Copping a Latitude: Genetics Supports Idea Cultural Interaction Was More East to West Than North to South
The finding supports a case made by Jared Diamond and others that migration along the same lines of latitude in Eurasia promoted the sharing of crops, animals and technology, but that wide variations in climate found in the New World's north-to-south orientation hindered cultural exchanges
October 2011 Briefing Memo
3-D Printing Gets Ahead: How Does a Printer Make a Fossil?
3-D printers can create models and prototypes, replicas of your head, even living tissues—and at Lehman College, they reproduce and reconstruct ancient fossils
Upright and Hairless Make Better Long-Distance Hunters
If an early human wanted to chase down prey, it really helped to be upright and to lose the overheating body hair. Karen Hopkin reports
Amber Inclusions Showcase Prehistoric Feathers
Fossils could help to reveal how dino feathers first evolved.
Fossils Raise Questions about Human Ancestry
Australopithecus sediba is a mosaic of modern and primitive traits.
Ancient Sea Jelly Shakes Evolutionary Tree of Animals
Fossil suggests evolutionary order requires revision
Human Ancestors Interbred with Related Species
Analysis suggests genetic mixing occurred in Africa around 35,000 years ago
Stone Tools Shed Light on Early Human Migrations
Hominins with different toolmaking technologies coexisted
Molars Say Cooking Is Almost 2 Million Years Old
Human molars and jaws responded to the invention of cooking by getting smaller. Fossils thus indicate that controlled-fire cooking probably originated about 1.9 million years ago. Cynthia Graber reports
Ancient Egyptians Used 'Hair Gel'
Mummy analysis finds that fat-based product held styles in place.
Pregnant Plesiosaur Fossil Suggests the Sea Reptile Cared for Its Young
A single large baby suggests that plesiosaurs cared for their young.