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Human Prejudice Has Ancient Evolutionary Roots
March 17, 2011 — The tendency to perceive others as "us versus them" isn't exclusively human but appears to be shared by our primate cousins, a new study has ... > full story -
Neanderthals Were Nifty at Controlling Fire
March 14, 2011 — A new study shows clear evidence of the continuous control of fire by Neanderthals in Europe dating back roughly 400,000 years, yet another indication that they weren't dimwitted brutes as often ... > full story -
Atlantis Found? Film Highlights Professor’s Efforts to Locate Fabled Lost City
March 12, 2011 — Could the fabled lost city of Atlantis have been located? Using satellite photography, ground-penetrating radar and underwater technology, a team of experts has been surveying marshlands in Spain to ... > full story -
Anthropologists Link Human Uniqueness to Hunter-Gatherer Group Structure
March 10, 2011 — New findings by an international team of anthropologists suggest that human ancestral social structure may be the root of cumulative culture and cooperation and, ultimately, human ... > full story -
Missing DNA Helps Make Us Human
March 9, 2011 — Specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives -- chimpanzees, with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA -- can be attributed to the loss of chunks of DNA that control ... > full story -
Stone Tools Influenced Hand Evolution in Human Ancestors, Anthropologists Say
March 7, 2011 — Anthropologists have confirmed Charles Darwin's speculation that the evolution of unique features in the human hand was influenced by increased tool use in our ... > full story -
California Islands Give Up Evidence of Early Seafaring: Numerous Artifacts Found at Late Pleistocene Sites on the Channel Islands
March 3, 2011 — Evidence for a diversified sea-based economy among North American inhabitants dating from 12,200 to 11,400 years ago is emerging from three sites on California's Channel ... > full story -
Function of 'Junk DNA' in Human Genes
February 28, 2011 — Part of the answer to how and why humans differ from other primates may lie in the repetitive stretches of the genome that were once considered "junk." A new study finds that when a particular type ... > full story -
Homoplasy: A Good Thread to Pull to Understand the Evolutionary Ball of Yarn
February 24, 2011 — With the genetics of so many organisms that have different traits yet to study, and with the techniques for gathering full sets of genetic information from organisms rapidly evolving, the "forest" of ... > full story -
Discovery of Oldest Northern North American Human Remains Provides New Insights Into Ice-Age Culture
February 24, 2011 — Scientists have discovered the cremated skeleton of a Paleoindian child in the remains of an 11,500-year-old house in central Alaska. The findings reveal a slice of domestic life that has been ... > full story -
Origins of Farming in Europe Result of Human Migration and Cultural Change, Study Suggests
February 22, 2011 — It has long been debated as to whether the transition from a largely hunter-gatherer to an agricultural subsistence strategy in Europe was the result of the migration of farmers from the Near East ... > full story -
Archaeologist Models Past and Future Landscapes
February 20, 2011 — An archaeologist says it takes a revolution in thought, along with the newest methods of modeling, to produce a comprehensive picture of the past that can help inform land-use decisions for our ... > full story
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