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New study challenges Neanderthal non-carnivory

According to a study published Monday in PNAS, a team led by Klevia Jaouen of CNRS found that the Neanderthals of what is now Spain may not have been the plant-eating peninsulars that other studies suggest. Earlier research teams examined the dental tartar of preserved Neanderthal teeth, and their findings suggested a heavily plant-based if not entirely vegetarian diet. The present work examined a single tooth from a Neanderthal who lived at the Gabasa site. Read more…

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Pain in the gut may be part of a protective cycle

In findings published October 14 in Cell, researchers from Harvard Medical School report that physical pain may do more than alert the conscious mind to injury. It may provide some of humanity’s most important partners, our symbiotic gut bacteria, with the environment they need to help us thrive. The researchers raised a group of laboratory mice without pain neurons and discovered that they also suffered from dysregulation of both the production of mucus along the Read more…

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Breathe in air pollution and pack on the pounds

We have come a long way since the 3500 calories = 1 lb of fat conventional wisdom of the 1990s fitness fads, but one thing remains the same: What goes into your body does matter …it just might not get there through your mouth. Researchers from the University of Michican School of Public Health led by reported in Diabetes Care that fine-particle air pollution may be a factor in the obesity epidemic. Scientists led by Read more…

By D Flynn, ago

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