Anthropology
- Humans
Bone may display oldest art in Americas
A mammoth engraved on a fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago.
- Humans
Site hints at Asian roots for human genus
An early Homo species inhabited the Caucasus region 1.85 million years ago, casting doubt on its proposed African origin.
- Humans
No nuts for you, Nutcracker Man
Tooth analysis shows huge-jawed hominid grazed on grasses and sedges.
- Humans
Most Neandertals were right-handers
Right handedness, and perhaps spoken language, originated at least a half million years ago, a new study suggests.
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- Humans
Killing fields of ancient Syria revealed
Stone corrals were used to trap whole herds of animals for mass slaughter.
- Anthropology
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Hobbit dentistry, ancient footprints and navigating gibbons in news from the recent physical anthropology meeting.
- Humans
Possibly pivotal human ancestor debated
An ancient species that may have sparked the rise of humankind gets a new appraisal.
- Humans
Go east, ancient tool makers
New finds put African hand ax makers in India as early as 1.5 million years ago.
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- Humans
Lucy’s feet were made for walking
A 3.2-million-year-old toe fossil suggests a humanlike gait for an ancient hominid.
- Humans
Hints of earlier human exit from Africa
New finds suggest surprisingly early migrations by Homo sapiens out of Africa through an oasis-studded Arabia.
