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Native American shell ring villages may have been occupied then abandoned because of climate change

Posted: 02 Mar 2022 12:04 PM PST

Mollusk shells at 4,000-year-old Native American shell ring villages indicate that environmental change may have driven the formation and abandonment of these coastal communities, according to a new study.

Tooth study prompts rethink of human evolution

Posted: 02 Mar 2022 06:27 AM PST

A study into tooth wear in a group of wild Japanese macaques has significant implications for the study of human evolution, a new study has shown.

Plotting the placental protein NRK: Understanding the molecular evolution processes underlying placenta acquisition in eutherian ancestors

Posted: 02 Mar 2022 06:27 AM PST

The molecular evolution of placental protein NRK and its function in regulating placental growth has finally been clarified. They elucidated that eutherian NRK regulates placental development by a novel mechanism, modulating the CK2-PTEN-AKT pathway. They also determined that this new function was acquired due to the amazingly rapid molecular evolution of NRK in eutherian ancestors.