the end of the neolithic period is when humans first started make wine according to new research

New study claims first farmers in Europe were direct descendants of region’s hunter-gatherers, challenging belief migrants introduced agriculture

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For several years it has been broadly acknowledged that agriculture in Europe was first established in the Anatolian peninsula in modern day ...
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Genetic analysis reveals mysterious evolution of brewer’s yeast that makes beer possible

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The strain of brewers’ yeast used to make beer, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, derives from versions used over thousands of years to ...
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233 scientists call on world’s governments to ‘greatly restrict’ use of neonicotinoid insecticides to protect biodiversity

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Continued applications of the most widely used insecticides in the world must be urgently restricted, say 233 scientists in a tightly ...
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If Neanderthals mated with early modern humans, why does their genome show no evidence of human DNA?

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Gene flow between Neanderthals and early modern humans may have been a one-way street, researchers have found. While the presence ...
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Lead authors of controversial homeopathic cancer paper arrested, work retracted

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A journal paper claiming to show the success of a homeopathic treatment for cancer has been withdrawn by the publishers ...
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‘Cancer vaccine’ shows promise in mice; human trial next

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A combination of a tiny segment of DNA and a specific antibody injected into a solid tumour has been shown ...
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Cultivation without domestication: Unlike modern farmers, ancient civilizations grew crops that ‘spread like weeds’

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Plant domestication, the theory runs, comprises a long history during which humans select traits advantageous to farming practice. Qualities such as seed ...
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Critics push back against Australian government recommendation to loosen constraints on CRISPR gene editing research

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Australia’s gene technology regulator has proposed a bold shake-up of rules surrounding genetic engineering processes, potentially loosening constraints on research ...
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Matrix phobia? Scientists put fears to rest—we are not living in computer simulation

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Just in case it’s been weighing on your mind, you can relax now. A team of theoretical physicists from Oxford ...
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Modified polio virus could be used as cancer treatment

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A protein common on some types of cancer cell turns out to be the same one that in other circumstances ...
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Antarctic glaciers may be hiding undiscovered life

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Is there an undiscovered colony of plants, algae and small animals living in caves beneath glaciers in the Antarctic? That’s ...
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Genetic reason why tomatoes come in such a variety of sizes

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The gradual increase in size of tomatoes is in part the result of breeders, ancient and modern, continually selecting and ...
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CDC: Treatments for imaginary ‘Chronic Lyme Disease’ have claimed lives

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The peak public health body in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has issued a ...
Did evolution unfold steadily, or in fits and starts?

Did evolution unfold steadily, or in fits and starts?

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In 1972, the eminent palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould and his colleague Niles Eldredge...sought to explain so-called gaps in the palaeontological ...
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Can plant seeds ‘decide’ when to germinate?

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Botanical orthodoxy holds that plant germination is a purely mechanistic process, driven entirely by external stimuli. The plant seed itself ...
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