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Evidence for an ancient lineage of modern humans

It almost seems like there are two separate research project under way regarding the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. One focuses on recent humans, tends to use DNA as a major source of information, and from this base projects back into the past. This approach...

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Posted on March 9, 2008 10:52 PM • 0 Comments •

Evolution: The Mind's Big Bang

Evolution: The Mind's Big Bang I've known Shea for years ... since before grad school. Going out drinking with this guy was a little dangerous. Almost as dangerous as going out drinking with me....

Posted on February 15, 2008 5:48 PM • 2 Comments •

Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival 33

Welcome to the Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival #33, 'specializing' in the four fields of anthropology. The previous edition of 4SH can be found at Testimony of the Spade, and the next edition will be hosted by Our Cultural World. The main page for...

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Posted on January 30, 2008 9:44 AM • 0 Comments •

Did Humans or Climate Change Cause the Extinctions of Pleistocene Eurasian Megafauna?

Did humans wipe out the Pleistocene megafauna? This is a question that can be asked separately for each area of the world colonized by Homo sapiens. It is also a question that engenders sometimes heated debate. A new paper coming out in the Journal...

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Posted on January 25, 2008 7:57 PM • 2 Comments •

Neanderthal Childhood. Did it happen?

Every few years a paper comes out "explaining" short stature in one or more Pygmy groups. Most of the time the new work ads new information and new ideas but fails to be convincing. This is the case with the recent PNAS paper by Migliano...

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Posted on December 18, 2007 2:20 AM • 0 Comments •