Running Extra Mile Sets Humans Apart in Primates&#39; World
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If walking upright first set early human ancestors apart from their ape cousins, it may have been their eventual ability to run long distances with a springing step over the African savanna
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The marathon mouse has been unveiled by scientists: a rodent which, with a little genetic tinkering, can run twice as far as a normal mouse.
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Is it possible to outrun evolution? Two new lizard-behavior studies look at why it's not always just the fittest that survive.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers on Monday unveiled genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their naturally bred brethren, bringing the "genetic doping" of elite athletes a small step closer to reality.    The creation of the so-called marathon mice, announced Monday, follows earlier genetic engineering work that created "Schwarzenegger mice," rodents that bulked up after getting injected with muscle-building genes...
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Researchers have unveiled genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their naturally bred brethren, bringing the âgenetic dopingâ of elite athletes a small step closer to reality.
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Runners older than 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from exercise.
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In the first study of its kind, researchers pit human toddlers head-to-head against baby apes. The human kids won  -  but what's important is why
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Next time you drive past a jogger on the street, give her a honk and a wave - she&#39;s honing the skill that helped define the human body, according to a study by researchers from the University of Utah and Harvard.
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There are 19 macaque species in Asia and one in Africa, and they are said to be second only to human beings in their wide geographical distribution.
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The ability of early human ancestors to run long distances may have influenced the transition to today's body form, researchers report.
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks
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Chimpanzees scampering on a treadmill have provided support for the notion that ancient human ancestors began walking on two legs because it used less energy than quadrupedal knuckle-walking, scientists said.
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BENITA JOHNSON is not one of those cautious people who baulks at trying new things. Rather, the rake-thin distance runner adds a different challenge to her agenda every year.
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Chimpanzees have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates.
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US researchers say humans began endurance running about 2 million years ago to help hunt for prey.
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks.