PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: early humans http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Archaeologists discover oldest-known fiber materials used by early humans (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists and paleobiologists has discovered flax fibers that are more than 34,000 years old, making them the oldest fibers known to have been used by humans. The fibers, discovered during systematic excavations in a cave in the Republic of Georgia, are described in this week's issue of Science. http://www.physorg.com/news171811682.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:20:03 EST news171811682 Giant stone-age axes found in African lake basin (PhysOrg.com) -- A giant African lake basin is providing information about possible migration routes and hunting practices of early humans in the Middle and Late Stone Age periods, between 150,000 and 10,000 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news171790409.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:33:53 EST news171790409 Hand axes in Europe nearly a million years old: study Early humans used two-sided stone axes in Europe up to 900,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news171118331.html Other Sciences Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:53:02 EST news171118331 Tiny ancient shells point to earliest fashion trend Shell beads newly unearthed from four sites in Morocco confirm early humans were consistently wearing and potentially trading symbolic jewellery as early as 80,000 years ago. These beads add significantly to similar finds dating back as far as 110,000 in Algeria, Morocco, Israel and South Africa, confirming these as the oldest form of personal ornaments. This crucial step towards modern culture is reported this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). http://www.physorg.com/news170584460.html Other Sciences Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:35:22 EST news170584460 First direct evidence of substantial fish consumption by early modern humans in China Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans. http://www.physorg.com/news166120605.html Other Sciences Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:50:02 EST news166120605 Harvard scientist says we are what we eat -- and what we cook "You are what you eat." Can these pithy words explain the evolution of the human species? http://www.physorg.com/news163089378.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:36:56 EST news163089378 'The world's oldest manufactured beads' are older than previously thought (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world`s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco. The researchers have found 47 examples of Nassarius marine shells, most of them perforated and including examples covered in red ochre, at the Grotte des Pigeons at Taforalt. http://www.physorg.com/news160756591.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 May 2009 15:37:13 EST news160756591 Dietary fats trigger long-term memory formation Having strong memories of that rich, delicious dessert you ate last night? If so, you shouldn't feel like a glutton. It's only natural. http://www.physorg.com/news160072047.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:28:09 EST news160072047 'Free play' for children, teens is vital to social development, psychologist says A new theory about early human adaptation suggests that our ancestors capitalized on their capacities for play to enable the development of a highly cooperative way of life. http://www.physorg.com/news159023570.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:13:19 EST news159023570 Gibbon feet provide model for early human walking Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that early humans could have walked successfully on a 'flexible' flat foot, similar to modern day gibbons. http://www.physorg.com/news148561648.html Biology Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:07:28 EST news148561648 Floppy-footed gibbons help us understand how early humans may have walked The human foot is a miracle of evolution. We can keep striding for miles on our well-sprung feet. There is nothing else like them, not even amongst our closest living relatives. According to Evie Vereecke, from the University of Liverpool, the modern human foot first appeared about 1.8 million years ago, but our ape-like ancestors probably took to walking several million years earlier, even though their feet were more 'floppy' and ape like than ours. http://www.physorg.com/news146139176.html Biology Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:12:56 EST news146139176 New book further supports controversial theory of 'Man the Hunted' Despite popular theories to the contrary, early humans evolved not as aggressive hunters, but as prey of many predators. "Humans are no more born to be hunters than to be gardeners," argues Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, in the newly-updated version of the controversial book "Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators and Human Evolution." http://www.physorg.com/news138462747.html Biology Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:52:27 EST news138462747