Humans

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::	Humans
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Top Stories | November 20

Mummies reveal heart disease plagued ancient Egyptians
CT scans of preserved individuals show hardening of arteries similar to that seen in people today.
Images: Michael Miyamoto
Plastics ingredients could make a boy's play less masculine
Study links boys' fetal phthalate exposure to tendency toward gender-neutral play later on.
Obese people can misjudge body size
Survey finds that many overweight individuals consider their body size normal and healthy despite having health problems
For Hadza, build and brawn don't matter for choosing mates
Study of hunter-gatherer community in Tanzania shows that, across human groups, mating criteria vary.
Macaws bred far from tropics during pre-Columbian times
Colorful birds possibly raised for ceremonial and trade purposes long before Spanish arrival

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Colorful birds possibly raised for ceremonial and trade purposes long before Spanish arrival

Days after birth, French and German infants wail to the melodic structure of their languages.

Discussing how physicians and patients can cure their misunderstandings of medical statistics.

Amputees who feel phantom limbs can learn to do physically impossible body tricks

Scientists argue a newly discovered stretch of DNA essential for larynx development may have allowed the evolution of language.

:: Science News
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Subtle gender-linked effects seen in youngsters mirror impacts witnessed earlier in rodents.

Macaque mothers and infants engage in emotional interactions similar to those of human moms and their babies, a new study suggests.

Psychologists and philosophers convene to discuss the roots of shared knowledge at a meeting in Waltham, Mass.

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Math Trek The four color problem gets a sharp new hue
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