Early Human News

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates

Posted October 26, 2009:

• First Inhabitants Of Canary Islands Were Berbers, Genetic Analysis Reveals

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Tool-making Human Ancestors Inhabited Grassland Environments Two Million Years Ago

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi': First Major Analysis Of Early Hominid Published In Science

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Mutations Make Evolution Irreversible: By Resurrecting Ancient Proteins, Researchers Find That Evolution Can Only Go Forward

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Discovery Of Novel Genes Could Unlock Mystery Of What Makes Us Uniquely Human

Posted September 1, 2009:

• We Are All Mutants: Measurement Of Mutation Rate In Humans By Direct Sequencing

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Tiny Ancient Shells -- 80,000 Years Old -- Point To Earliest Fashion Trend

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Human Population Expanded During Late Stone Age, Genetic Evidence Shows

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Australian Aborigines Initially Arrived Via South Asia

Posted July 22, 2009:

• Human Spear Likely Cause Of Death Of Neandertal

Posted July 15, 2009:

• Last Supper Of The Hominids Establishes Times They Lived At Sites

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf

Posted June 23, 2009:

• 54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains

Posted June 22, 2009:

• New 'Molecular Clock' Aids Dating Of Human Migration History

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Mobile DNA Elements In Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues To Mammalian Evolution

Posted June 7, 2009:

• Geography And History Shape Genetic Differences In Humans

Posted June 2, 2009:

• New Hominid 12 Million Years Old Found In Spain, With 'Modern' Facial Features

Posted May 30, 2009:

• Saved By Junk DNA: Vital Role In The Evolution Of Human Genome

Posted May 29, 2009:

• Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

Posted May 18, 2009:

• Genome-wide Insights Into Patterns Of The World's Human Population Structures

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows

Posted May 8, 2009:

• Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

Posted May 6, 2009:

• 'Hobbits' Couldn't Hustle: Feet Of Homo Floresiensis Were Primitive But Not Pathological

Posted April 11, 2009:

• Ancestors Of African Pygmies And Neighboring Farmers Separated Around 60,000 Years Ago

Posted March 30, 2009:

• Optimal Running Speed Associated With Evolution Of Early Human Hunting Strategies

Posted March 26, 2009:

• DNA Duplication: A Mechanism For 'Survival Of The Fittest'

Posted March 24, 2009:

• Genomic Fossils In Lemurs Shed Light On Origin And Evolution Of HIV And Other Primate Lentiviruses

Posted March 18, 2009:

• Elephant Shark Genome Sequence Leads To Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish

Posted March 13, 2009:

• 'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted To Cold

Posted March 11, 2009:

• Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

Posted February 27, 2009:

• DNA Identification Of Czar's Children Available
• Humans Walked On Modern Feet 1.5 Million Years Ago, Fossil Footprints Show

Posted February 25, 2009:

• Anthropologist's Studies Of Childbirth Bring New Focus On Women In Evolution

Posted February 22, 2009:

• Single-celled Algae Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago

Posted February 21, 2009:

• On The Origin Of Subspecies

Posted February 20, 2009:

• Genetics Research Sheds Light On Evolution Of The Human Diet

Posted February 17, 2009:

• Mixed Population Provides Insights Into Human Genetic Makeup

Posted February 16, 2009:

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

Posted February 13, 2009:

• High-tech Tests Allow Anthropologists To Track Ancient Hominids Across The Landscape

Posted February 12, 2009:

• Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

Posted February 11, 2009:

• Y Chromosome And Surname Study Challenges Infidelity 'Myth'

Posted February 6, 2009:

• 'Nonsense' In Our Genes: One In 200 Human Genes Superfluous?

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