Human Evolution News

Posted April 2, 2004:

• UC San Diego Bioinformatics Experts Help Reconstruct The Genomic Makeup Of Our Ancestors

Posted March 25, 2004:

• First Protein Difference Between Humans And Primates That Correlates To Anatomical Changes In Early Hominid Fossil Record

Posted February 17, 2004:

• Human Evolution At The Crossroads: Integrating Genetics And Paleontology

Posted January 27, 2004:

• New Study Shows Neanderthals Were Not Our Ancestors

Posted November 3, 2003:

• Debate Heats Up On Role Of Climate In Human Evolution

Posted September 24, 2003:

• Earliest European Modern Humans Found

Posted August 7, 2003:

• Early Hominids May Have Behaved More 'Human' Than We Had Thought

Posted June 17, 2003:

• About Face: Washington University Anthropologist Sets The Record Straight Regarding Neandertal Facial Length

Posted June 12, 2003:

• 160,000-Year-Old Fossilized Skulls From Ethiopia Are Oldest Modern Humans

Posted May 28, 2003:

• Scientists Use DNA Fragments To Trace The Migration Of Modern Humans

Posted May 21, 2003:

• DNA Demands Chimps Be Grouped In The Human Genus, Say Wayne State Researchers

Posted February 24, 2003:

• Rutgers' Tanzanian Fossil Reshuffles The Deck On Early Human Ancestry

Posted February 20, 2003:

• New Age For Mungo Man, New Human History

Posted December 26, 2002:

• Did Early Humans Mate With The Locals? Human Genome Data Cast Doubt On "Replacement Theory" Of Human Evolution

Posted December 6, 2002:

• New Theory Explains Economic Growth In Terms Of Evolutionary Biology

Posted August 2, 2002:

• Retroviruses Shows That Human-Specific Variety Developed When Humans, Chimps Diverged

Posted July 5, 2002:

• Large Brains Not Required? Third And Smallest Skull Of "First Eurasians" Reported In Science

Posted May 24, 2002:

• Nut-Cracking Chimps: First Primate Archaeological Dig Uncovers New Tool Development Links

Posted March 26, 2002:

• Ethiopian Fossil Skull Indicates Homo Erectus Was Single, Widespread Species 1 Million Years Ago

Posted March 21, 2002:

• Discovery Supports Theory Of A Single Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted March 8, 2002:

• Humans Emerged "Out Of Africa" Again And Again

Posted February 19, 2002:

• Scientists Look To Europe As Evolutionary Seat

Posted December 7, 2001:

• Fossil Teeth Reveal Recent Origin Of Human Growth Pattern

Posted May 14, 2001:

• Study Supports Out-Of-Africa Origin For East Asians

Posted March 23, 2001:

• Skull Of New Early Human Relative Found In Kenya Did Humans Descend From Lucy Or From Newly Discovered Creature?

Posted February 12, 2001:

• Genome Project Opens The Book On Human Evolution

Posted January 12, 2001:

• New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans

Posted December 27, 2000:

• Diet Diverged In Earliest Human Ancestors, Researchers Find

Posted May 17, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted May 12, 2000:

• Researchers Find Skull Remains Pointing To First Hominids Out Of Africa

Posted April 4, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts

Posted January 11, 2000:

• Big Bang Theory Of Human Evolution?

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Scientists Document Most Recent Date For Neandertals

Posted October 5, 1999:

• Some Neanderthals Practiced Cannibalism Shows Find From French Cave

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution

Posted October 28, 1998:

• Possible Human Ancestors Lived In Spain 780,000 Years Ago

Posted August 7, 1998:

• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back: Researchers Propose Controversial New Model For Evolution Of Humans And Apes

Posted May 12, 1998:

• New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 3, 1998:

• Anthropologist Uses Engineering, Mathematics To Show Short-Legged Human Ancestors Were Very Efficient Walkers

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