Early Human News

Posted February 16, 2004:

• Rutgers Researcher Offers A New Perspective On Human Evolution

Posted January 27, 2004:

• New Study Shows Neanderthals Were Not Our Ancestors

Posted January 22, 2004:

• Human Migration Tracked In Stanford Computer Simulation

Posted January 1, 2004:

• Scientist Challenges Interpretation Of New Find, The Oldest Primate Fossil Ever Discovered

Posted November 5, 2003:

• Stone Tool And Bone Find Earliest Ever Excavated

Posted November 3, 2003:

• Debate Heats Up On Role Of Climate In Human Evolution

Posted September 24, 2003:

• Earliest European Modern Humans Found

Posted August 7, 2003:

• Early Hominids May Have Behaved More 'Human' Than We Had Thought

Posted June 17, 2003:

• About Face: Washington University Anthropologist Sets The Record Straight Regarding Neandertal Facial Length

Posted June 12, 2003:

• 160,000-Year-Old Fossilized Skulls From Ethiopia Are Oldest Modern Humans

Posted May 28, 2003:

• Scientists Use DNA Fragments To Trace The Migration Of Modern Humans

Posted May 21, 2003:

• DNA Demands Chimps Be Grouped In The Human Genus, Say Wayne State Researchers

Posted April 25, 2003:

• Purdue Researchers Determine Age Of Fossilized Human Ancestor

Posted February 24, 2003:

• Rutgers' Tanzanian Fossil Reshuffles The Deck On Early Human Ancestry

Posted February 20, 2003:

• New Age For Mungo Man, New Human History

Posted December 26, 2002:

• Did Early Humans Mate With The Locals? Human Genome Data Cast Doubt On "Replacement Theory" Of Human Evolution

Posted December 6, 2002:

• New Theory Explains Economic Growth In Terms Of Evolutionary Biology

Posted September 11, 2002:

• Overlapping Genetic And Archaeological Evidence Suggests Neolithic Migration

Posted August 15, 2002:

• Scientist Says Ostrich Study Confirms Bird "Hands" Unlike Those Of Dinosaurs

Posted August 2, 2002:

• Retroviruses Shows That Human-Specific Variety Developed When Humans, Chimps Diverged

Posted July 5, 2002:

• Large Brains Not Required? Third And Smallest Skull Of "First Eurasians" Reported In Science

Posted May 24, 2002:

• Nut-Cracking Chimps: First Primate Archaeological Dig Uncovers New Tool Development Links

Posted May 9, 2002:

• Origin Of Bipedalism Seems Most Closely Tied To Environmental Changes

Posted April 18, 2002:

• Scientists Push Back Primate Origins From 65 Million To 85 Million Years Ago

Posted March 25, 2002:

• Ethiopian Fossil Skull Indicates Homo Erectus Was Single, Widespread Species 1 Million Years Ago

Posted March 21, 2002:

• Discovery Supports Theory Of A Single Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted March 7, 2002:

• Humans Emerged "Out Of Africa" Again And Again

Posted February 19, 2002:

• Scientists Look To Europe As Evolutionary Seat

Posted February 7, 2002:

• First Genetic Evidence Uncovered Of How Major Changes In Body Shapes Occurred During Early Animal Evolution

Posted December 6, 2001:

• Fossil Teeth Reveal Recent Origin Of Human Growth Pattern

Posted October 12, 2001:

• Rafting Rodents From Africa May Have Been Ancestors Of South American Species

Posted September 13, 2001:

• Pre-Neandertal Humans Developed Social Skills Earlier Than Thought

Posted July 12, 2001:

• Earliest Human Ancestors Discovered In Ethiopia; Discovery Of Bones And Teeth Date Fossils Back More Than 5.2 Million Years

Posted May 11, 2001:

• Study Supports Out-Of-Africa Origin For East Asians

Posted March 22, 2001:

• Skull Of New Early Human Relative Found In Kenya -- Did Humans Descend From Lucy Or From Newly Discovered Creature?

Posted February 13, 2001:

• Genome Project Opens The Book On Human Evolution

Posted January 11, 2001:

• New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans

Posted December 21, 2000:

• Diet Diverged In Earliest Human Ancestors, Researchers Find

Posted June 25, 2000:

• Ancient Feathered Animal Challenges Dinosaur-Bird Link

Posted June 13, 2000:

• Meaty Discovery: Neandertal Bone Chemistry Provides Food For Thought

Posted May 16, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted May 12, 2000:

• Researchers Find Skull Remains Pointing To First Hominids Out Of Africa

Posted March 31, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts

Posted January 10, 2000:

• Big Bang Theory Of Human Evolution?

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Scientists Document Most Recent Date For Neandertals

Posted October 22, 1999:

• Discovery Of Oldest Dinosaur Bones Reported In Science

Posted October 15, 1999:

• Primitive Primate Makes The Case For Asian Anthropoid Origins

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