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The spread of our species
In a major new development in human evolutionary studies, researchers from the University of Cambridge argue that the dispersal of modern humans from Africa to South Asia may have occurred as recently as 70,000 years ago. view more (2005-11-07)
German Neanderthals together
In 1856 a group of workmen entered a cave in the Neander Valley to clean out the rubbish. Some odd bones were found which researchers Fuhlrott and Schaaffhausen recognized as being from an unknown, very old human. More Neanderthal remains were found thereafter, but the species got a very bad press. This ugly creature could by no means belong to... view more... (1999-03-09)
Which university course is healthiest?
The subject you study at university determines how healthy you will be in the future, suggests new research published in the August Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Peter McCarron and colleagues in Glasgow and Belfast followed up health records collected from male students at Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968. They discovered... view more... (2003-07-28)
Invasive methods unnecessary for prostate cancer radiation therapy treatment planning
Modern 3-D computed tomography (CT) is an effective method for locating the prostatic apex for radiation therapy treatment planning in prostate cancer patients because it eliminates the need for an invasive procedure and the related side effects. view more (2008-05-21)
Preserved in crystal
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science recently discovered a new source of well-preserved ancient DNA in fossil bones. view more (2006-02-03)
Heart problem: York academics study cardiac rehab shortfall
Researchers at the University of York are trying to discover why so many heart attack victims in the UK fail to take part in potentially life-saving cardiac rehabilitation. view more (2005-02-24)
Old World Origin of New World Dogs
When humans arrived to the New World they had dogs with them. This is the conclusion reached by a study published this week in the journal Science by evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Uppsala University, Sweden, in collaboration with zooarchaeologists from Mexico and Peru. Dogs have been present in the New... view more... (2002-11-22)
Europeans took the long way round - new support for southern exit out of Africa
All non-Africans descend from a group of humans that left Africa by a coastal route across the mouth of the Red Sea to South Asia - rather than by a direct route to Europe - less than 80,000 years ago. view more (2005-05-12)
Archaeologists find earliest evidence of modern humans in Eastern Europe
A University of Arizona archaeologist is a member of a team of scientists that has uncovered new evidence that modern humans moved out of Africa and occupied parts of eastern Europe as early as 45,000 years ago. view more (2007-01-15)
American Chemical Society supports teaching evolution in K-12
The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, is reiterating its call for evolution to be included in the K-12 science curricula at an "age-appropriate level," because it is "central to our modern understanding of science." view more (2005-08-16)
Reconstruction the brain morphology of Homo Liujiang cranium fossil by 3-D CT
hominin fossils are the most important materials to explore human origins and evolution. Since most hominin fossils are incomplete, or filled with a heavy calcified matrix, it is difficult or often impossible to reconstruct the endocast in a real fossil without destroying it. view more (2008-07-16)
Jurassic Park inspirer awarded
Professor Svante P'¤'¤bo is the recipient of the Rudbeck Prize year 2000 at Uppsala University, Sweden, in recognition for his pioneering work in unravelling the origin of the modern man. Professor P'¤'¤bo first made world headlines in 1985 when he succeeded in isolating and decoding a short sequence of genetic code (DNA) from an Egyptian mummy... view more... (2000-09-14)
New analysis shows 'hobbits' couldn't hustle
A detailed analysis of the feet of Homo floresiensis-the miniature hominins who lived on a remote island in eastern Indonesia until 18,000 years ago-may help settle a question hotly debated among paleontologists: how similar was this population to modern humans? view more (2009-05-07)
260 million-year-old reptiles from Russia possessed the first modern ears
The discovery of the first anatomically modern ear in a group of 260 million-year-old fossil reptiles significantly pushes back the date of the origin of an advanced sense of hearing, and suggests the first known adaptations to living in the dark. view more (2007-09-12)
Was ability to run early man's Achilles heel?
The earliest humans almost certainly walked upright on two legs but may have struggled to run at even half the speed of modern man, new research suggests. view more (2007-09-11)
Schnapper recognised for work on the state and the individual
A French sociologist, Dominique Schnapper, has been awarded a prize of 1,000,000 Swiss Francs for her work on the development of modern societies and the changing relationship between the individual and the state. [Note: Swiss Francs 1 million is equivalent to £431,000 or US$667,000]. She was one of the four winners announced yesterday... view more... (2002-09-11)
The muskox suffered a loss of genetic diversity at the Pleistocene/Holocene transition
The tundra muskox, one of the few large northern mammals to have survived to the present day, saw its genetic diversity decrease greatly at the end of the Pleistocene period, around 10,000 years ago. view more (2005-10-06)
The evolution of right- and left-handedness
A study from the April issue of Current Anthropology explores the evolution of handedness, one of few firm behavioral boundaries separating humans from other animals. view more (2006-03-01)
University of Kent course run in partnership with modern wonder of the world
The news that Kew Gardens is to join the likes of the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China as a modern wonder of the world has been welcomed by teachers on the University of Kent's MSc Programme in Ethnobotany. Together with the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), the Department of Anthropology and the Royal Botanic Gardens... view more... (2003-07-11)
Ancient DNA reveals that some Neanderthals were redheads
Ancient DNA retrieved from the bones of two Neanderthals suggests that at least some of them had red hair and pale skin, scientists report this week in the journal Science. view more (2007-10-26)
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