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The Viking Journey of Mice and Men
March 19, 2012 — House mice happily live wherever there are humans. When populations of humans migrate the mice often travel with them. New research has used evolutionary techniques on modern day and ancestral mouse ... > full story -
Was Human Evolution Caused by Climate Change?
March 15, 2012 — Models of how animal and plant distributions are affected by climate change may also explain aspects of human ... > full story -
Scientists Map Hotspots for Genetic Exchange in Chimpanzees
March 15, 2012 — Scientists have constructed the world's first genetic map in chimpanzees of recombination -- the exchange of genetic material within a chromosome that makes us all unique. The study shows surprising ... > full story -
Mystery Human Fossils Put Spotlight on China
March 14, 2012 — Fossils from two caves in southwest China have revealed a previously unknown Stone Age people and give a rare glimpse of a recent stage of human evolution with startling implications for the early ... > full story -
What Have We Got in Common With a Gorilla? Insight Into Human Evolution from Gorilla Genome Sequence
March 7, 2012 — Scientists have sequenced the genome of the last great ape to have its genome decoded, the gorilla. This study provides a unique perspective on our own origins and is an important resource for ... > full story -
Basque Roots Revealed Through DNA Analysis
March 6, 2012 — The Genographic Project has announced the most comprehensive analysis to date of Basque genetic patterns, showing that Basque genetic uniqueness predates the arrival of agriculture in the Iberian ... > full story -
Looking at the Man in the Moon: Astronomers Explain Why the Man in the Moon Faces Earth
March 6, 2012 — Many of us see a man in the moon -- a human face smiling down at us from the lunar surface. The "face," of course, is just an illusion, shaped by the dark splotches of lunar maria (smooth plains ... > full storyMore: -
Anthropologists’ Work Prompts Republic of Congo to Enlarge National Park
March 2, 2012 — Research by anthropologists has spurred the Republic of Congo to enlarge its Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park boundaries to include the Goualougo Triangle. The Goualougo Triangle is a remote, ... > full story -
Nearby Chimpanzee Populations Show Much Greater Genetic Diversity Than Distant Human Populations
March 2, 2012 — Chimpanzee populations living in relatively close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a new study. The study suggests that ... > full story -
European Neanderthals Were on the Verge of Extinction Even Before the Arrival of Modern Humans
February 25, 2012 — Most Neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago, new research suggests. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable Neanderthal population for hundreds of thousands of ... > full storyMore:
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