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Indonesian tribes gather amid push to protect homelands

Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)

Thousands of Indonesian tribesmen gathered on jungle-clad Sumatra island Friday, as indigenous people push the government to move faster to protect their ancest...

Nose form was shaped by climate

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Big, small, broad, narrow, long or short, turned up, pug, hooked, bulbous or prominent, humans inherit their nose shape from their parents, but ultimately, the ...

400,000-year-old fossil human cranium is oldest ever found in Portugal

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

A large international research team, directed by the Portuguese archaeologist Joao Zilhao and including Binghamton University anthropologist Rolf Quam, has foun...

Widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

No one knows for certain why the Clovis people and iconic beasts - mastodon, mammoth and saber-toothed tiger - living some 12,800 years ago suddenly disappeared...

China's elderly live longer, but are less fit: study

Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)

The number and proportion of people in China over 80 are growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to be declining, scientists reported Friday. Comp...

Aboriginal hair shows 50,000 years connection to country

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

DNA in hair samples collected from Aboriginal people across Australia in the early to mid-1900s has revealed that populations have been continuously present in ...

Dartmouth study finds modern hunter-gathers relocate to maximize foraging efficiency

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

As bumblebees forage for nectar from one flower to the next, at a certain point, they will move to another area once their search for food becomes too inefficie...

Catalog of 208 human-caused minerals bolsters argument to declare 'Anthropocene Epoch'

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

Human industry and ingenuity has done more to diversify and distribute minerals on Earth than any development since the rise of oxygen over 2.2 billion years ag...

100,000-year-old human skulls from east Asia reveal complex mix of trends in time, space

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

Two partial archaic human skulls, from the Lingjing site, Xuchang, central China, provide a new window into the biology and populations patterns of the immediat...

Mothers dictate lifelong grooming habits in chimps

Mar 01, 2017 (UPI)

According to new research, a chimp's grooming behaviors are instilled by his or her mother, and the ingrained behaviors last a lifetime. "I think what it really...

Neanderthal DNA contributes to human gene expression

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

The last Neanderthal died 40,000 years ago, but much of their genome lives on, in bits and pieces, through modern humans. The impact of Neanderthals' genetic co...

Newfound primate teeth take a big bite out of the evolutionary tree of life

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs - the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a ...

Study shows ancient humans arrived in South America in multiple waves

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Analysis of ancient human skulls found in southeastern Brazil are providing new insights into the complex narrative of human migration from our origins in sub-S...

Will naming the Anthropocene lead to acceptance of our planet-level impact

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This phrase - from William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet - is...

38,000-year-old pointillism rock art found in France

Feb 24, 2017 (UPI)

Newly discovered rock art in France suggests the origins pointillism, the painting technique made popular by Georges Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh, can be traced ...

Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

For the first time ever, a single flexible fiber no bigger than a human hair has successfully delivered a combination of optical, electrical, and chemical signa...

New evidence highlights maternal hierarchy of Pueblo Bonito

Feb 21, 2017 (UPI)

New archeological evidence, including radiocarbon and DNA analysis, suggests the Chacoan society was ruled by a matrilineal dynasty for more than 300 years. Pue...

Flat-footed fighters

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Walking on our heels, a feature that separates great apes, including humans, from other primates, confers advantages in fighting, according to a new University ...

Advances in imaging could deepen knowledge of brain

Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)

New imaging techniques enable exploration of the brain in much more detail than ever before, opening the door to greater understanding of neurological problems ...

Humans' heel-down posture provides fighting advantage

Feb 15, 2017 (UPI)

While other primates walk on the balls of their feet, humans and great apes rely on their heels for postural support. New research suggests the adaptation offer...