Early Human News

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals

Posted September 3, 2008:

• Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution
• Long-Held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New Research

Posted August 26, 2008:

• Bone Parts Don't Add Up To Conclusion Of Hobbit-Like Palauan Dwarfs

Posted August 25, 2008:

• New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth

Posted August 20, 2008:

• Tracing Origins Of Critical Step In Animal Evolution: The Development Of Nerves

Posted August 7, 2008:

• Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-Year-Old Bone

Posted August 4, 2008:

• Schizophrenia: Costly By-Product Of Human Brain Evolution?

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans

Posted July 1, 2008:

• Newcomer In Early Eurafrican Population?

Posted June 23, 2008:

• Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought

Posted June 19, 2008:

• Scientists Fix Bugs In Our Understanding Of Evolution

Posted June 12, 2008:

• Humor Shown To Be Fundamental To Our Success As A Species

Posted June 11, 2008:

• Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory

Posted June 9, 2008:

• New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race

Posted June 2, 2008:

• Evolution Of An Imprinted Domain In Mammals

Posted May 29, 2008:

• Rewriting Greenland's Immigration History
• Did Walking On Two Feet Begin With A Shuffle?

Posted May 22, 2008:

• New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

Posted May 15, 2008:

• New Tool To Understand Evolution Of Multi-Domain Genes Developed
• 'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

Posted May 14, 2008:

• Mice Can Do Without Humans' Most Treasured Genes

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Genetics Confirm Oral Traditions Of Druze In Israel

Posted May 7, 2008:

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

Posted April 24, 2008:

• Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years

Posted April 8, 2008:

• Technique Traces Origins Of Disease Genes In Mixed Human Populations
• Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society

Posted April 3, 2008:

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

Posted March 20, 2008:

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

Posted March 19, 2008:

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

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-Bodied Humans

Posted February 28, 2008:

• Chimps May Have A 'Language-Ready' Brain

Posted February 14, 2008:

• Genome Of Marine Organism Tells Of Humans' Unicellular Ancestors

Posted February 11, 2008:

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

Posted January 31, 2008:

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

Posted January 30, 2008:

• Blue-Eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor
• You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet

Posted January 1, 2008:

• New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

Posted December 19, 2007:

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

Posted December 14, 2007:

• Losses Of Long-Established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Posted December 12, 2007:

• Adapting To Pregnancy Played Key Role In Human Evolution, Study Shows
• Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies

Posted December 10, 2007:

• Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane

Posted December 7, 2007:

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

Posted December 4, 2007:

• Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast

Posted November 29, 2007:

• How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas

Posted November 14, 2007:

• Ancient Retroviruses Spurred Evolution Of Gene Regulatory Networks In Humans And Other Primates

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