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by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2012-01-12 12:10

Homo sapiens arrived earlier in Europe than previously known

by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2011-11-03 11:30

Subtit.: Virtual Anthropology allows new identification of first modern humans Members of our species (Homo sapiens) arrived in Europe several millennia earlier than previously thought. At this conclusion a team of researchers, led by the Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, arrived after re-analyses of two ancient deciduous teeth. These teeth were discovered 1964 in the "Grotta del Cavallo", a prehistoric cave in southern Italy. Since their discovery they have been attributed to Neanderthals, but this new study suggests they belong to anatomically modern humans. Chronometric analysis, carried out by the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at the University of Oxford, shows that the layers within which the teeth were found date to ~43,000-45,000 cal BP. This means that the human remains are older than any other known European modern humans. The research work was published in the renowned science journal Nature.

Here’s looking at you, kid!

by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2010-10-12 15:11

Novel interdisciplinary research of the Department of Anthropology (University of Vienna, Austria) jointly with members of the psychology departments of the Universities of Bamberg (Germany), Salzburg and Vienna (both Austria), as well as the automotive business consultancy EFS Unternehmensberatung GmbH (head office in Vienna, Austria), discovered that facial features were consistently associated with car fronts using eye tracking.

Fish in the Mall

by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2010-10-12 15:13

Fish in the mall—a new study investigates the human propensity to direct attention towards biological stimuli (water, animals and plants) even in modern urban environments.

The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus

by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2009-02-03 10:17

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Vienna MicroCT has been installed

by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2008-12-12 12:30

The Vienna MicroCT has been delivered and has entered an extensive test-phase.

Cars and Faces

by Martin Dockner, Mag. — 2008-11-28 15:25

When we look at human faces we automatically extract information about sex, age, and emotions. This same process is also applied to artificial structures, such as cars.