Anthropology News

Posted October 23, 2008:

• Archaeologists Find Unique, Early US Relic Of African Worship

Posted October 22, 2008:

• Out Of Mesopotamia: Evolutionary History Of Tuberculosis

Posted October 20, 2008:

• New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas

Posted October 19, 2008:

• Genetic-Based Human Diseases Are An Ancient Evolutionary Legacy, Research Suggests

Posted October 15, 2008:

• Did Pirates Create The Credit Crunch?
• Why Do Women Get More Cavities Than Men?
• Earliest Known Human TB Found In 9,000 Year-Old Skeletons
• 2 Ears Struck Off: 12 Marks In Payment

Posted October 14, 2008:

• Archaeological Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Deathways Open Doors To Unexpected Cultural Practices

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Egalitarian Revolution In The Pleistocene?

Posted October 1, 2008:

• New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

Posted September 24, 2008:

• New Life For Middle English: Norwegian Detective Work Gives New Knowledge Of The English Language

Posted September 23, 2008:

• 'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found

Posted September 16, 2008:

• New Ant Species Discovered In The Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage Of Ants

Posted September 10, 2008:

• Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution

Posted September 7, 2008:

• Long-Held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New Research

Posted September 5, 2008:

• DNA Shows That Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots

Posted September 4, 2008:

• Tutankhamen Fathered Twins, Mummified Fetuses Suggest
• Significance Of Milk In Development Of Culture To Be Studied

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Scientists Develop New Computational Method To Investigate Origin Of Life
• Person's Geographic Origins Located From DNA
• Prehistoric Funerary Precinct Excavated In Northern Israel: Grave Goods Include Phallic Figurines, Sea Shells

Posted August 29, 2008:

• 'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Bone Parts Don't Add Up To Conclusion Of Hobbit-Like Palauan Dwarfs

Posted August 26, 2008:

• New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth

Posted August 22, 2008:

• Tracing Origins Of Critical Step In Animal Evolution: The Development Of Nerves

Posted August 21, 2008:

• Oetzi The Iceman Dressed Like A Herdsman

Posted August 15, 2008:

• Stone Age Graveyard Reveals Lifestyles Of A 'Green Sahara'

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee

Posted August 8, 2008:

• Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-Year-Old Bone

Posted August 6, 2008:

• Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Genetic Evidence Used To Trace Ancient African Migration
• Schizophrenia: Costly By-Product Of Human Brain Evolution?
• Little Teeth Suggest Big Jump In Primate Timeline

Posted July 30, 2008:

• 'Chicken And Chips' Theory Of Pacific Migration

Posted July 28, 2008:

• Glazed America: Anthropologist Examines Doughnut As Symbol Of Consumer Culture
• Anthropologist Helps Unravel Mummy Mystery

Posted July 24, 2008:

• Predynastic Human Presence Discovered By Core Drilling At The Northern Nile Delta Coast, Egypt

Posted July 23, 2008:

• New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years
• Athapaskan Migration To Southwest U.S. Illuminated With Y Chromosome Study
• Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen

Posted July 18, 2008:

• From Humming Fish To Puccini: Vocal Communication Evolved With Ancient Species

Posted July 16, 2008:

• Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,' Other Numbers

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