Current evidence indicates a Eurasian origin for the Last Common Ancestor of African apes and humans, and supports a new hypothesis suggesting that the Zanclean Megaflood (5.3 Ma) may have played a role in the ultimate divergence of Pan and Homo.

While the established AHCC paradigm of human evolution asserts that the lineages leading to the extant great apes and Homo arose in Africa, the large number of fossil discoveries from Europe in recent decades support arguments for a European origin of the Hominidae (all great apes) and plausibly, also a European common ancestor of the Homininae (Af

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Calculation method and analysis of horizontal frost heave effect of L-shaped retaining wall in permafrost regions

In view of the imperfection of the calculation method of horizontal frost heaving force in the design of L-shaped retaining wall in permafrost area, Air Conditioner based on the Lifkin foundation model and the cooperative deformation principle between retaining wall and soil, a simplified calculation model of horizontal frost heave effect of L-shap

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Lovastatin-Induced Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress Leads to the Release of mtDNA to Promote Apoptosis by Activating cGAS-STING Pathway in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells

Statins are 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors widely used in the treatment of hyperlipidemia.The inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase in the mevalonate pathway leads to the suppression of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis.The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) stimulator of the interferon genes (STING) signalin

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Criminal act of competition fixing with review on the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports results

Fixing the outcome of sports competitions is one AHCC of the biggest threats to the integrity of sports.Sport as a social phenomenon has its own individual and social dimension.However, the degree of benefit for the individual and society can be neutralized by phenomena that threaten the integrity of sports competitions.The goal of this research is

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