Early Human News

Posted February 1, 2010:

• Last Ancestor Humans Shared With Worms Had Sophisticated Brain, microRNAs Show

Posted January 27, 2010:

• Barefoot Running: How Humans Ran Comfortably and Safely Before the Invention of Shoes

Posted January 26, 2010:

• Is the Hobbit's Brain Unfeasibly Small?
• Dinosaur Extinction Grounded Ancient Birds, New Research Finds

Posted January 13, 2010:

• Chimp and Human Y Chromosomes Evolving Faster Than Expected

Posted January 11, 2010:

• Ongoing Human Evolution Could Explain Recent Rise in Certain Disorders

Posted January 7, 2010:

• Evolution's Footprints in Human Genome Precisely Tracked Using New Approach
• 30,000-Year-Old Child's Teeth Shed New Light on Human Evolution

Posted December 31, 2009:

• Evolution Caught in the Act: Scientists Measure How Quickly Genomes Change

Posted December 28, 2009:

• First Molars Provide Insight Into Evolution of Great Apes, Humans

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Stone Age Pantry: Archaeologist Unearths Earliest Evidence of Modern Humans Using Wild Grains and Tubers for Food
• Mammals May Be Nearly Half Way Toward Mass Extinction

Posted December 16, 2009:

• DNA of Jesus-Era Shrouded Man in Jerusalem Reveals Earliest Case of Leprosy

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Why Does a Human Baby Need a Full Year Before Starting to Walk?

Posted December 14, 2009:

• Previously Unknown Gene Is Unique to Placental Mammals

Posted December 10, 2009:

• Introns -- Nonsense DNA -- May Be More Important to Evolution of Genomes Than Thought

Posted November 19, 2009:

• 'Hobbits' Are a New Human Species, According to Statistical Analysis of Fossils

Posted November 4, 2009:

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

Posted October 26, 2009:

• A Solution To Darwin's 'Mystery Of The Mysteries' Emerges From The Dark Matter Of The Genome

Posted October 21, 2009:

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

Posted October 20, 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:

• Small Mammals Have A 'Celtic Fringe' Too

Posted September 28, 2009:

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

Posted September 23, 2009:

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

Posted September 1, 2009:

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

Posted August 27, 2009:

• We Are All Mutants: Measurement Of Mutation Rate In Humans By Direct Sequencing
• Tiny Ancient Shells -- 80,000 Years Old -- Point To Earliest Fashion Trend

Posted August 10, 2009:

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

Posted July 28, 2009:

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

Posted July 21, 2009:

• Australian Aborigines Initially Arrived Via South Asia

Posted July 20, 2009:

• Human Spear Likely Cause Of Death Of Neandertal

Posted July 15, 2009:

• Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins

Posted July 14, 2009:

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

Posted June 22, 2009:

• 54-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Posted June 16, 2009:

• Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf

Posted June 8, 2009:

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

Posted June 5, 2009:

• Geography And History Shape Genetic Differences In Humans

Posted June 4, 2009:

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

Posted June 2, 2009:

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

Posted May 28, 2009:

• Saved By Junk DNA: Vital Role In The Evolution Of Human Genome
• Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

Posted May 19, 2009:

• Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates? 'Extraordinary' Fossil Is 47 Million Years Old

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Genome-Wide Insights Into Patterns Of The World's Human Population Structures
• Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows

Posted May 7, 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

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