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1. News - China - SCIENCE

   DNA links Asians and Native Americans to early humans in China

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 10:54am by AFP

   ... Neanderthals and Denisovans, who later became extinct,” said lead author Svante Paabo, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. The genetic analysis from the ancient bone showed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1134260/dna-links-asians-and-native-americans-early-humans-china
2. News - Asia

   Indians broke Australian isolation 4,000 years ago

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 04:22pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Evolutionary anthropology India Australia aborigines Agence France-Presse in Sydney Ancient Indians migrated to Australia and mixed with Aborigines 4,000 years ago, bringing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1128623/indians-broke-australian-isolation-4000-years-ago
3. Lifestyle - Health - AGEING

   Study on ageing finds 70 is the new 30

   Posted Oct 16th 2012, 12:12pm by Staff Reporter

   ... than the difference between hunter-gatherers and wild chimpanzees,” wrote lead author of the study Oskar Burger, of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1062329/study-ageing-finds-70-new-30
4. Lifestyle - Books - SCIENCE

   Book review: Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live, by Marlene Zuk

   Posted May 05th 2013, 12:00am by GDN

   ... Lifestyle Books Anthropology Evolution Evolutionary Biology Peter Forbes Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene Zuk Norton Marlene Zuk is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Minnesota and Paleofantasy targets the movement that insists we are biologically adapted to a Palaeolithic diet and lifestyle. On the face of it, the idea ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1229196/book-review-paleofantasy-what-evolution-really-tells-us-about-sex
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   What's happening to those hot jobs in Beijing?

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 05:45pm by Max Price

   ... career progression that allows an employee to develop and feel challenged, it is an opportunity to be seized. It is here where the Beijing job market may face challenges in the near future. Max ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1134486/whats-happening-those-hot-jobs-beijing
6. News - World - SCIENCE

   Asians, native Americans descended from same group, DNA analysis shows

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... of the leg's owner. "This individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans, who shared certain features with earlier forms such as Neanderthals, were replacing Neanderthals and Denisovans, who later became extinct," said lead author Svante Paabo, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. The analysis from the ancient bone showed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1134701/asians-native-americans-descended-same-group-dna-analysis-shows
7. News - World - SCIENCE

   Wrinkly fingers may help us get a better grip on wet things, study says

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Wrinkly finger Evolutionary adaption Gripping Agence France-Presse in Paris 'Prune fingers' help to improve your grip in wet conditions, finds study into 'digital puckering' Getting wrinkly fingers from soaking in the bath is an evolutionary advantage, for it helps us get a better grip on objects under water, scientists suggested yesterday. Digital puckering ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1124004/wrinkly-fingers-may-help-us-get-better-grip-wet-things-study-says
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   How to make a multicultural workplace work

   Posted May 02nd 2013, 04:08pm by Max Price

   ... talent. Every MNC in China wants to be a Chinese company with foreign headquarters, and not the contrary.   Author Max Price is a Partner at Antal International China in Beijing.  ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1228413/how-make-multicultural-workplace-work
9. Lifestyle - Fashion & Watches - LUXURY

   Max Busser: watchmaker extraordinaire

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Abid Rahman

   ... Lifestyle Fashion & Watches LIFE Luxury Brands Luxury Watches Watches Max Busser Abid Rahman life@scmp.com Max Busser looked to his friends when he setup his unorthodox brand, writes Abid Rahman Spend a few hours with Max Busser and it quickly becomes apparent why the founder of rebellious watch brand MB&F is among the most respected people in the industry. A born ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-watches/article/1228472/max-busser-watchmaker-extraordinaire
10. News - World - AUSTRALIA

    Ancient Indians migrated to Australia 4,000 years ago, says study

    Posted Jan 16th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

    ... Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reported "evidence of substantial gene flow between Indian populations and Australia about 4,000 years ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1128800/ancient-indians-migrated-australia-4000-years-ago-says-study

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