Human Evolution News

Posted August 8, 2008:

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

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Genetic Evidence Used To Trace Ancient African Migration
• Schizophrenia: Costly By-Product Of Human Brain Evolution?

Posted July 2, 2008:

• Newcomer In Early Eurafrican Population?

Posted June 24, 2008:

• Scientists Fix Bugs In Our Understanding Of Evolution

Posted June 23, 2008:

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

Posted June 16, 2008:

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

Posted May 30, 2008:

• Did Walking On Two Feet Begin With A Shuffle?

Posted May 24, 2008:

• New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

Posted May 16, 2008:

• 'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

Posted May 7, 2008:

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

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years

Posted April 4, 2008:

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

Posted March 21, 2008:

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

Posted March 20, 2008:

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

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-Bodied Humans

Posted February 29, 2008:

• Chimps May Have A 'Language-Ready' Brain

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Most Detailed Global Study Of Genetic Variation Completed

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows

Posted February 13, 2008:

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

Posted February 4, 2008:

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

Posted February 3, 2008:

• You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet

Posted December 22, 2007:

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

Posted December 15, 2007:

• Losses Of Long-Established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Posted December 8, 2007:

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

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast

Posted November 30, 2007:

• How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas

Posted November 28, 2007:

• Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait

Posted October 29, 2007:

• New Ideas About Human Migration From Asia To Americas

Posted October 26, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

Posted October 21, 2007:

• Neandertals, Humans Share Key Changes To 'Language Gene'

Posted October 17, 2007:

• Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans Detected

Posted October 14, 2007:

• Inconsistencies With Neanderthal Genomic DNA Sequences

Posted October 11, 2007:

• Environmental Setting Of Human Migrations In The Circum-Pacific Region

Posted October 9, 2007:

• New Insights Into The Evolution Of The Human Genome

Posted September 25, 2007:

• New Light Shed On The 'Hobbit'

Posted September 14, 2007:

• Extra Gene Copies Were Enough To Make Early Humans' Mouths Water

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Was Ability To Run Early Man's Achilles Heel?

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out

Posted August 31, 2007:

• Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change That May Have Spurred Human Evolution

Posted August 16, 2007:

• Handsome By Chance: Why Humans Look Different From Neanderthals

Posted August 13, 2007:

• New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views On Early Evolution Of Our Genus Homo

Posted August 10, 2007:

• Early Modern Human Skull Includes Surprising Neanderthal Feature

Posted July 31, 2007:

• Genomics Study Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Unique Human Traits

Posted July 19, 2007:

• New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa

Posted July 17, 2007:

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome

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