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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: homo sapiens

homo sapiens stories: 5 news summaries

Skull Find Shakes Up Theories on Early Humanity

Remains found in Georgia suggest mankind's evolution had Eurasian chapter

Sep 9, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Theories of human evolution have been thrown into disarray by ancient human remains found in Georgia, the Independent reports. The skulls, unearthed near Tbilisi, are from 1.8 million years ago, 800,000 years before modern humanity's ancestors were believed to have first moved out of Africa. The find, scientists... More »

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origins of humanity • Georgia • skull • human evolution • homo sapiens • hominids • Homo erectus

Earliest Humans Played
Flute 35,000 Years Ago

It was found in same caves as fertility statue

Jun 24, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A vulture-bone flute found in a cave in southwest Germany proves that homo sapiens have been rocking out for at least 35,000 years, archaeologists say. It’s the most complete musical instrument found in a region full of relics like busty carvings and ivory flutes, the New York Times... More »

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music • Germany • homo sapiens • archaeologist • early humans

 They Weren't
 Such 'Neanderthals'

Early man brighter than suspected, researchers find

Aug 26, 08 2:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neanderthals were just as smart as their stone-age rivals, the latest research into the roots of mankind concludes. Scientific teams who learned how to make and use Neanderthal tools found their technology just as efficient as that used by Homo sapiens, reports the Independent. The study runs counter to... More »

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extinction • homo sapiens • Neanderthals • Southern Methodist University • Exeter University • tools • Stone Age • Texas State University

Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

Study says feminist practices put the 'reproductive core' in harm's way

Nov 11, 07 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - "Stone Age feminism" may have contributed to the Neanderthals' extinction, says a recent study, which uses archaeological evidence to argue that Neanderthal females hunted—and were "stomped, gored, and worse"—alongside males. Pitting the "reproductive core" of a population that never topped 10,000 against giant... More »

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feminism • human evolution • homo sapiens • Neanderthals

Kenyan Fossil Rattles Human
Family Tree

Skull suggests two precursors were actually concurrent

Aug 9, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of our ancestors apparently lived alongside each other in Africa rather than evolving from one to the next on the path to Homo sapiens, as scientists once believed. National Geographic reports that a Homo habilis skull dug up in Kenya is surprisingly young, making its 1.4 million-year-old owner... More »

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Africa • Kenya • evolution • archaeology • origins of humanity • fossil • human evolution • homo sapiens • hominids • anthropology • Homo habilis • Homo erectus

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