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Feb 17, 2020
Were Neanderthals More Than Cousins to Homo Sapiens?
These members of the genus Homo have long…
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Jan 30, 2020
Which of Our Ancient Ancestors First Left Africa and When?
A new finding suggests hominins left the…
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Nov 18, 2019
Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality
Paleoanthropologist Carol Ward explains how walking upright…
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Sep 25, 2019
The Neanderthal Diet — From Teeth to Guts
Neanderthals’ tooth enamel, torsos, and even fossilized…
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Aug 9, 2019
The Neanderthal Arm — Hints About Handedness
Stone tools and skeletons suggest that Neanderthals were…
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Jun 22, 2019
The Neanderthal Brain — Clues About Cognition
This installment of our head-to-toe tour of the…
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Apr 18, 2019
Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains
A new theory challenges assumptions about when…
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Feb 25, 2019
Baby Fat Is About More Than Cuteness
At birth, human infants have the highest percentage of body fat…
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Feb 22, 2019
Is Violence Embedded in Our DNA?
Some research suggests that throughout our evolution an innate…
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Feb 1, 2019
Would Our Early Ancestors Have Watched the Super Bowl?
There is an evolutionary reason why humans…
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