Early Human News

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Technique Traces Origins Of Disease Genes In Mixed Human Populations

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Fossil From Last Common Ancestor Of Neanderthals And Humans Found In Europe, 1.2 Million Years Old

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago, Thigh Bone Comparison Suggests

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-bodied Humans

Posted February 29, 2008:

• Chimps May Have A 'Language-ready' Brain

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Genome Of Marine Organism Tells Of Humans' Unicellular Ancestors

Posted February 13, 2008:

• 'Junk DNA' Can Explain Origin And Complexity Of Vertebrates, Study Suggests

Posted February 4, 2008:

• Gene Variants May Help To Distribute The Work Of Evolution Between Men And Women

Posted February 3, 2008:

• You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor

Posted January 5, 2008:

• New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

Posted December 22, 2007:

• Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa' Allowed Humanity To Emerge

Posted December 17, 2007:

• Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies

Posted December 15, 2007:

• Losses Of Long-established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Posted December 11, 2007:

• Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane

Posted December 8, 2007:

• Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found In 500,000-year-old Human; Points To Modern Health Issues

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast

Posted November 30, 2007:

• How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas

Posted November 13, 2007:

• Tool-wielding Chimps Provide A Glimpse Of Early Human Behavior

Posted November 6, 2007:

• Earliest Birds Acted More Like Turkeys Than Common Cuckoos

Posted October 29, 2007:

• New Ideas About Human Migration From Asia To Americas

Posted October 26, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

Posted October 21, 2007:

• Neandertals, Humans Share Key Changes To 'Language Gene'

Posted October 20, 2007:

• Genetic Ancestral Testing Cannot Deliver On Its Promise, Study Warns

Posted October 17, 2007:

• Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans Detected

Posted October 14, 2007:

• Inconsistencies With Neanderthal Genomic DNA Sequences

Posted October 10, 2007:

• Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues

Posted October 9, 2007:

• New Insights Into The Evolution Of The Human Genome

Posted September 27, 2007:

• DNA Extracted From Woolly Mammoth Hair

Posted September 25, 2007:

• New Light Shed On The 'Hobbit'

Posted September 14, 2007:

• Extra Gene Copies Were Enough To Make Early Humans' Mouths Water

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Was Ability To Run Early Man's Achilles Heel?

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out
• Mice Thrive Missing Ancient DNA Sequences

Posted August 31, 2007:

• Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change That May Have Spurred Human Evolution

Posted August 16, 2007:

• Handsome By Chance: Why Humans Look Different From Neanderthals

Posted August 15, 2007:

• Facial Attraction: Choice Of Sexual Partner Shaped The Human Face

Posted August 13, 2007:

• New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views On Early Evolution Of Our Genus Homo

Posted August 10, 2007:

• Early Modern Human Skull Includes Surprising Neanderthal Feature

Posted July 31, 2007:

• Genomics Study Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Unique Human Traits

Posted July 30, 2007:

• Back To The Future: Mastodon Extends The Time Limit On DNA Sequencing

Posted July 20, 2007:

• Why Humans Walk On Two Legs

Posted July 19, 2007:

• New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa

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