Posts Tagged ‘modern humans’
Junk DNA: Why humans, chimps are different?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — While the DNA sequence of genes between humans and chimpanzees is nearly identical, a new study finds the insertion and deletion of large pieces of DNA near genes are highly variable. Continue…
Monday, October 31, 2011 13:05 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Jun 30, 2011 9:18 - 0 Comments
Early and modern humans didn’t mingle
NYU (US) — New excavations in Indonesia show that Homo erectus disappeared from the area at least 143,000 years ago—and possibly as long as 550,000 years—long before modern humans arrived on the scene. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2011 13:04 - 0 Comments
S. Africa birthplace of modern humans
STANFORD (US) — Bushmen from southern Africa are most likely the source population from which all other African populations evolved, according to a large study of genetic variation. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2011 11:59 - 0 Comments
Like us, early humans ran the gamut
STONY BROOK (US) — Although they did not act “modern,” new evidence suggests humans living in East Africa 200,000 years ago were as complex in their behavior as humans living today. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 29, 2010 12:11 - 0 Comments
Earlier date for skilled tool sharpening
U. COLORADO (US) — Prehistoric humans were using a delicate method to sharpen stone tools at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2010 11:02 - 0 Comments
Food fight: brain vs. gut
EMORY (US)—The relatively larger human brain makes us the most intelligent of the primates. But if we’re so smart, why have we eaten our way into an obesity epidemic? (more…)
Science & Technology, Society & Culture - Jul 22, 2009 5:00 - 1 Comment
Neandertal likely killed by human-made weapon
Duke anthropologist Steven Churchill holds a facsimile Neandertal spear in his left hand and human-made, spear-throwing projectile weapon in his right. (Credit: Les Todd/Duke)
