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Social Hierarchies and Social Networks in Humans

Across species, social hierarchies are often governed by dominance relations.

Tracing Chile’s Indigenous Roots Through Genetics and Linguistics

Genetic analysis adds new perspectives on the (pre)history of South America - from the first settlement until today

Long Distance Voyaging Among the Pacific Islands

Geochemical analyses of stone artefacts reveal long-distance voyaging among Pacific Islands during the last millennium

Grambank Shows the Diversity of the World's Languages

An international team has created a new database that documents patterns of grammatical variation in over 2400 of the world’s languages

How Dogs Are Used Impacts How They Are Treated

Data from 124 societies shows that dogs’ functions predict their treatment, with closer bonds forming in societies where dogs have multiple roles

Genes and Tongues Are Not Always Tied Together

GeLaTo, a global database, helps to explore the complex history of our genes and languages

The Bantu Expansion Took a Rainforest Route

A recent linguistic study found that early Bantu speakers crossed through the dense Central African Rainforest 4,000 years ago

Shedding Light on Linguistic Diversity and Its Evolution

Linguists and computer scientists collaborate to publish a large global Open Access lexical database

Traces from the Past

Scientists recover an ancient woman’s DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant

Lockdowns Did Not Significantly Affect Young People’s Mental Health

CORONA Young people’s mental health has not been affected by the two corona lockdowns, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. But in the short run, it did suffer temporarily.

Astronomers Detect Signs Of An Atmosphere Stripped From A Planet During Giant Impact

Such planetary smashups are likely common in young solar systems, but they haven’t been directly observed.

How Diet Affects Tumors

A new study finds cutting off cells’ supplies of lipids can slow the growth of tumors in mice.

Dinosaurs May Have Lived In Social Herds As Early As 193 Million Years Ago

Fossils indicate a communal nesting ground and adults who foraged and took care of the young as a herd, scientists say.

Can A Poisonous Sea Snail Replace Morphine?

PAIN RELIEF A sea snail living in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines may be able to help scientists develop an alternative to addictive painkillers like morphine, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

Neutron Star Collisions Are A “Goldmine” Of Heavy Elements, Study Finds

Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.

ERC Awards Grant To Explore The Evolution Of The Human Oral Microbiome

DNA UCPH researcher Hannes Schroeder from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives the prestigious European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant for his inspiring project on the evolution of the human oral microbiome and the population history of prehistoric Europe.

Artificial Intelligence Sheds Light On How The Brain Processes Language

Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain.

Switching Social Identities Happens Seamlessly

People can switch seamlessly between different social identities, new research shows.

Making Computers Explain Themselves

New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems’ decisions.

Quantum Leap Towards Transplanting Stem Cells Into The Intestines

ULCERATIVE COLITIS Stem cell transplantation can cure mice suffering from inflammation in the large intestine. This is good news for ulcerative colitis patients, as it may lead to the development of new treatment forms that do not result in ostomy.