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Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries Engineered Stone Tools, Anthropologists Discover
January 24, 2012 — New published research from anthropologists in the UK supports the long-held theory that early human ancestors across Africa, Western Asia and Europe engineered their stone ... > full story -
In Ancient Pompeii, Trash and Tombs Went Hand in Hand
January 4, 2012 — Trash and tombs went hand in hand in ancient Pompeii. That's according to research that provides new insights into daily life of that city before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD ... > full story -
Cultural Diversification Also Drives Human Evolution
December 22, 2011 — Changes in social structure and cultural practices can also contribute to human evolution, according to a new ... > full story -
Chinese Fossils Shed Light on Evolutionary Origin of Animals from Single-Cell Ancestors
December 22, 2011 — Evidence of the single-celled ancestors of animals, dating from the interval in the Earth's history just before multicellular animals appeared, has been discovered in 570 million-year-old rocks from ... > full story -
Attic Vases from Athens Inspired Cypriote Pottery
December 20, 2011 — Athenian pottery was exported to both east and west. In Cyprus the pottery was exported for about 300 years and it became a part of the Cypriots’ life. It also inspired the local potters and ... > full story -
Human Skull Is Highly Integrated: Study Sheds New Light on Evolutionary Changes
December 20, 2011 — Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred independently through separate evolutionary events may have actually ... > full storyMore: -
Chinese Scientists Announce the First Complete Sequencing of Mongolian Genome
December 19, 2011 — Chinese scientists have announced the first complete sequencing of Mongolian ... > full story -
Divers Retrieve Prehistoric Wood from Lake Huron
December 12, 2011 — Under the cold clear waters of Lake Huron, researchers have found a five-and-a-half foot-long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old. The wood, which is tapered and beveled on one side in ... > full story -
77,000-Year-Old Evidence for 'Bedding' and Use of Medicinal Plants Uncovered at South African Rock Shelter
December 8, 2011 — An international team of researchers has discovered the earliest evidence for the intentional construction of plant "bedding." The 77,000-year-old evidence for preserved plant bedding and the use of ... > full storyMore: -
Trail of 'Stone Breadcrumbs' Reveals the Identity of One of the First Human Groups to Leave Africa
November 30, 2011 — A series of new archaeological discoveries in the Sultanate of Oman, nestled in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, reveals the timing and identity of one of the first modern human ... > full story
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