Early Human News

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 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 March 26, 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 8, 2002:

• Humans Emerged "Out Of Africa" Again And Again

Posted February 19, 2002:

• Scientists Look To Europe As Evolutionary Seat

Posted December 7, 2001:

• Fossil Teeth Reveal Recent Origin Of Human Growth Pattern

Posted October 17, 2001:

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

Posted September 14, 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 14, 2001:

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

Posted March 23, 2001:

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

Posted February 12, 2001:

• Genome Project Opens The Book On Human Evolution

Posted January 12, 2001:

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

Posted December 27, 2000:

• Diet Diverged In Earliest Human Ancestors, Researchers Find

Posted June 26, 2000:

• Ancient Feathered Animal Challenges Dinosaur-Bird Link

Posted June 13, 2000:

• Meaty Discovery: Neandertal Bone Chemistry Provides Food For Thought

Posted May 17, 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 April 4, 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 11, 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 August 31, 1999:

• Primate Genus Sheds Light On Great Ape And Human Origins

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution

Posted April 23, 1999:

• New Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 12, 1999:

• New Findings On Primitive Shark Contradicts Current View Of Jaw Evolution

Posted March 22, 1999:

• University At Albany Anthropologist Examines Evolutionary Implications Of Different Brain Sizes In Men And Women

Posted December 7, 1998:

• Amid Albanian Turmoil, UC Archaeologists Glean Secrets Of The Stone Age

Posted October 28, 1998:

• Possible Human Ancestors Lived In Spain 780,000 Years Ago

Posted August 7, 1998:

• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back: Researchers Propose Controversial New Model For Evolution Of Humans And Apes

Posted July 14, 1998:

• Priestly Gene Shared By Widely Dispersed Jews

Posted June 18, 1998:

• Mr. Ples Throws Scientists Into A Tizzy

Posted May 12, 1998:

• New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 3, 1998:

• Anthropologist Uses Engineering, Mathematics To Show Short-Legged Human Ancestors Were Very Efficient Walkers

Posted March 31, 1998:

• Excavations In Prehistoric Chinese Cave Uncover Unusual Collections Of Large Mammals

Posted August 15, 1997:

• Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor

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