News in Brief Anthropology

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Hobbit dentistry, ancient footprints and navigating gibbons in news from the recent physical anthropology meeting

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, Minneapolis, April 12–16, 2011


Footprints from the past
Volcanic ash near the shore of a Tanzanian lake preserves a snapshot of two groups of people from around 120,000 years ago. A team led by Kevin Hatala of George Washington University in Washington, D.C.,