- Scientists have come up with a technology to recycle used clothes by separating out the different fibres in the clothes rather than simply burning them. The process involves heating the clothes to 225 degrees Celsius and adding a specific type of alcohol https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/news/show/artikel/scientists-have-come-up-with-a-technology-to-recycle-used-clothes-rather-than-simply-burning-them 38 comments science
- People, not the climate, caused the decline of the giant mammals. For the first 700,000 years, the populations were fairly stable, but 50,000 years ago the curve broke and populations fell dramatically and never recovered https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/news/show/artikel/people-not-the-climate-caused-the-decline-of-the-giant-mammals 84 comments environment
- New research may explains how Homo erectus managed to cross the African and Middle East desert 2.1 million years ago: there was no desert because climate created a green corridor that our early ancestors probably took advantage https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/news/show/artikel/climate-played-a-crucial-role-in-human-migration-from-africa 23 comments science
- Scientists have put together a new image of Neanderthals based on the genes Neanderthals left in the DNA of modern humans when they had children with them about 50,000 years ago. Researchers found the new pieces of the puzzle by trawling the genomes of more than 27,000 Icelanders https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/news/show/artikel/islandsk-dna-puslespil-giver-ny-viden-om-neandertalere/ 5 comments science