Read more about the article New Study Suggests That Chimps Can Form Sound Sequences To Communicate New Meaning And Signal Threats
Image shows a wild chimpanzee in Uganda, undated photo. Swiss researchers from the city of Zurich showed that chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning. (Adrian Soldati/Newsflash)

New Study Suggests That Chimps Can Form Sound Sequences To Communicate New Meaning And Signal Threats

A new study has suggested that people's closest-living relatives, chimps, can combine calls to communicate new meaning from the sequences in a similar way to when humans make sentences. Scientists…

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Read more about the article ‘Killer Bear’ Cleared By Bite Marks, Say Vets
Picture shows the statment of he animal rights and antivivisection association LEAL, undated. They claim the bear JJ4 is innocent, she did not kill Andrea Papi, as the teeth marks were allegedly of a male bear. (Newsflash)

‘Killer Bear’ Cleared By Bite Marks, Say Vets

A mother bear accused of killing and disembowelling a jogger in woodlands has been cleared by a forensic study of the bite marks, say campaigners. The bear - known as…

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Read more about the article Metal Came From German Mines, Study Shows
Image shows some of the 313 manillas excavated by the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi from a Flemish trader lost in 1524 off Getaria in Basque Country, northern Spain, undated photo. The ship was chartered by Portuguese merchants from Lisbon. (Ana Maria Benito-Dominguez, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)/Newsflash)

Metal Came From German Mines, Study Shows

Looted bronze treasures returned to Nigeria by Berlin were made from metal tokens minted from brass mined in Germany, scientists have discovered. Thousands of the distinctive bronzes disappeared during colonial…

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Read more about the article Six Rorquals Including Mum And Calf Spotted Off Spanish Coast
A whale and her calf swim along the Catalan coast between Comarruga and Calafell, undated. It had been six years since the Association for the Study and Disclosure of the Aquatic Environment (EDMAKTUB) had seen a similar scene. (Asociacion EDMAKTUB/Newsflash)

Six Rorquals Including Mum And Calf Spotted Off Spanish Coast

These images show how six fin whales, including a mother and her calf, were spotted off Spain's Mediterranean coast. The Association for the Study and Dissemination of the Aquatic Environment…

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Read more about the article Rising Temperatures May Cause Rockfalls In Alps, Says Study
Image shows rock glaciers which are widespread in the Alps, but less known than 'normal' glaciers, undated photo. The active Bock glacier in the Outer Hochebenkar is in the middle, while the Inner Hochebenkar with an inactive rock glacier is on the right. The Gurgler ridge is in the background. (3DGEO Heidelberg/Newsflash)

Rising Temperatures May Cause Rockfalls In Alps, Says Study

New research has shown that rising temperatures have made rock glaciers in the Alps unstable. The study, which was led by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAeW), showed a significant…

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Read more about the article Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study
Image shows an example of a long-tailed macaque using a stone tool to access food, undated photo. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the city of Leipzig, Germany, claimed that some accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. ( Lydia V. Luncz/Newsflash)

Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study

New research into ancient tools has revealed that cutting stones once believed to be made by early humans could actually have been the work of monkeys. Scientists from the Max…

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Read more about the article Steel Was Already Used In In Stone Age Europe 2,900 Years Ago, Says Study
Image shows geochemical analyses used by the researchers to show that stone stelae on the Iberian peninsula that date back to the Final Bronze Age feature complex engravings that could only have been done using tempered steel, undated photo. This was backed up by metallographic analyses of an iron chisel from the same period and region that showed the necessary carbon content to be proper steel. (Rafael Ferreiro Maehlmann/Newsflash)

Steel Was Already Used In In Stone Age Europe 2,900 Years Ago, Says Study

New research by German scientists has revealed that Europeans already used steel tools nearly 3,000 years ago. The groundbreaking discovery was made after scientists from the University of Freiburg analysed…

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Read more about the article Kardashian Vocal Fry Used By Whales To Catch  Prey
Image shows a scan of the sound producing nose of a harbor porpoise, undated photo. It shows parts of the two sound sources, and the fatty melon that conducts sound into the water. (Christian B. Christensen, Aarhus University/Newsflash)

Kardashian Vocal Fry Used By Whales To Catch Prey

A sexy vocal technique used by Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry is also being used by dolphins and whales to help them catch their prey, says a new study. Vocal…

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Read more about the article People During Last Ice Age Who Sought Shelter In Spain And Portugal Survived Unlike Their Relatives In Italy
Image shows a reconstruction of a hunter gatherer associated with the Gravettian culture (32,000-24,000 years ago), undated photo. It was inspired by the archaeological findings at the Arene Candide site, in Italy. (Tom Bjoerklund/Newsflash)

People During Last Ice Age Who Sought Shelter In Spain And Portugal Survived Unlike Their Relatives In Italy

A new study has revealed that only hunter-gatherers who sought refuge in Spain and Portugal survived the last Ice Age 30,000 years ago. Using new DNA analysis of prehistoric human…

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