪器官将用于人体移植

    11-07-01 A sizzling(极热的) genetic discovery by Chinese scientists may one day allow pig tissue to be transplanted successfully into humans. Their research presented in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (http://www.jleukbio.org) represents a major step for...

  • 人类确实有第六感

    11-06-25 It has long been known as ESP, Spider Sense, or the ability to see things before they happen. But now scientists have proved that humans really do have a sixth sense - that lets them detect magnetic fields. 一直以来,第六感也被称为超感知觉、蜘蛛感应...

  • 维生素D能提高精子移动速度

    11-05-26 Vitamin D is important for optimal(最佳的) reproductive function in both animals and humans. It has long been known that serum(血清,浆液) vitamin D level is important for reproductive function in various animals, but now researchers from the Un...

  • 灵长类动物“优雅地”变老

    11-03-11 A new study says chimps, gorillas and other primates grow old gracefully much like humans. The findings come from the first-ever multi-species comparison of primate aging patterns reported in the March 11 issue of Science. It was long thought that h...

  • 现代人很早就涉足阿拉伯半岛

    11-01-28 The timing and dispersal(分散,传播) of modern humans out of Africa has been the source of long-standing debate, though most evidence has pointed to an exodus(大批的离去) along the Mediterranean Sea or along the Arabian coast approximately 60,00...

  • 与种群关系密切的雌狒狒寿命更长

    10-07-02 Female baboons(狒狒) that maintain closer ties with other members of their troop live substantially longer than do those whose social bonds are less stable, a recent study has found. The researchers say that the findings, reported online on July 1...

  • 人类有惊人的牙齿咬合力

    10-06-23 The robust(强健的) jaws and formidable(强大的,可怕的) teeth of some of our ancestors and ape(类人猿) cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ma...

  • 调查:20%的人认为周围潜伏着外星人

    10-04-17 Aliens exist and they live in our midst disguised as humans -- at least, that's what 20 percent of people polled in a global survey believe. 外星人不仅存在,而且假扮成人类生活在我们中间至少有20%的人这么认为。 Wearing a hat shaped like a alien space...

  • 英国科学家惊言:人类都是外星人

    10-02-06 英国一位天体生物学家日前表示,人类都是从外太空移居到地球的外星人,并且声称他的新研究能够有力地证明这一观点。这位学者表示,第一批人类生命种子是38亿年前到达地球的,这些来自外太空的微生物随彗星来到地球,然后不断繁殖进化并最终形成人类生命。他的研究表明...