Feb 17 2011
Human Ancestors Have Identity Crisis
Fossils heralded as the remains of 4- to 7-million-year-old hominids might actually come from apes.
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Jan 27 2011
Ancestors Left Africa Earlier Than Thought
Artifacts found in the Middle East suggest that humans left Africa 100,000 years ago.
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Jan 27 2011
Solar Lamps Empower the Poor
One student who grew up in a rural African village invents a solar lamp that could help thousands.
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Jan 24 2011
Wild Chimps Outwit Hunters
Chimps in Bossou, Guinea, have learned to deactivate traps that can cause injury or even death.
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Dec 28 2010
World’s Oldest Human Remains?
Discovered in Israel, the finding challenges conventional wisdom that Homo sapiens originated in Africa.
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Oct 28 2010
Humans Crafted Complex Tools Earlier Than Thought
Once thought to have originated in Europe, a tool-making technique was in fact used by prehistoric Africans some 75,000 years ago.
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Oct 27 2010
Did Early Primate Ancestors Migrate from Asia?
A new fossil find seems to suggest so, and it's throwing a monkey wrench into our evolutionary timeline.
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Jul 19 2010
Anti-HIV Gel Cuts Infection Risk in Half
The new gel would be a huge benefit to African women bearing the brunt of the AIDS pandemic.
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Jul 14 2010
Fossil Links Apes, Monkeys
A slope-faced, big-toothed creature from the distant past reveals much about the ancient evolutionary split between apes and Old World monkeys.
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Jun 11 2010
Why Humans Have No Fur — Explained
The cradle of human evolution in East Africa has been scorching hot for a long time, favoring fur-free, upright humans.
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