These scientists re-enacted Stone-Age voyage to Japan's remotest islands
Archaeologists have 'drawn lines' showing how Stone-Age seafarers could have discovered the southernmost islands of Japan, travelling northeast from Taiwan.
Bonobos communicate using a universal principle of human languages
Bonobos exhibit a form of communication with compositionality, similar to human language, challenging the belief that this ability is unique to humans.
Fossil hints even smaller hobbits' roamed Indonesia
We did not expect that we would find smaller individuals from such an old site, study co-author Yousuke Kaifu of the University of Tokyo said in an email.