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Supermom Primates Raise Twins

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Tue Jan 24, 2012 05:00 AM ET | 0

The first occurrence of twins for free-ranging Tibetan macaques reveals how tough it is for primate twins to survive. Read more

Columbus May Have Found Syphilis in The New World

Posted by Emily Sohn Thu Jan 5, 2012 08:00 AM ET | 0

The transmission of diseases from Old World to New may have been a two-way street. Read more

Modern Disease Found in Ancient Bones

Posted Wed Jan 4, 2012 09:16 AM ET | 0

The finding shows that brucellosis has been in Albania since at least the Middle Ages. Read more

Ancient Images of a Mother Giving Birth Found

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Wed Oct 19, 2011 04:33 PM ET | 0

The unique find, which could be the earliest representation of childbirth in western art, show the head and shoulders of a baby emerging from a mother. Read more

An Ancient Art Studio Found in Cave In Africa

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Thu Oct 13, 2011 05:23 PM ET | 0

The 100,000-year-old workshop is the earliest example of an art studio. Read more

What the Donner Party Ate in Final Days

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Mon Oct 10, 2011 09:08 AM ET | 0

The desperate pioneers resorted to eating pets, bones, twigs, glue, strings and finally each other. Read more

Early Tool-Maker Fossil Could Rewrite Human Ancestry

Posted Fri Sep 9, 2011 09:45 AM ET | 0

The new species, Australopithecus sediba, shows unusual combinations of ape and human-like features. Read more

Sex with Neanderthals Made Us Stronger

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Thu Aug 25, 2011 02:00 PM ET | 0

Modern humans developed stronger immune systems after they interbred with Neanderthals. Read more

Where Humans Learned to Walk

Posted by Tim Wall Fri Aug 5, 2011 07:52 AM ET | 0

An analysis of fossil soils indicates grasslands dominated East Africa for 7.4 million years. Read more

Early Human Dads Stayed at Home While Females Roamed

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Wed Jun 1, 2011 01:00 PM ET | 0

Although these early dads didn't travel, that doesn't mean they pitched in with raising the children. Read more

Neanderthals' Last Stand Possibly Found

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Thu May 12, 2011 02:00 PM ET | 0

A newly found prehistoric toolkit suggests Neanderthals may have lingered in the Ural Mountains as recently as 33,000 years ago. Read more

Heidelberg Man Links Humans, Neanderthals

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Wed May 4, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

What was thought to be a cousin turns out to be a parent on the human evolutionary family tree. Read more

Did Neanderthals Believe in an Afterlife?

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:40 AM ET | 0

A possible Neanderthal burial ground suggests that they practiced funeral rituals and possessed symbolic thought before modern humans. Read more

Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Wed Apr 6, 2011 05:30 AM ET | 0

A brain in near-perfect condition is found in a body-less skull of a person who was decapitated over 2,600 years ago in England. Read more

Prehistoric Dog Lived, Died Among Humans

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:10 AM ET | 0

Remains of the Husky-like dog, buried 7,000 years ago in Siberia, suggest people saw it as a thinking, social being. Read more

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