August 2011 Archeology - Early Humans

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On climate change and human evolution:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128244.700-thank-climate-change-for-the-rise-of-humans.html
 
More on crowding out the Neanderthal set:
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2011/article/neanderthals-were-outnumbered-to-death-study-shows

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Latest on homo floresiensis:
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110808/full/news.2011.466.html
 
... semi related:
http://www.livescience.com/15523-john-mccain-meet-real-hobbits.html

Feature on the DNA we got from our Neanderthal (and other) forebears:
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110809/full/476136a.html
 
Latest coverage on finds from Georgia challenging the 'out of Africa' theory:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-08/caveman-zezva-has-1-8-million-year-grin-forces-georgia-to-rewrite-history.html

... I"m not sure the previous item is referring to the Denisovans or not:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128254.000-stone-age-toe-could-redraw-human-family-tree.html

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I'm pretty sure we had this homo erectus sailor story a few months ago:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-human-precursors-sea-team.html

An interview with Sandi Copeland:
http://www.livescience.com/15642-early-humans-lifeways-nsf-sl.html

More on the 'neanderthalness' of non-'Africans':
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/18/scitech/main20080408.shtml

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A Neanderthal skull fragment from Nice:
http://www.rivieratimes.com/index.php/provence-cote-dazur-article/items/neanderthal-skull-fragment-discovered-in-nice-6698.html

Interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans apparently was a good thing for us, immunity-wise:
http://news.discovery.com/human/neanderthals-interbreeding-humans-110825.html
 
... but some agencies are emphasizing the negative side:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/aug/25/neanderthal-denisovan-genes-human-immunity

Homo erectus was apparently first to master cooking food:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-homo-erectus-master-kitchen.html