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A new model for human origins in Africa upends commonly held beliefs about our evolution
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology.kickstand via Getty...
This Tacoma professor spent years in Africa rewriting what we know about evolution
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen did our ancestors go from walking on all fours to just two? It’s a question that researchers...
Scientists have completely sequenced the human Y chromosome for the first time, with huge...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDNA testing.Hero Images / Gerry Images Researchers published two new papers on the human Y...
Balzan Prizes recognize achievements in study of human evolution, black holes with $840,000 awards
Associated Press via AOL· 9 months agoAn American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a...
Racist and sexist depictions of human evolution still permeate science, education and popular...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrom Aristotle to Darwin, inaccurate and biased narratives in science not only reproduce these...
Ape elbows and shoulders evolved differently than monkeys, allowing us to throw with precision
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoChimpanzee in a tree Getty Images/Yannick Tylle Mary Joy is an undergraduate student at Dartmouth...
Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhat does it mean to be human? For a long time, the answer seemed clear. Our species, Homo sapiens —...
'We can't just let them go': Arizona tribes rely on law to reclaim remains, other items
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor more than two centuries, it was legal to excavate Native graves in the United States. Indigenous...
New study on monkeys using stone tools raises questions about evolution
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMonkeys in modern-day Thai forests create stone artifacts uncannily similar to those crafted by...
Scientists debunk myth that human brains are 'underdeveloped' at birth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBaby girl playing with toy blocks on the floor at home with her dad seated on a couch in the...