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Ancient Footprints Show Human-Like Walking Began Nearly 4 Million Years Ago
July 19, 2011 — Scientists have found that ancient footprints in Laetoli, Tanzania, show that human-like features of the feet and gait existed almost two million years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Evolution of the Evolutionarily Minded
July 19, 2011 — Since Charles Darwin's publication of "The Origin of Species," evolutionary theory has become the bedrock of modern biology, yet its application to the understanding of the human mind remains ... > full story -
Non-Africans Are Part Neanderthal, Genetic Research Shows
July 18, 2011 — Some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals and is found exclusively in people outside Africa, new research ... > full story -
Social Networking -- 400 Years Ago
June 29, 2011 — Renaissance specialists in the UK have discovered that the art of social networking pre-dates the Twitter and Facebook generations by more than 400 ... > full story -
Cutting Edge Training Developed the Human Brain 80,000 Years Ago
June 21, 2011 — Advanced crafting of stone spearheads contributed to the development of new ways of human thinking and behaving. The technology took a long time to acquire, required step by step planning and ... > full story -
Ancient Mycenaean Fortress Uncovered
June 20, 2011 — New research in Cyprus reveals the remnants of a Late Bronze Age (1500-750 B.C.) fortress that may have functioned to protect an important urban economic center in the ancient ... > full story -
Huge Ancient Language Dictionary Finished After 90 Years
June 7, 2011 — An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 ... > full story -
Autism May Have Had Advantages in Humans' Hunter-Gatherer Past, Researcher Believes
June 3, 2011 — Though people with autism face many challenges because of their condition, they may have been capable hunter-gatherers in prehistoric times, according to a new ... > full story -
Climate Played Big Role in Vikings' Disappearance from Greenland
May 30, 2011 — Greenland's early Viking settlers were subjected to rapidly changing climate. Temperatures plunged several degrees in a span of decades, according to researchers. A reconstruction of 5,600 years of ... > full story -
Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Mine in the Americas
May 19, 2011 — Archaeologists have discovered a 12,000-year-old iron oxide mine in Chile that marks the oldest evidence of organized mining ever found in the Americas, according to a new ... > full story -
Last Neanderthals Near the Arctic Circle?
May 13, 2011 — Remains found near the Arctic Circle characteristic of Mousterian culture have recently been dated at over 28,500 years old, which is more than 8,000 years after Neanderthals are thought to have ... > full story -
Neanderthals Died out Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Evidence Suggests
May 10, 2011 — Direct dating of a fossil of a Neanderthal infant suggests that Neanderthals probably died out earlier than previously ... > full story
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