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Startling Survival Story at Historic Jamestown: Physical Evidence of Survival Cannibalism
May 1, 2013 — A forensic analysis of 17th-century human remains proves that survival cannibalism took place in historic Jamestown, Virginia. The findings answer a long-standing question among historians about the ... > full story -
Fossil of Great Ape Sheds Light on Evolution
May 1, 2013 — An integrative anatomy expert says the shape of an 11.8-million-year-old specimen's pelvis indicates that it lived near the beginning of the great ape evolution, after the lesser apes had started to ... > full story -
First Land Animals Kept Fishlike Jaws for Millions of Years
April 30, 2013 — For the first time, fossil jaw measurements confirm that land animals developed legs millions of years before their feeding systems changed enough to let them eat a land-based diet. The pattern had ... > full story -
Archeologists Unearth New Information on Origins of Maya Civilization
April 25, 2013 — A new study challenges the two prevailing theories on how the ancient Maya civilization began, suggesting its origins are more complex than previously thought. The findings are based on seven years ... > full story -
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe's Dynamic Genetic History
April 23, 2013 — Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern ... > full story -
Iron in Primeval Seas Rusted by Bacteria
April 23, 2013 — Researchers have been able to show for the first time how microorganisms contributed to the formation of the world's biggest iron ore deposits. The biggest known deposits -- in South Africa and ... > full story -
Evolving Genes Lead to Evolving Genes: Selection in European Populations of Genes Regulated by FOXP2
April 18, 2013 — Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated ... > full story -
Towards the Origin of America's First Settlers
April 17, 2013 — The international scientific community faces the exciting challenge of discovering the origin of America's first settlers. A new publication shapes some alternatives to the hypothesis of a single ... > full story -
Findings Confirm Early South African Hominins
April 15, 2013 — Close examination of the lower jawbone, teeth and skeleton of the hominid species Australopithecus sediba proves conclusively that it is uniquely different from a closely related species, ... > full story -
Abuse of Students Doing Anthropological Fieldwork
April 13, 2013 — College athletes are not the only ones who sometimes suffer at the hands of higher ups. A new report brings to light a more hidden and pernicious problem -- the psychological, physical and sexual ... > full story
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