Human Evolution News

Posted November 19, 2009:

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

Posted November 5, 2009:

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

Posted October 21, 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 2, 2009:

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

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins

Posted August 4, 2009:

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

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Australian Aborigines Initially Arrived Via South Asia

Posted July 15, 2009:

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

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf

Posted June 22, 2009:

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

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Posted June 2, 2009:

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

Posted May 30, 2009:

• Saved By Junk DNA: Vital Role In The Evolution Of Human Genome

Posted May 29, 2009:

• Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

Posted May 18, 2009:

• Genome-Wide Insights Into Patterns Of The World's Human Population Structures

Posted May 8, 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

Posted April 15, 2009:

• Three Neanderthal Sub-Groups Confirmed

Posted March 30, 2009:

• Optimal Running Speed Associated With Evolution Of Early Human Hunting Strategies

Posted March 26, 2009:

• DNA Duplication: A Mechanism For 'Survival Of The Fittest'

Posted March 24, 2009:

• Genomic Fossils In Lemurs Shed Light On Origin And Evolution Of HIV And Other Primate Lentiviruses

Posted March 18, 2009:

• Elephant Shark Genome Sequence Leads To Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-Sea Fish

Posted March 13, 2009:

• 'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted To Cold

Posted March 11, 2009:

• Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

Posted February 27, 2009:

• Humans Walked On Modern Feet 1.5 Million Years Ago, Fossil Footprints Show

Posted February 20, 2009:

• Genetics Research Sheds Light On Evolution Of The Human Diet

Posted February 16, 2009:

• Evolutionary Link To Modern-Day Obesity, Other Problems
• Draft Version Of The Neanderthal Genome Completed

Posted February 13, 2009:

• High-Tech Tests Allow Anthropologists To Track Ancient Hominids Across The Landscape

Posted February 6, 2009:

• 'Nonsense' In Our Genes: One In 200 Human Genes Superfluous?

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Early Humans Had 'Jaws Of Steel'

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Natural Selection Not The Only Process That Drives Evolution?

Posted January 21, 2009:

• 'Hobbit' Skull Study Finds Hobbit Is Not Human

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Adaptation Plays Significant Role In Human Evolution

Posted January 5, 2009:

• African Thicket Rat Malaria Linked To Virulent Human Form

Posted January 2, 2009:

• Ancient African Exodus Mostly Involved Men, Geneticists Find

Posted December 30, 2008:

• Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows

Posted December 21, 2008:

• Archaeological Discovery: Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-Dwelling Human Ancestors

Posted December 19, 2008:

• 'Hobbit' Fossils Represent A New Species, Concludes Anthropologist

Posted December 11, 2008:

• The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberia

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Floppy-Footed Gibbons Help Us Understand How Early Humans May Have Walked

Posted November 14, 2008:

• Pelvis Dated To 1.2 Million Years Ago Shows Ancestors May Have Been Born With Big Heads

Posted November 6, 2008:

• DNA Chunks, Chimps And Humans: Marks Of Differences Between Human And Chimp Genomes

Posted November 3, 2008:

• Tools Give Earlier Date For ‘modern-Thinking’ Humans

Posted November 1, 2008:

• Last Of His Kind? Researchers Complete Mitochondrial Genome Of Ancient Mummy, The Tyrolean Iceman

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution

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