Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, poses in undated photo. She was standing next to a life-size reconstruction of an adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. (Lutz Kindler, LEIZA/Newsflash)

Neanderthals Were Expert Giant Elephant Hunters, Says Study

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:February 8, 2023

Primitive human ancestors were skilled hunters tracking down and killing giant elephants for food 125,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. The study of a pit containing animal remains…

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Image shows Dr Christian Baer from the Hannover Medical School, in Lower Saxony, Germany, undated photo. He examined the influence of telomere lengths in organs and immune system on lung and heart diseases. (Karin Kaiser, MHH/Newsflash)

Can The Immortality Enzyme Beat Old Age, Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 7, 2023

Scientists in Germany are to study ways of using immortality enzymes to reverse damage caused to the heart and lungs by ageing. The study - led by Dr Christian Baer…

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Image shows ant species Tetramorium alpestre that live in high alpine areas, undated photo. Researchers from the University of Innsbruck, in Tyrol, Austria, found out that climate crisis makes the ants more aggressive. (Petra Thurner, Forschungsgruppe Molekulare Oekologie/Newsflash)

Climate Heat Crisis Makes Ants More Aggressive, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 2, 2023

Austrian boffins claimed in a recent study that ongoing climate change make ants act more aggressively. The study - published by a research team from the University of Innsbruck in…

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Image shows two sea spider (Pycnogonum litorale) individuals next to their prey - a sea anemone, undated photo. When researchers from the University of Vienna, Austria, illuminated them with a UV light source, the spiders fluoresce bright blue. (Georg Brenneis/Newsflash)

Amputated Sea Spiders Can Regrow Their Rear Ends, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 30, 2023

Amputated sea spiders can regrow large parts of their bodies including their rear ends and reproductive organs, a new study has shown. Biologists discovered that the species of sea spiders…

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Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)

Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 21, 2023

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…

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Image shows the actual experimental setup in which the researchers added tyre abrasion to the nutrient solutions of lettuce plants, undated photo. Austrian researchers from the University of Vienna found out that lettuce takes up toxic additives from tyre wear. (Gabriel Sigmund/Newsflash)

Lettuces Absorb Toxins Released From Tyre Wear, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 11, 2023

A new scientific study has shown that highly toxic chemicals from tyre wear get absorbed by lettuces through sewage sludge and waste water. Researchers at the Centre for Microbiology and…

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Image shows a metatarsal of a cave bear with cut marks, undated photo. Humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000 years according to scientists from the University of Tuebingen, in Germany. (Volker Minkus/Newsflash)

Humans Have Been Using Bear Skins For At Least 300,000 Years, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 1, 2023

Researchers have found out that humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather conditions for at least 300,000 years. The archaeological team from the University of…

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The venom of wild bees such as the violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea), with its main component melittin, is less aggressive than that of honey bees, a team from the LOEWE Center TBG discovered, undated photo. In the future, it could be used against breast cancer cells, among other things. (Bjrn M. von Reumont/Newsflash)

Bee Venom Study Hints Breast Cancer Treatment Prospect

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:December 29, 2022

The venomous substance produced by one of the most common wild bee species could help to treat breast cancer, according to scientists in Germany. Researchers at Goethe University and the…

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Image shows adult Europasaurus individuals watch over the newly hatched Europasaurus offspring, undated photo. Scientists from Germany and Austria discovered that the species could hear extremely well by analysing its inner ear in December 2022. (Davide Bonadonna/Newsflash)

How Sharp Hearing Helped Stop Baby Dinos Being Crushed By Parents

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:December 26, 2022

Dinosaurs had an advanced ability to hear which gave their just-hatched offspring a chance to avoid being squashed by their parents, a new study has revealed. The study by German…

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Picture shows Tauseef Khan, undated. He is a research associate at Toronto University's Temerty Faculty of Medicine and one of the co-authors of the study entitled "Effect of honey on cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis." (Nema McGlynn/Newsflash)

Honey Can Lower Stroke Risk, Study Shows

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:December 23, 2022

Tucking into raw honey can significantly reduce the risk of suffering some of the most common current health issues, scientists in Canada have found. Researchers at Toronto University carried out…

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