Anthropology News

Posted February 22, 2000:

• Complex Old World Origins Of First Americans Revealed In Analysis Of Prehistoric And Modern Skulls

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts

Posted January 21, 2000:

• Dutch Archaeologists Uncover Earliest Egyptian Temple

Posted January 11, 2000:

• Big Bang Theory Of Human Evolution?

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Scientists Document Most Recent Date For Neandertals

Posted October 22, 1999:

• Discovery Of Oldest Dinosaur Bones Reported In Science
• University Of Arkansas Archeologist's Scientific Vision Pierces Through Time…and Soil

Posted October 15, 1999:

• Primitive Primate Makes The Case For Asian Anthropoid Origins

Posted October 5, 1999:

• Some Neanderthals Practiced Cannibalism Shows Find From French Cave
• Brookhaven Lab Expert Helps Date Flute Thought To Be Oldest Playable Musical Instrument

Posted September 21, 1999:

• Discoveries At Teotihuacan's Pyramid Of The Moon Help Unlock Mysteries Of Western Hemisphere's First Major Metropolis

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Jurassic Period Mammal Teeth Found -- Prevailing Theories Challenged

Posted August 31, 1999:

• Primate Genus Sheds Light On Great Ape And Human Origins

Posted August 30, 1999:

• Seafood Was Brain Food, Says Researcher

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution

Posted August 6, 1999:

• New Tree Of Life For Plants: 'Animal Kingdom' And 'Plant Kingdom' Categories No Longer Relevant

Posted May 13, 1999:

• Florida Anthropologists Study Techniques To Solve Mysteries Of Dead Bodies

Posted April 28, 1999:

• Archeologists Find Milder Arctic Climate May Have Aided Aleutian Settlement

Posted April 26, 1999:

• Grant Awards Announced For International Archeological Program

Posted April 23, 1999:

• New Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 12, 1999:

• New Findings On Primitive Shark Contradicts Current View Of Jaw Evolution

Posted March 22, 1999:

• University At Albany Anthropologist Examines Evolutionary Implications Of Different Brain Sizes In Men And Women

Posted January 21, 1999:

• Large Gene Study Questions Cambrian Explosion

Posted November 13, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Large, Predatory Dinosaur Reported In Science

Posted October 28, 1998:

• Possible Human Ancestors Lived In Spain 780,000 Years Ago
• ASU Archaeologist Discovers Possible Key To Mysteries Of The Western Hemisphere's First Metropolis

Posted October 9, 1998:

• Cradle Of Chocolate? Cacao Craving May Explain 3000-Year Occupation Of Honduran Village, Archaeologists Say

Posted October 8, 1998:

• Conservation Plans Under Development To Preserve Prehistoric Salvadoran Village

Posted September 12, 1998:

• 14,000 Years Of Atmospheric Lead Emissions Recorded In Swiss Peat Bog

Posted August 19, 1998:

• Researchers Discover Church Submerged In Ancient Port City

Posted August 7, 1998:

• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back: Researchers Propose Controversial New Model For Evolution Of Humans And Apes

Posted July 15, 1998:

• Researcher Discovers Oldest Shoe East Of Rockies; Discovery Will Lead To Better Understanding Of Early Culture

Posted July 14, 1998:

• Priestly Gene Shared By Widely Dispersed Jews

Posted July 10, 1998:

• UNC-CH Archaeologists Move 1,000 Tons Of Earth To Establish Hillsborough History

Posted July 7, 1998:

• 'Modern' Behavior Began 40,000 Years Ago In Africa, Evidence Suggests

Posted June 18, 1998:

• Mr. Ples Throws Scientists Into A Tizzy

Posted May 12, 1998:

• New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 3, 1998:

• Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment Discovered In Egypt By Science Team
• Anthropologist Uses Engineering, Mathematics To Show Short-Legged Human Ancestors Were Very Efficient Walkers

Posted March 31, 1998:

• Excavations In Prehistoric Chinese Cave Uncover Unusual Collections Of Large Mammals

Posted February 16, 1998:

• NASA Radar Reveals Hidden Remains At Ancient Angkor

Posted February 9, 1998:

• New Dinosaur Finds In Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture Of Past Ecosystem

Posted January 28, 1998:

• Archaeological CD-ROM Breaks New Ground

Posted January 7, 1998:

• Mummy Dearest -- “Mysterious Mummies of China” On NOVA

Posted October 27, 1997:

• Embryo Studies Show Dinosaurs Could Not Have Given Rise To Modern Birds

Posted October 16, 1997:

• Yaba-Daba-Glue! Stone-Age Use Of Collagen Discovered

Posted October 15, 1997:

• Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa

Posted August 15, 1997:

• Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor

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