May 2011 Archeology - Early Humans

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[Aisling]

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Pondering the genetic side of Neanderthal hybridization:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/04/neandertal-hybridization-haldanes-rule/

An overviewish thing of human evolution:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/25/evolution-human-history-apes

Cave men v cave bears:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cavemen-bears-prehistoric-caves-110426.html
 
Did Peking man have weapons?:
http://www.unreportedheritagenews.com/2011/04/did-peking-man-wield-spear-new-research.html

More on Neanderthals being 'righties':
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/neanderthals-right-handed/
 
More on brains and bipedalism:
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=46760

[Aisling]

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Rethinking 'Nutcracker Man''s diet:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/nutcracker-man-human-ancestor-110503.html
 
Heidelberg Man is a link between humans and Neanderthals, apparently:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/humans-neanderthals-heidelberg-man-110504.html

... while some fossil from Serbia is seen as a human who coexisted with Neanderthals:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/new-human-neanderthal-evolution-110505.html

Big news this week (apparently) is that Neanderthals may have still been kicking around the Urals some 33 000 years b.p.:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/neanderthal-last-stand-tools-ural-mountains-110512.html
 
... but maybe they died off earlier than previously thought:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110510153942.htm

... with Time Magazine having humans 'actively killing' them off:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/10/study-did-modern-humans-actively-kill-neanderthals/

Feature on the Taung Child:
http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6573&catid=88&Itemid=266

A canine tooth from Peking Man has been found in a Swedish Museum:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-unique-canine-tooth-peking.html
 
Donald Johansen and Richard Leakey have apparently 'buried the hand-ax' (love that phrase!):
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=30-years-after-televised-spat-rival-2011-05-05
 
Pondering the origins of some remains from Atapuerca:
http://www.abc.es/20110429/comunidad-castillaleon/abcp-hominido-europeo-pudo-llegar-20110429.html

Reviewish/interviewish thing of Martin Meredith, *Born in Africa*:
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/12/136247011/scientists-fight-to-prove-humans-born-in-africa

[Aisling]

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Reindeer teeth give hints about Neanderthal hunting tactics:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-clues-neanderthal-tactics-hidden-reindeer.html

[Aisling]

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More on that Peking Man tooth from a Swedish museum:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525214316.htm

More on those 'last Neanderthals' in the Caucasus:
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/21/8611.abstract?etoc

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