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Anthropologist Says Tree Climbing Abilities of Early Hominins Decreased Rapidly in Evolutionary Process
Apr 15, 2009 |
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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, ...
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Texas Tech Librarian 'Proves' Existence of Spider-Man
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Yes, Mary Jane, there is a Spider-Man. At least, that’s what pop-culture guru and associate humanities librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries Rob Weiner set out to prove in an article published in the International Jo ...
Report: Humans evolved to be peaceful
Feb 19, 2006 |
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Humans evolved to be peaceful, cooperative and social animals, not the predators modern mythology would have us believe, says an U.S. anthropologist.
China's earliest modern human
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Apr 02, 2007 |
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Researchers at WUSTL and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing have been studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and have determined ...
Neanderthal Lacked Anatomical Competitive Edge: Skeletal Remains Tell the Story
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the skeletal fossils of Neanderthal and Early modern man suggest the lack of a "throwing arm" may have made the difference in human evolution. Researchers Jill A. Rhodes and ...
'Hobbit' fossils a new species, anthropologist says
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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An analysis of an 18,000-year-old fossil, described as the remains of a diminutive humanlike creature, proves that genuine cave-dwelling "hobbits" once flourished in Southeast Asia, according to a Long Island anthropologist ...
Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator, Study Says
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Jun 19, 2007 |
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Neanderthal man was not as stupid as has been made out says a new study published by a University of Leicester archaeologist.
Neanderthals wouldn't have eaten their sprouts either
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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Spanish researchers say they're a step closer to resolving a "mystery of evolution" -- why some people like Brussels sprouts but others hate them.
Research backs legend of man-eating bird
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Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge flesh-eating eagle that became extinct in New Zealand only 500 years ago was an efficient hunter that could attack prey 10 times its size, UNSW research has found, lending credibility ...
Modern Humans, not Neandertals, may be evolutions's 'odd man out'
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Sep 08, 2006 |
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Could it be that in the great evolutionary "family tree," it is we Modern Humans, not the brow-ridged, large-nosed Neandertals, who are the odd uncle out?
The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show
Jul 22, 2009 |
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The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of forgery.
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