... extinction of ... How could the Tuba eruption dramatically reduce the global human population, yet leave chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutan populations ...
... Which is safer, being in the open shores and plains or under a 100m canopy of rainforest when the acid rain and tephra starts falling? Also possibly...
Why would human populations limit themselves to coastal marine environments when there are a lot more resources inland-- especially in the fauna prolific...
I am going by memory, but wasn't the population expansion the largest in Asia by the time of Toba? Maybe due to resources? If my recollection is correct, then...
J Hum Evol. 2008 Jul;55(1):103-30. Epub 2008 Jun 2. New evidence for hominin carcass processing strategies at 1.5Ma, Koobi Fora, Kenya. Pobiner BL, Rogers MJ,...
J Hum Evol. 2008 Jun 20. Side steps: the erratic pattern of hominin postcranial change through time. McHenry HM, Brown CC. Department of Anthropology,...
Balkan caves, gorges were pre-Neanderthal haven Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:25am EDT By Ljilja Cvekic BELGRADE (Reuters Life!) - A fragment of a human jaw found in...
Marcel and all: This could turn out to be a very important find. The reasons for this are several. First, if they were H. erectus and between 250-130 kyr...
I think you might be reading a bit too much into this.. ... From: Anne Gilbert To: paleoanthropology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:57 PM ...
fam: I hope you noticed that there were a lot of "ifs" in my post. These were "ifs" that were raised in my mind. Anne G I think you might be reading a bit too...
Kevin: I raised possibilities, based on what little was in the article. I don't know for sure if this is significant or not. Continuous occupation is just...
Neandertals must have had pre-Neandertal ancestors so I don't see any reason why these fossil humans could not have been directly ancestral to the Neandertals....
Jack: I believe that is the current consensus. Anne G ... From: Jack Kilmon To: paleoanthropology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 8:52 AM Subject:...
Great apes prefer cooked food Victoria Wobbera Brian Hareb, Richard Wranghama, Abstract The cooking hypothesis proposes that a diet of cooked food was ...
Are there other animals this was tested against? cats, dogs, dolphins, weasels, etc. may also prefer cooked foods? Since many Homo fossils have been found in...
DDeden: Okay. This is not, by any means, a "scientific" test. But many cat owners(or should I say, those owned by a cat?)know that cats have what can only be...
EXCELLANT point Anne! ~Jim ... cat owners(or should I say, those owned by a cat?)know that cats have what can only be described as "gourmet tastes", if...
J Hum Evol. 2008 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print] Sapropels and the age of hominins Omo I and II, Kibish, Ethiopia. McDougall I, Brown FH, Fleagle JG. Research...
A 28,000 Years Old Cro-Magnon mtDNA Sequence Differs from All Potentially Contaminating Modern Sequences David Caramelli1, Lucio Milani1, Stefania Vai1,...
Greetings to all the members! I've been following up on this discussion list for a few months now, but this is actually my first written contribution. I'm a...
Surprising Number of Lowland Gorillas Discovered in Africa Jeanna Bryner Senior Writer LiveScience.comTue Aug 5, 7:22 AM ET A new tally of lowland gorillas has...
BBC NEWS Extinction 'by man not climate' The extinction of many ancient species may be due to humans rather than climate change, experts say. Large prehistoric...
Bloglines user AnneGilbert (avgilbert@...) has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: I don't know how old Chauvet is or is not,...
By estrus I mean the biological force which drives a female placental mammal to mate. It occurs when the female ovulates and is commonly called "heat". I am...
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2008 Aug 18. Is Central Asia the eastern outpost of the Neandertal range? A reassessment of the Teshik-Tash child. Glantz M, Athreya S,...
Bloglines user AnneGilbert (avgilbert@...) has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: Over at Afarensis, there's an interesting...