Anthropology News

Posted May 30, 2008:

• Altruism In Social Insects Is A Family Affair

Posted May 29, 2008:

• Indiana Jones And The Plunder Of Cultural Heritage

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Authentic Viking DNA Retrieved From 1,000-Year-Old Skeletons

Posted May 26, 2008:

• New Research Forces U-Turn In Population Migration Theory

Posted May 25, 2008:

• Is Indy Chasing A Fake? Two Well-Known Crystal Skulls Did Not, After All, Come From Ancient Mexico

Posted May 24, 2008:

• New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

Posted May 18, 2008:

• New Tool To Understand Evolution Of Multi-Domain Genes Developed

Posted May 16, 2008:

• 'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

Posted May 15, 2008:

• Mice Can Do Without Humans' Most Treasured Genes

Posted May 14, 2008:

• Archaeologist Uses Satellite Imagery To Explore Ancient Mexico

Posted May 12, 2008:

• Genetics Confirm Oral Traditions Of Druze In Israel

Posted May 9, 2008:

• New Evidence From Earliest Known Human Settlement In The Americas

Posted April 30, 2008:

• New Findings Challenge Conventional Ideas On Evolution Of Human Diet, Natural Selection
• Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Freshwater Herring Had Salty Origin
• Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years

Posted April 24, 2008:

• Archaeologists Find 18th Century Log Road In Annapolis, Maryland, US

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Ancient Buddhist Paintings From Bamiyan Were Made Of Oil, Hundreds Of Years Before Technique Was 'Invented' In Europe

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Slowly-Developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-Witted
• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years

Posted April 20, 2008:

• Early Elephant 'Was Amphibious'

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Unearthing Clues Of Catastrophic Earthquakes

Posted April 17, 2008:

• Clues To Ancestral Origin Of Placenta Emerge In Genetics Study

Posted April 14, 2008:

• Plan Brokered By Archaeologists Would Remove Roadblock To Mideast Peace

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society
• Archaeologist Helps Community By Keeping African Artifacts In Africa

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Technique Traces Origins Of Disease Genes In Mixed Human Populations

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Is Globalization as Old as the Earth?
• Fossil From Last Common Ancestor Of Neanderthals And Humans Found In Europe, 1.2 Million Years Old

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Scientists Reshape Y Chromosome Haplogroup Tree Gaining New Insights Into Human Ancestry
• Pre-Clovis Human DNA Found In 14,300-Year-Old Feces In Oregon Cave Is Oldest In New World
• Natural Selection Protected Some East Asian Populations From Alcoholism, Study Suggests

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Menopause Is An Adaptation To Minimize Reproductive Competition Between Females In A Family, Research Suggests
• Oldest Known Gold Artifacts In The Americas Discovered

Posted March 29, 2008:

• How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built?

Posted March 22, 2008:

• Floating A Big Idea: Ancient Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods Demonstrated

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago, Thigh Bone Comparison Suggests
• Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time
• Early Americans Arrived Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Rethinking Early Evolution: Earth's Earliest Animal Ecosystem Was Complex And Included Sexual Reproduction
• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection

Posted March 18, 2008:

• Gold Scroll Discovered: Earliest Evidence Of Jewish Inhabitants In Austria

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Domestication Of The Donkey May Have Taken A Long Time

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-Bodied Humans

Posted March 7, 2008:

• Evidence Of Commerce Between Ancient Israel And China

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Giant Fossil Bats Out Of Africa, 35 Million Years Old
• Innovative Archaeological Survey Reveals Unknown Aspects Of China's Past

Posted March 4, 2008:

• New Discovery Of 'Old Growth' Crystals Provides New Record Of Planetary Evolution

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