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January 2012 Archeology - Early Humans
« on: January 01, 2012, 05:18:52 pm »
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Rethinking the 'one species' idea:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16339313

Evidence that early humans lived by rivers and streams:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-couple-evidence-indicating-earliest-humans.html

Was Sediba polygamous?:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/12/23/was-australopithecus-sediba-polygamous-paleontologist-answers-reader-questions-about-new-early-human-fossils/

On hunger and evolution:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/did-hunger-drive-the-evolution-of-homo-sapiens/

On the evolution of facial expressions:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-emotion.html

Smithsonian's top ten hominid finds of the year:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2011/12/top-10-hominid-discoveries-of-2011/

A skull study may have implications for evolution studies:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-human-skull-evolutionary-headache.html

A roundup of 2011's human origins news:
http://www.livescience.com/17559-human-origins-2011-discoveries.html

Our brains are bigger than a Neanderthal's, apparently:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45656171/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Review(ish) of Wynn and Coolidge, *How to Think Like a Neandertal*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/books/how-to-think-like-a-neandertal-by-thomas-wynn-and-frederick-l-coolidge-review.html

More on Neanderthals building homes from mammoth bones:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-neanderthal-home-mammoth-bones-ukraine.html

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Re: January 2012 Archeology - Early Humans
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 09:55:17 am »
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A new German-Israeli center devoted to researching archaeology and anthropology/early humans:
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/01/new-german-israeli-center-will.html

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Re: January 2012 Archeology - Early Humans
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2012, 01:11:26 pm »
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Pondering the Neanderthal personality:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/01/19/cracking-open-the-neanderth\
al-personality/comment-page-1/
 
... and whether Neanderthals had languages:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/01/neanderthal-liv\
es-led-to-language/1

... and another study on why Neanderthals apparently disappeared:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-archaeologists-clues-neanderthal-extinction.\
html

On primate and human faces:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-evolution-written.html

... and toenails:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/primate-fossil-adds-to-claw-toenail-de\
bate.html

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Re: January 2012 Archeology - Early Humans
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2012, 11:03:25 am »
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Studying Jersey Neanderthal hunting methods:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-16726900

Evidence of earlier use of red ochre by Neanderthals than previously thought:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-team-evidence-red-ochre-neanderthals.html
 
Genetic analysis suggests first modern humans settled in Arabia:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126123705.htm
 
Reverse engineering flint axes used by various hominins:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-neanderthals-contemporaries-stone-tools.html
 
Feature on Mitochondrial Eve:
http://io9.com/5878996/how-mitochondrial-eve-connected-all-humanity-and-rewrote-human-evolution

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