Woman, 76, gets her voice back after scientists used Tipping Point appearance to reconstruct voice

Woman, 76, gets her voice back after scientists used her appearance on TV game show as a guide to how she speaks Helen Whitelaw appeared on ITV’s Tipping Point in 2019, winning almost £3,000 Year later, she was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, affecting her speech But engineers have now used show footage to capture … Read more

Shape of human teeth can help to reconstruct genetic relationships

Shape of human TEETH can reveal the owner’s genetic history and could be used to identify people in forensic investigations and trace the evolution of our species using fossils Researchers assessed different traits of teeth and their combinations  Found links between physical characteristics and genetic links in other studies   Claim teeth can be used to … Read more

Apes’ inner ears could help scientists reconstruct the early branches of the human family tree

Apes’ inner ears could help scientists reconstruct the early branches of the human family tree and identify the last common ancestor from which we evolved Researchers compared the bony inner ear structures of 27 primate species These included humans and gorillas as well as extinct apes and Australopithecus They found that ear structure similarities indicate evolutionary relationships … Read more