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‘Little Foot’ skeleton analysis reignites debate over the hominid’s species
Long-awaited analyses of the Little Foot skeleton have researchers disagreeing over resurrecting a defunct species name.
By Bruce Bower | 6:00am, December 12, 2018
mass grave
News | Anthropology
A 5,000-year-old mass grave harbors the oldest plague bacteria ever found
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, December 06, 2018
ancient game
News in Brief | Anthropology
A Bronze Age game called 58 holes was found chiseled into stone in Azerbaijan
By Bruce Bower | 1:12pm, November 16, 2018
Western European Neandertal skull
News | Anthropology
Skull damage suggests Neandertals led no more violent lives than humans
By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, November 14, 2018
Neandertal teeth
News in Brief | Anthropology
Neandertal teeth reveal the earliest known signs of lead exposure
By Jennifer Leman | 10:56am, November 02, 2018
drying tobacco leaves
News in Brief | Anthropology
People in the Pacific Northwest smoked tobacco long before Europeans showed up
By Jennifer Leman | 3:00pm, October 29, 2018
Hadza woman
News | Anthropology
The way hunter-gatherers share food shows how cooperation evolved
By Bruce Bower | 1:31pm, September 21, 2018
elephant bird illustration and leg bones
News in Brief | Anthropology
Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, September 12, 2018
skeletons
News in Brief | Anthropology
German skeletons hint that medieval warrior groups recruited from afar
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, September 05, 2018
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News | Anthropology
A fossil mistaken for a bat may shake up lemurs’ evolutionary history
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, August 21, 2018
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