Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007 Nov 28 [Epub ahead of print] Quantitative three-dimensional shape analysis of the proximal hallucial metatarsal articular surface in...
Hi all, I think these incongruencies constitute additional evidence, like the South American chicken DNA evidence, that points to earlier seafaring (perhaps ...
I'm sure occasional contact occured. But I wonder how spread. I am part quechua and while I have seen duck pottery, I have never seen pre-hispanic chicken...
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007 Nov 28;134(S45):106-132 [Epub ahead of print] Paranthropus boisei: Fifty years of evidence and analysis. Wood B, Constantino P. ...
AUSTIN, Texas—Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research from The University of Texas at Austin...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050819130824.htm TB in East Africa 3ma http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/uota-mac120407.php TB in...
... Incredible. This discovery is yet another reminder to keep an open mind, about undiscovered and cryptid (reported but not generally acknowledged/proven)...
Hi all, There's nothing quite like a dramatic reversal like this, to keep the scientific thoughts progressing, and challenge all sorts of stale old things!...
Re: jades : 3000 yrs of prehistoric exchange in SE.Asia My interpretation: (sorry, a bit mixed due to rush) Neandertals mousterian tools made flakes, not...
Why pregnant women don't topple By SETH BORENSTEIN, WASHINGTON - With all that growing weight up front, how is it that pregnant women don't lose their balance...
... This is an interesting new paper. I don't think this is the only reason for dwarfism seen in various hominids, but it appears to be one plausible...
Nature. 2007 Dec 13;450(7172):1075-8. Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins. Whitcome KK, Shapiro LJ, Lieberman DE. Department of...
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 12 [Epub ahead of print] Rapid dental development in a Middle Paleolithic Belgian Neanderthal. Smith TM, Toussaint M, Reid...
Here's the abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 11 [Epub ahead of print] Life history trade-offs explain the evolution of human pygmies. Migliano AB,...
All: This looks interesting. Anne G ... From: Roy Anderson To: evolutionary-psychology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 5:58 PM Subject:...
Genetics. 2007 Dec;177(4):2195-207. Inferring human population sizes, divergence times and rates of gene flow from mitochondrial, x and y chromosome...
Hobbits, Erectus and Modern Humans - A Virtual Fieldtrip of Indonesia Link: http://www.christurney.com/fieldtrip.html Includes interactive map and video...
J Hum Evol. 2007 Nov 26 [Epub ahead of print] Comparative observations on the tooth root morphology of Gigantopithecus blacki. Kupczik K, Dean MC. Department...
From The Sunday Times December 16, 2007 Growing apart We humans are evolving more quickly than at any time in history, scientists have discovered. It has...
The fact that regional populations have become adapted to their regional environments, should not be surprising. But that certainly doesn't stop gene flow...
Human Evolution Tied to Uplift of 'Wall of Africa' TECTONICS HUMAN EVOLUTION EAST AFRICA BLUE NILE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU Scientists long have focused on how...
Yesterday I came to find out that my tween daughters had been invaded by a very successful and specialized parasite - head lice. We spent several hours...
Pygmies life expectancy is between 16 and 24 By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Pygmies are of diminished stature because their lives are nasty, brutish and...
Why men like to marry younger women By Roger Highfield, Science Editor The reason that men like to marry women who are years younger than themselves has been...
This, in traditional societies, combined with economic/war strains can result in this: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/family_portrait.php ... ...
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I've been doing some reading into racial genetic distance, and I found research that put the date of the Caucasian/Mongoloid split from African at about 120k...
Autism Must Hang its Head in SHAME. Mankind's most promise ever has been thwarted in the name of autism progress! Well, It has been twenty years ago now when...
Mathilda, This research would be applicable to nonmetric analysis wouldn't it? I'll be doing a paper on the problems assessing nonmetric traits for a...