Posts Tagged ‘evolutionary anthropology’
New primate fossil found in Texas
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A prehistoric primate that lived in the badlands of west Texas about 43 million years ago was more bush baby than human. Continue…
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 16:34 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - May 3, 2011 16:58 - 1 Comment
Nutcracker Man had a taste for grass
U. COLORADO (US) — An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting huge molars preferred to slurp up vast quantities of grass, instead of crunching on the food that earned it the nickname Nutcracker Man. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 5, 2011 15:13 - 1 Comment
Like us, chimps and bonobos differ
EMORY (US) — Similar to humans, chimps and bonobos have widely different personalities, despite diverging from each other a relatively short one to two million years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 25, 2011 15:35 - 0 Comments
Ancient Americans were early arrivals
TEXAS A&M (US) — The first inhabitants in North America arrived about 15,500 years ago, as much as 2,500 years earlier than previously thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2010 9:04 - 2 Comments
Apes only gamble on a sure thing
DUKE (US) — When chimpanzees and bonobos, human’s closest living primate relatives, aren’t certain of the odds or don’t have confidence in their judgments, they’re more likely to play it safe, rather than take a risk. (more…)
