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Posted August 11, 2009:

• Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models, With New Imaging Technique

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Human Population Expanded During Late Stone Age, Genetic Evidence Shows
• Computers Unlock More Secrets Of The Mysterious Indus Valley Script

Posted July 24, 2009:

• DNA Of Ancient Lost Barley Could Help Modern Crops Cope With Water Stress

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Australian Aborigines Initially Arrived Via South Asia

Posted July 22, 2009:

• Human Spear Likely Cause Of Death Of Neandertal
• New Insights Into Iran's Past: Landlord Villages Of The Tehran Plain

Posted July 21, 2009:

• How Evolution Can Allow For Large Developmental Leaps

Posted July 19, 2009:

• A Bridge Too Far? Stark Warning From History Over Plans For 'Inhabited' London Bridge

Posted July 15, 2009:

• Last Supper Of The Hominids Establishes Times They Lived At Sites

Posted July 13, 2009:

• First Direct Evidence Of Substantial Fish Consumption By Early Modern Humans In China 40,000 Years Ago
• Core Nuclear Pore Elements Likely Shared By All Eukaryotes

Posted July 12, 2009:

• Monkeys And Humans Use Parallel Mechanism To Recognize Faces

Posted July 9, 2009:

• Underwater Exploration Seeks Evidence Of Early Americans

Posted July 7, 2009:

• Underground Cave Dating From The Year 1 A.D. Exposed In Jordan Valley

Posted July 3, 2009:

• Computer Recognizes Archaeological Material And Fake Van Goghs

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers

Posted July 1, 2009:

• New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Paleolithic Bone Flute Discovered: Earliest Musical Tradition Documented In Southwestern Germany

Posted June 23, 2009:

• 54-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains
• Social Competition May Be Reason For Bigger Brain

Posted June 22, 2009:

• New 'Molecular Clock' Aids Dating Of Human Migration History

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-Bird Links
• Archeological Evidence Of Human Activity Found Beneath Lake Huron
• Neolithic Age: Prehistoric Complex Including Two 6,000-Year-Old Tombs Discovered In Britain

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Basket Weaving May Have Taught Humans To Count

Posted June 7, 2009:

• Geography And History Shape Genetic Differences In Humans

Posted June 5, 2009:

• High Population Density Triggers Cultural Explosions

Posted June 2, 2009:

• New Hominid 12 Million Years Old Found In Spain, With 'Modern' Facial Features

Posted May 30, 2009:

• Saved By Junk DNA: Vital Role In The Evolution Of Human Genome

Posted May 29, 2009:

• Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth
• Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

Posted May 27, 2009:

• Oldest Evidence Of Leprosy Found In India

Posted May 26, 2009:

• Link Between Sociality And Brain Increase In Carnivores Questioned By Evolutionary Biologists

Posted May 20, 2009:

• Feeding Behaviors In Monkeys And Humans Have Ancient, Shared Roots, Bolivian Rainforest Study Suggests

Posted May 19, 2009:

• First Evidence Of Pre-Industrial Mercury Pollution In The Andes
• Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates? 'Extraordinary' Fossil Is 47 Million Years Old

Posted May 18, 2009:

• Genome-Wide Insights Into Patterns Of The World's Human Population Structures

Posted May 15, 2009:

• Ancient Trading Raft Sails Anew

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Warriors Do Not Always Get The Girl

Posted May 9, 2009:

• EBay Has Unexpected, Chilling Effect On Looting Of Antiquities, Archaelogist Finds

Posted May 8, 2009:

• Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

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