Jul 29 2011
Humans Crowded Out Neanderthals
A swell of modern humans outnumbered Neanderthals in Europe nearly 10 to one.
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Jul 26 2011
People from Polar Regions Have Bigger Brains
They're not more intelligent, but the bigger brain (and eyeball) size permits better vision in areas with less sunlight.
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Jul 19 2011
Footprints Show How Our Ancestors Walked
The ancestor who made the 3.7 million-year-old prints walked in a "less ape-ish way" than some humans do today, say scientists.
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Jul 06 2011
Earliest Europeans Were Cannibals, Wore Bling
The 32,000-year-old human remains reveal incriminating cut marks on the bones.
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May 12 2011
Neanderthals’ Last Stand Possibly Found
A newly found prehistoric toolkit suggests Neanderthals may have lingered in the Ural Mountains as recently as 33,000 years ago.
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May 04 2011
Heidelberg Man Links Humans, Neanderthals
What was thought to be a cousin turns out to be a parent on the human evolutionary family tree.
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Apr 20 2011
Did Neanderthals Believe in an Afterlife?
A possible Neanderthal burial ground suggests that they practiced funeral rituals and possessed symbolic thought before modern humans.
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Mar 09 2011
Chimps Have Better Sex Than Humans
Think you have a rough sex life? Try being a female chimp.
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Feb 07 2011
Are Shrinking Brains Making Us Smarter?
The average size of the human brain has decreased by about 10 percent over the last 30,000 years.
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Jan 19 2011
Neanderthal-Era Organisms Found Buried Alive
How exactly did these microbes survive for millennia buried in salt in Death Valley?
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