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Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8000 Years
August 5, 2007 — Excavations of an underwater Stone Age archaeological settlement dating back 8000 years took place at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The team of archaeologists will take the sections ... > full story -
Early Humans In China One Million Years Ago
August 1, 2007 — Chronology and adaptability of early humans in different paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental settings are important topics in the study of human evolution. China houses several early-human ... > full story -
Why Humans Walk On Two Legs
July 20, 2007 — A team of anthropologists that studied chimpanzees trained to use treadmills has gathered new evidence suggesting that our earliest apelike ancestors started walking on two legs because it required ... > full story -
Original Human 'Stone Age' Diet Is Good For People With Diabetes, Study Finds
June 27, 2007 — Foods of the kind that were consumed during human evolution may be the best choice to control diabetes type 2. A study from Lund University, Sweden, found markedly improved capacity to handle ... > full story -
Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator
June 19, 2007 — Neanderthal man was not as stupid as has been made out says a new study published by a University of Leicester archaeologist. In fact Neanderthals were far removed from their stereotypical image and ... > full story -
Discovery Of The Oldest Adornments In The World
June 18, 2007 — The discovery of small perforated sea shells in eastern Morocco has shown that the use of bead adornments in North Africa is older than thought, dating to 82,000 years ago. As adornments, together ... > full story -
Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, Or What Is Now Turkey
June 16, 2007 — The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, according to a leading geneticist. He describes strong evidence that ... > full story -
2008 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites
June 9, 2007 — Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was recently announcedby the World Monuments Fund This year's list highlights three critical man-made threats: political conflict, unchecked urban and ... > full story -
'Cultured' Chimpanzees Pass On Novel Traditions
June 7, 2007 — The local customs that define human cultures in important ways also exist in the ape world, suggests a new study. Indeed, captive chimpanzees, like people, can readily acquire new traditions, and ... > full story -
Lessons From The Orangutans: Upright Walking May Have Begun In The Trees
May 31, 2007 — By observing wild orangutans, a research team has found that walking on two legs may have arisen in relatively ancient, tree-dwelling apes, rather than in more recent human ancestors that had already ... > full story
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