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Human-Neanderthal coupling was rare: study

Scientists have shown that modern humans have some traces of genes from Neanderthals, but a study out Monday suggests that any breeding between the two was most likely a rare event.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Ancient teeth raise new questions about the origins of modern man

Eight small teeth found in a cave near Rosh Haain, central Israel, are raising big questions about the earliest existence of humans and where we may have originated, says Binghamton University anthropologist ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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World's oldest human remains claimed in Israel

Israeli archaeologists have discovered human remains dating from 400,000 years ago, challenging conventional wisdom that Homo sapiens originated in Africa, the leader of excavations in Israel said on Tuesday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Dwindling green pastures, not hunting, may have killed off the mammoth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A vast reduction in grasslands may have been the primary cause of the decline of mammals such as the woolly mammoth according to Durham University scientists.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Anthropologist Says Tree Climbing Abilities of Early Hominins Decreased Rapidly in Evolutionary Process

Jeremy M. DeSilva an anthropologist at Worcester University in Massachusetts has published "Functional Morphology of the Ankle and the Likelihood of Climbing in Early Hominins," in the peer-reviewed journal, ...

Biology / Evolution

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