Evolution 2

Brain Structure, Not the Frontal Lobe, Responsible for Advanced Human Intelligence

- Oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apes discovered

Swartkrans cave (Afrique du Sud): Prehistoric ear bones could lead to evolutionary answers

- Fuyan Cave (Chine): New Homonin Site

Kanjera South (KJS), Kenya : Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Human Ancestors Hunting and Scavenging

- Fossil of great ape sheds light on evolution

Asymmetry of human brain enhances cognition compared to other primates

Were 'hobbit' hominids island dwarfs?

Ardipithecus ramidus had a skull fit for a hominid

- Wajak (Indonésie): U-series and radiocarbon analyses of human and faunal remains

Australopithecus sediba hominin: New study reveals how human ancestor walked, chewed, and moved

Fossilized teeth provide new insight into human ancestor

Kromdraai B (Afrique du Sud): Microtomographic archive of fossil hominin specimens

Rare primate's vocal lip-smacks share features of human speech

- Ability to 'think about thinking' not limited to humans

- In chimpanzees, hunting and meat-eating is a man's business

Humans and apes learn language differently

Tarsiers' Bulging Eyes Shed Light On Evolution of Human Vision

Xujiayao (Chine): Skulls of early humans carry telltale signs of inbreeding

-  Origins of human teamwork found in chimpanzees

- Understanding the comparative catarrhine context of human pelvic form

Human evolution influences gamblers' decisions

Panxian Dadong (Chine): Evolutionary Course in Asian Hominins

Biologist debunks myth that humans peaked in Paleolithic era

Broken Hill (Zambie): First early human fossil found in Africa makes debut

- Human Y chromosome much older than previously thought

Nut-cracking monkeys use shapes to strategize their use of tools

- Evolution and the Ice Age

Has evolution given humans unique brain structures?

Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So

Origins of alcohol consumption traced to ape ancestor

Rabbits and hominin survival in Iberia

- 'The Scars of Human Evolution'

- First animal model of recent human evolution

Homo floresiensis : Saga of ‘the Hobbit’ highlights a science in crisis

Balanica (Serbie): New Radiometric Ages for the BH-1 Hominin

Liang Bua (Indonesie): New wrist bones of Homo floresiensis

- Bonobos predisposed to show sensitivity to others

New Geology study raises questions about long-held theories of human evolution

Tooth development and weaning in chimpanzees not as closely related as once thought

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