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Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior
September 9, 2008 — Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed ... > full story -
Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals
September 8, 2008 — Neanderthals had a brain at birth of a similar size to that of modern-day babies. However, after birth, their brain grew more quickly than it does for Homo sapiens and became larger too. ... > full story -
Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution
September 3, 2008 — Molecular and evolutionary biologists have produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature's most primitive multicellular organisms, providing a new insight into the evolution of all ... > full story -
'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization
August 28, 2008 — They aren't the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover. But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex enough ... > full story -
Bone Parts Don't Add Up To Conclusion Of Hobbit-Like Palauan Dwarfs
August 26, 2008 — Misinterpreted fragments of leg bones, teeth and brow ridges found in Palau appear to be an archaeologist's undoing, according to researchers at three institutions. They say that the so-called dwarfs ... > full story -
New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth
August 25, 2008 — New research has struck another blow to the theory that Neanderthals became extinct because they were less intelligent than our ancestors. The research team has shown that early stone tool ... > full story -
Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find
August 14, 2008 — Archaeologists in the UK have discovered two rare Roman stone sarcophagi. The 1800-year-old sandstone coffins were uncovered at a dig on the site of former chapel and office buildings in Newcastle ... > full story -
Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee
August 11, 2008 — Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park. Above the temple are foundations of a church from the Byzantine period. The excavations ... > full story -
Genetic Evidence Used To Trace Ancient African Migration
August 4, 2008 — Researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced ... > full story -
Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
August 4, 2008 — Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity ... > full story
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