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New virtual reconstruction of a Neanderthal thorax suggests another breathing mechanism
Nov 16, 2018 (SPX)
In 1983 a partial Neanderthal skeleton (known officially as Kebara 2, and nicknamed "Moshe") belonging to a young male Neanderthal individual who died some 60,0...
Ancient DNA reveals two new migrations from North to South America
Nov 15, 2018 (UPI)
"Humans are global travelers, we've left home and moved onward for as long as humans have been on the planet," Keith Prufer, professor of anthropology at the Un...
Climate change likely caused migration, demise of ancient Indus Valley civilization
Nov 14, 2018 (SPX)
Yet by 1800 BCE, this advanced culture had abandoned their cities, moving instead to smaller villages in the Himalayan foothills. A new study from the Woods Hol...
Archaeologists can determine a person's sex by analyzing a single tooth
Nov 12, 2018 (UPI)
Differences in pelvic structure can be used to differentiate between male and female adults, but the remains of male and female children and adolescents are les...
Experts find that stone tools connected communities
Nov 12, 2018 (SPX)
"While regional specificities in the tools from the various sites exist, the similarities of Klipdrift Shelter with the site of Diepkloof Rock Shelter are aston...
Pressure on girls for perfect body 'worse than ever', says Orbach
Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)
Forty years after the publication of her seminal book "Fat is a Feminist Issue", the British writer -- who was once Princess Diana's therapist -- said women wer...
Culture may explain why brains have become bigger
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Humans have extraordinarily large brains, which have tripled in size in the last few million years. Other animals also experienced a significant, though smaller...
History of early settlement and survival in Andean highlands revealed by ancient genomes
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Led by Anna Di Rienzo, PhD, and John Lindo, PhD, JD, from the University of Chicago; Mark Aldenderfer, PhD, from the University of California, Merced; and Ricar...
Inbreeding may be to blame for abnormalities among early humans
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
According to a new study, the multitude of deformities could be explained by inbreeding among early human populations. Trinkaus, a professor at Washington Unive...
Researchers discover earliest recorded lead exposure in 250,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth
Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)
Results of the study will be published online in Science Advances, a journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at 2PM EST on...
WSU researchers discover new clues on how sleep works in the brain
Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)
This research has opened up new avenues to understanding how sleep works inside the brain, which may eventually help scientists answer the elusive question of w...
Earliest hominin migrations into the Arabian Peninsula required no novel adaptations
Oct 30, 2018 (SPX)
The discovery of stone tools and cut-marks on fossil animal remains at the site of Ti's al Ghadah provides definitive evidence for hominins in Saudi Arabia at l...
Bonobos make themselves appear smaller than they actually are
Oct 24, 2018 (SPX)
Meanwhile, evidence from a large number of animal species has revealed that this relation does not always apply. Various animal species, including chimpanzees, ...
Dry conditions in East Africa half a million years ago possibly shaped human evolution
Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)
The team of geologists and anthropologists drilled deep cores in Lake Magadi in Kenya to obtain ancient sediment samples that date back a million years ago to t...
Human neurons are electrically compartmentalized, study finds
Oct 19, 2018 (UPI)
Compartmentalized electrical signaling can help explain the advanced cognitive capabilities of the human brain. "We've known for over 100 years that these human...
City of Koh Ker was occupied for centuries longer than previously thought
Oct 17, 2018 (SPX)
Koh Ker was part of the Khmer kingdom during the Angkor period in what is now Cambodia. For a mere two decades in the tenth century CE, the city served as royal...
Lifespan 2040 ranking: US down, China up, Spain on top
Oct 17, 2018 (AFP)
With a projected average lifespan of nearly 85.8 years, Spain -- formerly in 4th place -- will dethrone Japan, which sits atop the rankings today with a lifespa...
Humans may have colonized Madagascar later than previously thought
Oct 17, 2018 (SPX)
Madagascar's colonization is key for tracing prehistoric human dispersal across the Indian Ocean, but exactly when human settlement began in the island remains ...
Wild chimpanzees share food with their friends
Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)
Despite regularly occurring in humans, sharing food outside of kinship or mating relationships is rare in non-human animals. Our two closest living relatives, c...
Affable apes live longer, study shows
Oct 11, 2018 (SPX)
A study of hundreds of captive chimpanzees showed that males that get along well with others - by being sensitive, protective and cooperative - outlived their l...
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