Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

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A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

A search facility relied on keywords - there were no search engines in the early years. Berners-Lee’s original Web browser running on NeXT computers showed his vision and had many of the features of ...

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This three-year programme offers a comprehensive education in mathematics along with the opportunity to achieve proficiency in two or more modern languages from a choice of Arabic, French, German, ...

Modern languages and ancient history degrees face ... University sources told The Telegraph that staff were left in tears on Tuesday as they were informed that letters about possible redundancies ...

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I heard Eine kleine Nachtmusik from Mozart,” she recalls in The Last Musician of Auschwitz (BBC Two, Monday, 9pm), a powerful documentary airing as part of the Holocaust Remembrance Day ...

we should remember how they were demonised in the years before the killing began At around 8pm today, I will stop whatever I am doing and take a moment to think about this day 80 years ago.