Anthropology News

Posted May 10, 2007:

• New Research Confirms 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Gene Mutation Linked To Cognition Is Found Only In Humans

Posted May 2, 2007:

• Climate Change Pushed Neanderthal Into Extinction In Iberian Peninsula, Spanish Researcher Says

Posted April 25, 2007:

• Sea Squirt, Heal Thyself: Scientists Make Major Breakthrough In Regenerative Medicine
• Studying Early China, To Learn Why Civilizations Rise And Fall

Posted April 24, 2007:

• The Emerging Fate Of The Neandertals
• An Ancient Inca Tax And Metallurgy In Peru

Posted April 21, 2007:

• Human-Chimp Gene Study Upsets Long-Held View

Posted April 17, 2007:

• Ancient Amphibians Evolved A Bite Before Migrating To Dry Land

Posted April 13, 2007:

• New Primate Species Found In 42 Million-Year-Old Texas Fossils
• Human-Chimp Differences Uncovered With Analysis Of Rhesus Monkey Genome

Posted April 12, 2007:

• Chimps Have Been Found Using Caves For Shelter

Posted April 10, 2007:

• Anthropologist Finds Earliest Evidence Of Maize Farming In Mexico
• Discovery Of America: Revolutionary Claims Of A Dead Historian

Posted April 7, 2007:

• Human Migration In The Northern Polar Regions

Posted April 3, 2007:

• China's Earliest Modern Human
• Bony Vertebrate Evolution: Elephant Sharks Closer To Humans Than Teleost Fish

Posted March 30, 2007:

• Biologists Call For Better Choice Of Model Organisms In 'Evo-Devo'

Posted March 29, 2007:

• Ewwwww! UCLA Anthropologist Studies Evolution's Disgusting Side
• Could Thomas Jefferson's DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Posted March 27, 2007:

• Man's Earliest Direct Ancestors Looked More Apelike Than Previously Believed

Posted March 25, 2007:

• New Archaeological Findings On Political Power In Peru

Posted March 24, 2007:

• New Evidence Of 'Human' Culture Among Primates

Posted March 23, 2007:

• Global Warming Could Be Reversing A Trend That Led To Bigger Human Brains

Posted March 22, 2007:

• Scientist Develops New Mathematical Model To Study Disease Genetics And Evolution

Posted March 16, 2007:

• Tooth Decay Analysis Supports 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution

Posted March 14, 2007:

• How Long Is A Child A Child? Human Developmental Patterns Emerged More Than 160,000 Years Ago

Posted March 13, 2007:

• Pig Study Forces Rethink Of Pacific Colonisation

Posted March 12, 2007:

• These Legs Were Made For Fighting: Human Ancestors Had Short Legs For Combat, Not Just Climbing

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Human Pubic Lice Acquired From Gorillas Gives Evolutionary Clues
• New Study Rewrites Evolutionary History Of Vespid Wasps

Posted March 7, 2007:

• Man's Best Friend Lends Insight Into Human Evolution

Posted March 6, 2007:

• Two-Step Process Filters Evolution Of Genes Of Human And Chimpanzee

Posted March 4, 2007:

• Linguistics Expert Warns Of Language Extinction

Posted March 2, 2007:

• Peruvian Citadel Is Site Of Earliest Ancient Solar Observatory In The Americas

Posted March 1, 2007:

• Biological Kinship: Nonconscious Mechanism In Human Brain Identifies Genetic Siblings On Basis Of Ancient Cues
• New DNA Study Helps Explain Unique Diversity Among Melanesians
• Ancient Retrovirus Is Resurrected
• Early Europeans Unable To Stomach Milk

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players In Hominid Extinctions

Posted February 25, 2007:

• DNA Analysis Reveals Rapid Population Shift Among Pleistocene Cave Bears
• Inhabitants Of Columbus' First Settlement Were Desperate To Find Metals, Study Finds

Posted February 24, 2007:

• Experimental Evolution In Robots Probes The Emergence Of Biological Communication

Posted February 23, 2007:

• Chimpanzees Discovered Making And Using Spears To Hunt Other Primates

Posted February 20, 2007:

• The Mysterious Case Of Columbus's Silver Ore
• Practice Of Farming Reaches Back Farther Than Thought

Posted February 18, 2007:

• Europeans' Understanding Of Science, Evolution, More Advanced Than Americans

Posted February 16, 2007:

• Out Of Africa -- Bacteria, As Well: Homo Sapiens And H. Pylori Jointly Spread Across The Globe

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