Early Cultures News

Posted February 16, 2009:

• Evolutionary Link To Modern-Day Obesity, Other Problems
• Draft Version Of The Neanderthal Genome Completed

Posted February 12, 2009:

• Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

Posted February 6, 2009:

• Despite Their Diversity, Pygmies Of Western Central Africa Share Recent Common Ancestors

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Early Humans Had 'Jaws Of Steel'

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Temporal Relationships Established Within Archaeological Complexes

Posted January 19, 2009:

• Language Driven By Culture, Not Biology, Study Shows

Posted January 18, 2009:

• Largest-to-Date Genetic Snapshot Of Iceland 1,000 Years Ago Completed

Posted January 15, 2009:

• Primate Culture Is Just A Stone's Throw Away From Human Evolution, Study Finds

Posted January 2, 2009:

• Six North American Sites Hold 12,900-Year-Old Nanodiamond-Rich Soil

Posted December 30, 2008:

• Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows

Posted December 24, 2008:

• Passage Graves From An Astronomical Perspective

Posted December 21, 2008:

• Archaeological Discovery: Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-Dwelling Human Ancestors

Posted December 17, 2008:

• Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality

Posted December 16, 2008:

• Is Holiday Giving An Obligation?

Posted December 15, 2008:

• 4,000-Year-Old Amber Necklace Has Been Unearthed In England

Posted December 11, 2008:

• The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberia

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Floppy-Footed Gibbons Help Us Understand How Early Humans May Have Walked
• Funerary Monument Reveals Iron Age Belief That The Soul Lived In The Stone

Posted November 18, 2008:

• World's Earliest Nuclear Family Found

Posted November 13, 2008:

• Rare Hebrew Seal From First Temple Period Discovered In Archaeological Excavations In Jerusalem's Western Wall Plaza

Posted November 7, 2008:

• Epic Voyage To Discover Origins And Migration Routes Of Ancestors Of Ancient Polynesians And Their Animals

Posted November 5, 2008:

• Skeleton Of 12,000-Year-Old Shaman Discovered Buried With Leopard, 50 Tortoises And Human Foot

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Fire Out Of Africa: A Key To The Migration Of Prehistoric Humans

Posted October 23, 2008:

• Archaeologists Find Unique, Early US Relic Of African Worship

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Deathways Open Doors To Unexpected Cultural Practices

Posted September 10, 2008:

• Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution

Posted August 29, 2008:

• 'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Bone Parts Don't Add Up To Conclusion Of Hobbit-Like Palauan Dwarfs

Posted August 26, 2008:

• New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth

Posted August 25, 2008:

• Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee

Posted August 6, 2008:

• Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Genetic Evidence Used To Trace Ancient African Migration

Posted July 30, 2008:

• 'Chicken And Chips' Theory Of Pacific Migration

Posted July 23, 2008:

• New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Athapaskan Migration To Southwest U.S. Illuminated With Y Chromosome Study
• Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen

Posted July 16, 2008:

• Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,' Other Numbers

Posted July 7, 2008:

• Genetic Status Of North-East India's Adi Tribe Detailed

Posted June 27, 2008:

• Pumice As A Time Witness

Posted June 24, 2008:

• Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History

Posted June 23, 2008:

• Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought

Posted June 16, 2008:

• Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights

Posted June 10, 2008:

• New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race

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