Schlagwort: Culture

  • Is the enjoyment of music anchored in the genes?

    Is the enjoyment of music anchored in the genes?

    Does the ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A study recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications shows that enjoyment of music is partly hereditary. An international team led by scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany,…

  • Sharing is caring Central Europe’s first farming society lived on an equal footing

    Sharing is caring Central Europe’s first farming society lived on an equal footing

    Genetic study also shows long-distance migrations in Neolithic societies Vienna/Austria, December, 2nd, 2024 – An international research team led by Pere Gelabert and Ron Pinhasi from the University of Vienna and David Reich from Harvard University has presented the most complete set of genetic data to date from the Early Neolithic in Central Europe. The…