Ancient humans avoided inbreeding by networking
DNA from 34,000 years ago suggests hunter-gatherers left home to find mates ANCIENT NETWORKERS DNA from four Stone Age people — inc...Read More
Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
Ancient boy’s DNA pushes back date of earliest humans
Homo sapiens may have emerged as a genetically distinct species as early as 350,000 years ago DEEP PAST A new comparison of ancient...Read More
Ancient People of Teotihuacan May Have Bred Cottontails, Jackrabbits
Humans living Teotihuacan, a sacred pre-Columbian city that flourished between 1 CE and 600 CE and was once the largest in the Americas,...Read More
Teotihuacan is Unique among Ancient Mesoamerican Cities, Archaeologist Says
Arizona State University archaeologist Michael E. Smith has conducted a comparative analysis of Teotihuacan with earlier and later Meso...Read More
Science can’t forecast love
No magic mix of personality traits on paper can discern how romantic matches will turn out in real life NO MATCH Extensive personali...Read More
New footprint finds suggest range of body sizes for Lucy’s species
Sign of tallest known Australopithecus afarensis individual unearthed in Tanzania BIG MARKS Footprints of the largest known Austra...Read More
Humans first settled in Australia as early as 65,000 years ago -- Artifacts reveal a people skilled with stone tools, other crafts
HOME SWEET HOME Artifacts found at the ancient rock-shelter known as Madjedbebe (shown) in northern Australia provide new insights in...Read More
Homo naledi’s brain shows humanlike features -- Mysterious hominid had neural features associated with social emotions and communication, researchers claim
GO FOR BROCA A virtual cast of Homo naledi ’s brain surface contains clues to the presence of a region (pointed to by red arrow) tha...Read More
People may have lived in Brazil more than 20,000 years ago
EARLY ARRIVALS Excavations at a Brazilian rock shelter near the center of South America (left) suggest that humans hunted giant slot...Read More
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