Human Evolution News

Posted August 25, 2006:

• No Hobbits In This Shire: Researchers Say Skeletal Remains Are Pygmy Ancestors

Posted August 17, 2006:

• Newly Discovered Gene May Hold Clues To Evolution Of Human Brain Capacity

Posted August 2, 2006:

• Genetic Research Reinforces Theory Of Evolution

Posted July 20, 2006:

• Neandertal Genome To Be Deciphered

Posted June 24, 2006:

• Earliest Known 'Bling' Revealed

Posted June 7, 2006:

• 100,000 Year-Old DNA Sequence Allows New Look At Neandertal's Genetic Diversity

Posted May 19, 2006:

• Scientists Scuttle Claims That 'Hobbit' Fossil From Flores, Indonesia, Is A New Hominid

Posted May 18, 2006:

• Human And Chimp Genomes Reveal New Twist On Origin Of Species

Posted April 13, 2006:

• Hominid Fossils From Ethiopia Link Ape-Men To More Distant Human Ancestors

Posted March 4, 2006:

• A New Tree Of Life Allows A Closer Look At The Origin Of Species

Posted February 22, 2006:

• There's Something Fishy About Human Brain Evolution

Posted February 10, 2006:

• New Analysis Shows Three Human Migrations Out Of Africa

Posted January 25, 2006:

• Humans Have A Strong Desire To Help Each Other, But Is Spite Also Part Of The Human Condition?

Posted January 17, 2006:

• Nearly Half Of Ashkenazi Jews Descended From Four 'Founding Mothers'

Posted January 4, 2006:

• History Of Human Cannibalism Eats Away At Researchers

Posted December 22, 2005:

• Scientists Narrow The Time Limits For The Human And Chimpanzee Split

Posted December 1, 2005:

• Alleged 40,000-Year-Old Human Footprints In Mexico Much, Much Older Than Thought

Posted November 25, 2005:

• Earliest Animals Had Human-Like Genes

Posted November 7, 2005:

• Modern Humans Arrival In South Asia May Have Led To Demise Of Indigenous Populations

Posted October 30, 2005:

• Flipped Genetic Sequences Illuminate Human Evolution And Disease

Posted October 23, 2005:

• Natural Selection Has Strongly Influenced Recent Human Evolution, Study Finds

Posted September 27, 2005:

• Transmission Of Tuberculosis Is Linked To Historical Patterns Of Human Migration

Posted September 20, 2005:

• Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans'

Posted July 4, 2005:

• LSU Scientists Develop New Theory About Human Genome Evolution By Tracking 'Stealth' DNA Elements

Posted June 2, 2005:

• Joint Genome Institute Sequences DNA Of Prehistoric Cave Bears

Posted May 15, 2005:

• Genetic Divergence Of Man From Chimp Has Aided Human Fertility But Could Have Made Us More Prone To Cancer

Posted May 2, 2005:

• Scientists Track 'Stealth' DNA Elements In Primate Evolution

Posted April 5, 2005:

• The Chimp Genome Reveals A Retroviral Invasion In Primate Evolution

Posted March 17, 2005:

• Geography Predicts Human Genetic Diversity

Posted March 9, 2005:

• Retrovirus Struck Ancestors Of Chimps And Gorillas Millions Of Years Ago, But Not Ancestral Humans

Posted March 4, 2005:

• 'Hobbit' Fossil Likely Represents New Branch On Human Family Tree

Posted February 28, 2005:

• The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago

Posted February 26, 2005:

• 'Man The Hunter' Theory Is Debunked In New Book

Posted February 24, 2005:

• New Clues Add 40,000 Years To Age Of Human Species

Posted January 15, 2005:

• University Of Chicago Researchers Discovered That Humans Are A 'Privileged' Evolutionary Lineage

Posted January 12, 2005:

• Evidence That Human Brain Evolution Was A Special Event

Posted December 7, 2004:

• Yerkes Researchers Discover Basis For Determining Handedness In Chimpanzees

Posted November 24, 2004:

• How Running Made Us Human: Endurance Running Let Us Evolve To Look The Way We Do

Posted November 1, 2004:

• Darwin's Greatest Challenge Tackled: The Mystery Of Eye Evolution

Posted October 29, 2004:

• Emory Study Details Dolphin Brain Evolution For The First Time

Posted October 28, 2004:

• Skeleton Reveals Lost World Of 'Little People'

Posted October 5, 2004:

• Of Lice And Men: Parasite Genes Reveal Modern & Archaic Humans Made Contact

Posted October 4, 2004:

• Climate Change Plus Human Pressure Caused Large Mammal Extinctions In Late Pleistocene

Posted September 21, 2004:

• Genes Expose Secrets Of Sex On The Side

Posted September 3, 2004:

• Neanderthal Life No Tougher Than That Of 'Modern' Inuits

Posted July 14, 2004:

• Growth Study Of Wild Chimpanzees Challenges Assumptions About Early Humans

Posted July 6, 2004:

• Old Is Young, Study Finds: Longevity Evolved Late For Humans

Posted June 29, 2004:

• Earliest Evidence Of Hereditary Genetic Disorder Discovered

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