Humans

Apes Have People-Like Personalities? What Scientists Now Say

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Video, Humans, Primates, Behavior, Animal Behavior, Apes, Chimpanzees, Personalities, Animals, Great Apes, Personality Traits, Anthropomorphism, Chimpanzee Behavior, Science News

What makes you you? Psychologists say human personalities include what they call "the big five” traits: agreeableness, openness to experience, e...

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Satellite Spies Thousands of Ancient Human Settlements

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Ancient Settlement, Near East, Humans, Archaeology, Satellite, Civilization, Video, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/19/2012 03:15 PM EDT on LiveScience Ancient humans have changed the landscape around thei...

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The Human Technology That Sets Us Apart

Mark Changizi, Ph.D. | Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: Language, Healthy Living Health News, Origin of Language, Brain Science, Humans, Apes and Language, Language and Communication, Healthy Living Mind, Evolution and Language, Apes vs. Humans, Humans and Language, Language as Technology, Healthy Living News

We humans have speech because spoken words have culturally evolved to sound like nature. We speak because we've been nature-harnessed, not because we evolved to speak.

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Researchers: Humans Crowded Out Neanderthals

AP | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Paleoanthropology, Science, Paul Mellars, Britain, Modern Humans, Humans, Ancestors, Scientific Study, Cambridge University, Neanderthals, Jennifer C. French, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Were the Neanderthals simply crowded out by the ancestors of modern humans? That's the theory of a pair of British researchers, who say...

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Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats: The Definitive Reason

Jesse Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Killing, Cats, Humans, Cats Are Evil, Dogs, Death, Comedy News

I've always been a dog guy. I think most sane people feel the same way. I'll go so far as to say that 98% of all house cats would kill you if they could.

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True Blood Is Making Me Want To Be a Vegan

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Eating meat and watching True Blood doesn't always sit well, so in the spirit of the conscientious Bill Compton, our Sunday's have gone vegan.

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Neanderthal DNA Found In Human DNA: Human Ancestors Mated With Extinct Species, Researchers Say

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dna, Neanderthal, Humans, Sex, Genome, Homo Sapiens, Africa, Smithsonian, Harvard, Asia, Europe, UC Santa Cruz, Mate, Humans and Neanderthals, Home News

WASHINGTON — We have met Neanderthal and he is us – at least a little. The most detailed look yet at the Neanderthal genome helps answer o...

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What Is Your Place In The World?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living News, Wisdom, Featured Contributor, Transformation, Dr. Judith Rich, Mary Oliver, Technology, Huffington Post, Wisdom 2.0, Life Fitness Coaching Boot Camp, Rx for the Soul, The Other, The Inner Life, Humans, Humanity, Spirituality, Gulf Oil Spill 2010, Healthy Living News

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with this one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver I just re...

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Worth Watching: Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Home"

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Glenn Close, Statistics, Review, Travelogue, Montage, Agriculture, Tribal, Green, Movie, Eco, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Music, Animals, Consumption, Imagery, Countries, Urban, Images, Pace, Friday, Grit, Balance, Nations, Helicopter, Dubai, Earth, World, Solutions, Optimism, Production, Planet, Film, Offshore, Method, Home, Las Vegas, Hopeful, Humans, Species, South Korea, Camera, Proof, Environment, Documentary, Artist, Fishing, Reforesting, Denmark, Meat, Wind Farms, Cities, Universe, Slow, Paraglider, Entertainment News

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's method is to get somewhere high, usually a helicopter or a paraglider, and point his camera downward. The results are usually magnificent, and last year, they inspired a film.

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Will Machines Take Over the World? The Scientific Turning Point

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neuroscience, Humans, Brain, Biology, Extinction, B. F. Skinner, Biocentrism, Artificial Intelligence, The Inner Life, Dr. Robert Lanza, Healthy Living News

Imagine watching TV without a screen or communicating with friends without facebook. Would you have an implant to be smarter? What's the status of the science? When do humans become obsolete?

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Planet Hollywood

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: End of World, Pandora, Earth, Aliens, The Day After Tomorrow, Prophecy, Mayan, Film, Movies, Pulitzer Prize, Novel, 2012, The Road, Animated, Planet 51, Apocalypse, Humans, Independence Day, James Cameron, 3d, Cannibals, Book, Roland Emmerich, Nuclear Winter, Cormac McCarthy, Avatar, Entertainment News

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

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"Day at the Museum"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Earth, Humans, Ben Stiller, Humor, Museums, Birds, Movie, Dinosaurs, Mammals, Fossil, Healthy Living News

I didn't spend a night at the museum for two good reasons: It closed at 5:45 p.m. and I am not, for better or for worse, Ben Stiller.

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Book Review: Not A Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Evolution, Animal Rights, Genes, Humans, Apes, Healthy Living News

Some people argue that humans are merely crazy apes, but the counter-argument, that humans and apes are dramatically different, is not easily dismissed. So, how different are we from other animals?

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I, the Kitty

Robin Lakoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Science, Intelligent, Cats, Humans, Dogs, Scientific Research, Animal Intelligence, Animals, Human-Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Science is the activity they're most smug about -- the proof, I gather, that humans are logical and rational, the epitome of smart.

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Our Infinite Capacity for Self-Deception

Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fraud, Humans, Money, Economic Crisis, Economy, Bernard Madoff, Psychology, Future, Scandal, Healthy Living News

Companies are only as evolved as the leaders who run them, and the people who work for them. What got us here won't get us where we need to go.

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Organs Humans Don't Need

ABC News | LAURA SPINNEY | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human Organs, Humans, Unnecessary Organs, Unused Organs, Organs, Healthy Living News

Vestigial organs are parts of the body that once had a function but are now more-or-less useless. Probably the most famous example is the appendix, th...

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Researchers: Human Evolution Is Speeding Up

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human Race, Evolution, Humans, Human Evolution, Healthy Living News

Science fiction writers have suggested a future Earth populated by a blend of all races into a common human form. In real life, the reverse seems to b...

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