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'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years
May 16, 2008 — Humanity was genetically divided for as much as 100,000 years, according to new findings. Climate change, reduction in populations and harsh conditions may have caused and maintained the ... > full story -
Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals
May 7, 2008 — The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal -- and the genome to prove it. Scientists have decoded the genome of the platypus, showing that the animal's peculiar mix of features is ... > full story -
Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years
April 25, 2008 — Over 600 complete mtDNA genomes from indigenous populations across the continent were analyzed and the data provided surprising insights into the early demographic history of human populations before ... > full story -
Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years
April 21, 2008 — An anthropologist has reconstructed vocal tracts that simulate the sound of the Neanderthal voice. Using 50,000-year-old fossils from France and a computer synthesizer, the researcher has generated a ... > full story -
Fossil From Last Common Ancestor Of Neanderthals And Humans Found In Europe, 1.2 Million Years Old
April 4, 2008 — Archaeologists have discovered the oldest known remains of human ancestors in Western Europe. The fossil is about 1.2 million years old. That's 500,000 years older than the previous oldest known ... > full story -
Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago, Thigh Bone Comparison Suggests
March 21, 2008 — A shape comparison of the most complete fossil femur (thigh bone) of one of the earliest known pre-humans, or hominins, with the femora of living apes, modern humans and other fossils, indicates the ... > full story -
Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection
March 20, 2008 — New research adds to the evidence that chance, rather than natural selection, best explains why the skulls of modern humans and ancient Neanderthals evolved differently. The findings may alter how ... > full story -
Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-bodied Humans
March 11, 2008 — Since the reporting of the so-called "hobbit" fossil from Flores in Indonesia, debate has raged as to whether these remains are of modern humans (Homo sapiens), reduced in stature, or whether they ... > full story -
Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows
February 20, 2008 — The process of natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes, a new study finds. Scientists have shown for the first time that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction ... > full story -
Gene Variants May Help To Distribute The Work Of Evolution Between Men And Women
February 4, 2008 — Scientists have reported the discovery of two common, single-letter variants in the sequence of the human genome that regulate one of the principle motors of evolution. Yet remarkably, the versions ... > full story -
You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet
February 3, 2008 — Using mice as models, researchers traced some of the differences between humans and chimpanzees to differences in our diet. By feeding laboratory mice different human and chimp diets over a mere two ... > full story -
Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa' Allowed Humanity To Emerge
December 22, 2007 — Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed ... > full story
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