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Were early human ancestors ‘aquatic apes’ ?
4-29-2013 |
65
The controversial theory that humans evolved from amphibious apes has been gaining new support.
Early chimp-human fossil uncovered
4-13-2013 | 19
The two-million-year-old fossil remains of an ancient human ancestor have been uncovered in South Africa.
Oldest evidence of stone-tipped spears found
11-16-2012 | 9
Our ancestors used stone-tipped spears to hunt for food more than 200,000 years earlier than thought.
Did prehistoric man feed on pandas ?
10-16-2012 | 26
Excavated panda fossils hold clues suggesting that our ancestors may have viewed pandas as a food source.
Did humans and Neanderthals interbreed ?
8-15-2012 | 33
A new study casts doubt on the idea that our ancient ancestors would have interbred with Neanderthals.
Earliest evidence of man-made fire
4-4-2012 | 14
Our ancestors may have been using fire for cooking and warmth as far back as one million years ago.
Fossil foot reveals new human species
3-29-2012 | 36
The fossilised bones from a 3.4 million-year-old human ancestor have been found in Africa.
Team sheds light on upright walking
3-21-2012 | 14
Our ancestors may have started to walk upright to increase the amount of food they were able to carry.
Stone Age social networking similar to ours
2-1-2012 | 8
Strip away all of the mod cons we all live with and we aren't so socially different from our ancestors.
Was "doh" one of man's first words ?
11-24-2011 | 15
New research suggests "doh" may have been one of the first words spoken by our ancient ancestors.
People with blue eyes have common ancestor
11-12-2011 | 41
Scientists have been able to determine that everyone with blue eyes descended from one common ancestor.
Our ancient ancestors like Yoda spoke
10-16-2011 | 22
A new study suggests early humans would have spoken in a subject-object-verb manner, like Yoda.
Human ancestor older than thought
7-1-2011 | 19
Scientists now believe homo erectus and modern humans never co-existed in the distant past.
Ancient human may have preferred grass
5-3-2011 | 27
An ancient human ancestor known as nutcracker man may have preferred to munch on grass.
Humans left trees 4.2 million years ago
2-11-2011 | 8
It is thought that our distant ancestors started walking on the ground up to 4.2 million years ago.
Sabretooth cats threatened ancient humans
1-4-2011 | 27
Our ancestors would have likely been under constant danger from huge sabretooth cats.
Were cavemen better parents than us ?
9-25-2010 | 60
Today's generation could learn a thing or two about raising a child from our ancient ancestors.
Do mummies have a right to privacy?
9-14-2010 | 46
Ancient mummies are often exhumed and studied but shouldn't our ancestors have a right to rest in peace ?
Genetic test to pinpoint ancestors
7-7-2010 | 15
A genetic test has been developed that could determine where your ancestors came from to within five miles.
New armoured dinosaur discovered
5-30-2010 | 7
The new dinosaur is an ancestor of the Triceratops and was built like a tank with two huge horns on its head.
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