When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?
The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our un...
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Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans' East Asian roots
For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The ...
Analysis of fossil tooth brings to light earliest humans from southern Africa
Fossil tooth analysis by Southern Cross University geochemist Dr. Renaud Joannes-Boyau has played a central role in an international collabo...
Using accurate data when studying Human evolution
Uncovering the evolution of any set of living creatures is a complex and highly detailed task for scientists, and theories and approaches th...
Early stone tools were not rocket science
Archaeologically excavated stone tools – some as much as 2.6 million years old – have been hailed as evidence for an early cultural heritage...
Could a Neanderthal meditate?
Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigacion sobre la Evolucion Humana (CENIEH), has led a study published in...
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thought
New dates for Australopithecus-bearing Sterkfontein Cave deposit places South African hominin fossils at the centre of global palaeoresearch...
Theories on socio-political evolution put to the test
During the past 10,000 years—the Holocene—human societies became larger and ever more complex. An international team of scientists led by Pe...
Scientists apply genetic methods to linguistics
EPFL scientists have produced a series of maps showing historical migration events, including the migration of mountain farmers native to Up...
Canterbury suburbs were home to some of Britain's earliest humans
Archaeological discoveries made on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent (England) confirm the presence of early humans in southern Britain betw...
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