Early Cultures News

Posted October 13, 2011:

• 100,000-Year-Old Ochre Toolkit and Workshop Discovered in South Africa

Posted October 8, 2011:

• Documentary Brings World's Oldest Underwater City Back to Life

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Archaeologist Argues World's Oldest Temples Were Not Temples at All

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Lungfish Provides Insight to Life on Land: 'Humans Are Just Modified Fish'

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Aboriginal Australians: The First Explorers

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Using Human Genomes to Illuminate the Mysteries of Early Human History
• Climatic Fluctuations Drove Key Events in Human Evolution, Researchers Find

Posted August 29, 2011:

• 2,000-Year-Old Burial Box Could Reveal Location of the Family of Caiaphas

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Interbreeding Between Modern Humans and Evolutionary Cousins Gave Healthy Immune System Boost to Human Genome, Study Finds

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Lion Adorning Citadel Gate Complex in Turkey

Posted July 28, 2011:

• Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of Modern Humans Infiltrating Europe Cited as Critical Factor

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Ancient Footprints Show Human-Like Walking Began Nearly 4 Million Years Ago
• Evolution of the Evolutionarily Minded

Posted July 18, 2011:

• Non-Africans Are Part Neanderthal, Genetic Research Shows

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Social Networking -- 400 Years Ago

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Cutting Edge Training Developed the Human Brain 80,000 Years Ago

Posted June 20, 2011:

• Ancient Mycenaean Fortress Uncovered

Posted June 7, 2011:

• Huge Ancient Language Dictionary Finished After 90 Years

Posted June 3, 2011:

• Autism May Have Had Advantages in Humans' Hunter-Gatherer Past, Researcher Believes

Posted May 30, 2011:

• Climate Played Big Role in Vikings' Disappearance from Greenland

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Mine in the Americas

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Last Neanderthals Near the Arctic Circle?

Posted May 10, 2011:

• Neanderthals Died out Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Evidence Suggests

Posted April 20, 2011:

• Evolution of Human 'Super-Brain' Tied to Development of Bipedalism, Tool-Making

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago

Posted April 14, 2011:

• First 3-D Topographic Map of Early Maya City 'Head of Stone' Delineates Ancient Buildings

Posted April 8, 2011:

• Scientists Make Bamboo Tools to Test Theory Explaining East Asia's Stone Age Tool Scarcity

Posted April 7, 2011:

• iPad Helps Archaeologists

Posted March 24, 2011:

• Artifacts in Texas Predate Clovis Culture by 2,500 Years, New Study Shows

Posted March 23, 2011:

• Basketry from Peru's Huaca Prieta

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Neanderthals Were Nifty at Controlling Fire

Posted March 12, 2011:

• Atlantis Found? Film Highlights Professor’s Efforts to Locate Fabled Lost City

Posted March 10, 2011:

• Anthropologists Link Human Uniqueness to Hunter-Gatherer Group Structure

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Stone Tools Influenced Hand Evolution in Human Ancestors, Anthropologists Say

Posted February 24, 2011:

• Discovery of Oldest Northern North American Human Remains Provides New Insights Into Ice-Age Culture

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Origins of Farming in Europe Result of Human Migration and Cultural Change, Study Suggests

Posted February 17, 2011:

• First Skyscraper Was a Monument to Intimidation: How Jericho's 11,000-Year-Old 'Cosmic' Tower Came Into Being

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Earliest Humans Not So Different from Us, Research Suggests
• Ancient Mesoamerican Sculpture Uncovered in Southern Mexico

Posted February 11, 2011:

• Quest for Extinct Giant Rats Leads Scientists to Ancient Face Carvings

Posted February 10, 2011:

• New View of Human Evolution? 3.2 Million-Year-Old Fossil Foot Bone Supports Humanlike Bipedalism in Lucy's Species

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Ancient Teeth Raise New Questions About Origins of Modern Humans

Posted February 3, 2011:

• Genetic Study Uncovers New Path to Polynesia

Posted February 2, 2011:

• Anthropologists Discover Earliest Cemetery in Middle East

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Modern Humans Reached Arabia Earlier Than Thought, New Artifacts Suggest

Posted January 26, 2011:

• Genetic Archaeology Finds Parts of Human Genome More Closely Related to Orangutans Than Chimps

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Lice DNA Study Shows Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago

Posted January 3, 2011:

• A Toast to History: 500 Years of Wine-Drinking Cups Mark Social Shifts in Ancient Greece

Posted December 30, 2010:

• Was Israel the Birthplace of Modern Humans?
• Neandertals’ Extinction Not Caused by Deficient Diets, Tooth Analysis Shows

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