What's Hot in Human Origins?

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What's Hot in Human Origins

 

Check out the latest human origins discoveries and research findings! This is where we post hot-off-the-presses news in human origins. We read the original articles and summarize them in a clear, understandable way so you can keep up to date on all findings in this vibrant field of science.

 

September 8, 2011

South African skeletons point to the origin of the genus Homo

June 26, 2011

What discoveries will be made this season at the Smithsonian excavations in Kenya?

February 12, 2011

Casts of recent fossil discovery on display in the Hall of Human Origins

January 5, 2011

Cooked Wild Barley Found In Neanderthal Teeth

December 10, 2010

Were hobbits hunted by giant storks?

August 12, 2010

Did Lucy’s species butcher animals 3.4 million years ago? 

July 7, 2010

Scientists have found the oldest known stone tools from Britain, more than 780,000 years old. This may signal the first early human migration to a cold, forested environment.

May 6, 2010

The Neanderthal genetic code is mapped!

March 24, 2010

Stone tools push back date of early human habitation on Flores

March 16, 2010

The Latest Famous Early Human Fossil

March 7, 2010

Newly discovered fossil crocodile may have been largest predator humans ever encountered

February 6, 2010

Going shoeless tempers impact, but effect on injuries uncertain