Anthropology News

Posted February 22, 2006:

• There's Something Fishy About Human Brain Evolution

Posted February 21, 2006:

• 'Kelp Highway' May Have Helped Peopling Of The Americas
• AAAS Denounces Anti-evolution Laws As Hundreds Of K-12 Teachers Convene

Posted February 20, 2006:

• Early Human Ancestors Walked On The Wild Side

Posted February 13, 2006:

• Early California: A Killing Field -- Research Shatters Utopian Myth, Finds Indians Decimated Birds

Posted February 12, 2006:

• Find In Egypt Promises More 'Wonderful Things'

Posted February 10, 2006:

• New Analysis Shows Three Human Migrations Out Of Africa

Posted February 1, 2006:

• Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Earliest African Slaves Brought To New World

Posted January 31, 2006:

• Archaeologists Uncover One Of Biggest Medieval Graveyards

Posted January 26, 2006:

• Pitt Professor's Theory Of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research

Posted January 25, 2006:

• Humans Have A Strong Desire To Help Each Other, But Is Spite Also Part Of The Human Condition?

Posted January 24, 2006:

• UNC Charlotte Linguist Restores Lost Language, Culture For 'The New World'

Posted January 19, 2006:

• New Study Reveals Neanderthals Were As Good At Hunting As Early Modern Humans

Posted January 17, 2006:

• Nearly Half Of Ashkenazi Jews Descended From Four 'Founding Mothers'

Posted January 13, 2006:

• Donner Party Cannibalism Legends Remain Unproven

Posted January 6, 2006:

• Researchers Discover Greek Temple In Albania Dating Back To 6th Century B.C.
• Redating Of The Latest Neandertals In Europe

Posted January 4, 2006:

• The First Baby Boom: Skeletal Evidence Shows Abrupt Worldwide Increase In Birth Rate During Neolithic Period

Posted December 27, 2005:

• Dwarfs Commanded Respect In Ancient Egypt

Posted December 26, 2005:

• New Study Shows Animal Family Tree Looking Bushy In Places

Posted December 22, 2005:

• Scientists Narrow The Time Limits For The Human And Chimpanzee Split

Posted December 20, 2005:

• Why We Give: New Study Finds Evidence Of Generosity Among Our Early Human Ancestors

Posted December 16, 2005:

• Earliest Evidence For Large Scale Organized Warfare In The Mesopotamian World

Posted December 14, 2005:

• Ancient Humans Brought Bottle Gourds To The Americas From Asia

Posted December 1, 2005:

• Alleged 40,000-year-old Human Footprints In Mexico Much, Much Older Than Thought

Posted November 25, 2005:

• Earliest Animals Had Human-like Genes

Posted November 22, 2005:

• The First Laugh: New Study Posits Evolutionary Origins Of Two Distinct Types Of Laughter

Posted November 15, 2005:

• 'Perception' Gene Tracked Humanity's Evolution, Scientists Say
• Archaeologists: Ancient Brewery Tended By Elite, Female Brewmasters

Posted November 13, 2005:

• Giant Ape Lived Alongside Humans
• Earliest European Farmers Left Little Genetic Mark On Modern Europe

Posted November 7, 2005:

• Modern Humans Arrival In South Asia May Have Led To Demise Of Indigenous Populations
• Genetics Used To Prove Linguistic Theories

Posted October 30, 2005:

• Flipped Genetic Sequences Illuminate Human Evolution And Disease

Posted October 23, 2005:

• Natural Selection Has Strongly Influenced Recent Human Evolution, Study Finds

Posted October 14, 2005:

• Ancient Anthropoid Origins Discovered In Africa

Posted October 13, 2005:

• Radiocarbon Dates Reveal That New Guinea Art Is Older Than Thought

Posted September 28, 2005:

• How A Zebra Lost Its Stripes: Rapid Evolution Of The Quagga

Posted September 27, 2005:

• Transmission Of Tuberculosis Is Linked To Historical Patterns Of Human Migration

Posted September 20, 2005:

• Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans'

Posted September 9, 2005:

• University Of Chicago Researchers Find Human Brain Still Evolving

Posted September 7, 2005:

• Mystery Surrounds 'Porcelain Of The Southwest'

Posted August 26, 2005:

• New Understanding Of Human Sacrifice In Early Peru

Posted August 23, 2005:

• RIT Study Benchmarks Quality Of Digital Archiving In American Museums

Posted August 20, 2005:

• Researchers Discover Ancient Origins Of Tuberculosis-causing Bacteria

Posted August 16, 2005:

• Studies Of Amazonian Languages Challenge Linguistic Theories

Posted August 10, 2005:

• New Analysis Of Pottery Stirs Olmec Trade Controversy

Posted August 5, 2005:

• Researchers Probe How An Ancient Microbe Thrives And Evolves Without Sex

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