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Ancient human DNA from a 10000 years old "chewing gum"

In recent decades ancient DNA has been continuously used as a part of the tool-kit for studying human history and evolution. Ancient human DNA is found in both organic and inorganic material, for example, bones, teeth, mummified materials, coprolites, soil, etc. Bones and teeth harbor the... click to read more

Natalija Kashuba | PhD student at Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Archaeology, Uppsala University, Sweden

DNA

division of labor

Mesolithic

lumps

distilled birch bark pitch

Stone Age

Reading time 3 min

published on Dec 3, 2019

Emergent division of labor among clonal ants

What are the benefits of living in society? Sociality has long been proposed to be beneficial because groups can divide labor among individuals to increase their efficiency. Some of the most sophisticated forms of division of labor are found in social insects, such as honeybees,... click to read more

Yuko Ulrich | Junior Group Leader at The Rockefeller University, NY, USA & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Daniel J. C. Kronauer | Associate Professor at The Rockefeller University, NY, USA

Christopher K. Tokita | PhD candidate at Princeton University, NJ, USA

ants

division of labor

automated behavioral tracking

Reading time 4 min

published on Mar 11, 2019