When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. An artist’s impression of making sparks from pyrite and flint. | Credit: Craig Williams/The Trustees of the British Museum Neanderthals they were the world’s first innovators in fire technology, the small evidence from England suggests. Flakes of pyrite … Read more
Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, MS, RD Design elements: Getty Images. Design EatingWell. Key points Choline is an essential micronutrient for a healthy brain and nervous system. Low levels of choline in the blood are linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Choline is found in seafood, meat, dairy, nuts, potatoes, legumes and whole … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. Matjes River Mandible 1 female, who lived 7,900 years ago in southern Africa. | Credit: Mattias Jakobsson Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, causing them to “fall outside the range of genetic variation” seen … Read more
Increasing physical activity in midlife or later can reduce the chance of developing dementia by up to 45 percent, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health analyzed data from more than 4,300 people in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring, all of whom did … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. A map of the Sunda, Sahul and Western Pacific, with arrows showing potential north and south migration routes suggested by genetic analysis. | Credit: Helen Farr and Erich Fisher A new study of nearly 2,500 genomes may have … Read more