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How Au. Sediba Walked, Chewed and Moved
April 11, 2013 — The 2-million-year-old fossils belong to the species Australopithecus sediba (Au. sediba) and provides "unprecedented insight into the anatomy and phylogenetic position of an early human ancestor," ... > full story -
How Human Ancestor Walked, Chewed, and Moved
April 11, 2013 — Scientists have pieced together how the hominid Australopithecus sediba (Au. sediba) walked, chewed, and moved nearly two million years ago. Their research also shows that Au. sediba had a notable ... > full story -
Walk This Way: New Research Suggests Human Ancestors May Have Used Different Forms of Bipedalism During the Plio-Pleistocene
April 11, 2013 — According to a new study, our Australopithecus ancestors may have used different approaches to getting around on two feet. The new findings represent the culmination of more than four years of ... > full story -
Pottery Reveals Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers’ Taste for Fish
April 10, 2013 — Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study which reports the earliest direct evidence for the use of ceramic ... > full story -
New Light Shed on Ancient Egyptian Port and Ship Graveyard
April 7, 2013 — New research illuminates Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC. This obligatory port of entry, known as 'Thonis' by the Egyptians and ... > full story -
Shark Tooth Weapons Reveal Missing Shark Species in Central Pacific Islands
April 3, 2013 — The Gilbert Island reefs in the Central Pacific were once home to two species of sharks not previously reported in historic records or contemporary studies. The species were discovered in a new ... > full story -
New Clues in the Search to Rediscover the Mysterious Maya Blue Formula
April 2, 2013 — The recipe and process for preparing Maya Blue, a highly-resistant pigment used for centuries in Mesoamerica, were lost. We know that the ingredients are a plant dye, indigo, and a type of clay known ... > full story -
Scientists Provide a More Accurate Age for the El Sidrón Cave Neanderthals
April 2, 2013 — A study has been able to accurately determine the age of the Neanderthal remains found in the El Sidrón cave (Asturias, Spain) for which previous studies had provided inexact measurements. The ... > full story -
Tarsiers' Bulging Eyes Shed Light on Evolution of Human Vision
March 27, 2013 — After eons of wandering in the dark, primates developed highly acute, three-color vision that permitted them to shift to daytime living, a new study suggests. The findings challenge the prevailing ... > full story -
First Migration from Africa Less Than 95,000 Years Ago: Ancient Hunter-Gatherer DNA Challenges Theory of Early out-of-Africa Migrations
March 22, 2013 — Recent measurements of the rate at which children show DNA changes not seen in their parents -- the "mutation rate" -- have challenged views about major dates in human evolution. In particular these ... > full story
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