June 2011 Archeology - Early Humans

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[Aisling]

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Australopithecus males tended to 'stay at home' while females 'roamed' for mates:
http://www.history.com/news/2011/06/02/she%E2%80%99s-leaving-home-our-female-ancestors%E2%80%99-wanderlust/

... perhaps more realistic coverage:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/m-ehl053111.php

[Aisling]

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We now have a 'two-way street' hypothesis for human migration:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-ancient-human-migrations-two-way-streets.html
 
Feature on an almost complete skeleton of a young Neanderthal from Hallan:
http://www.abc.es/20110607/ciencia/abci-neandertal-201106071213.html

On fire being mastered later than previously thought (possibly a repeat):
http://www.abc.es/20110314/ciencia/abci-dominio-fuego-tarde-creia-201103142005.html

More on roaming australopithecine females:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2011/Jun-06/Hominid-females-roamed-while-males-waited-study.ashx

[Nitz]

I've always liked stories about early humans, makes me want to watch Planet of the Apes though.

[Aisling]

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Homo sapiens apparently got an immune system boost from mating with Neanderthals:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-neanderthals-early-humans-disease.html
 
... not sure if this one (also about Neanderthal DNA) is related to the foregoing ... it's pretty technical:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/massive-neandertal-denisovan-introgression/

Also not sure if this report on Neanderthals being 'versatile hunters' is recent or not:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/06/neanderthals-shifted-hunting-methods-/1

The change from hunter-gatherer to farmer apparently made our brains shrink:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-farming-blame-size-brains.html

On homo erectus' varied diet:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/first-direct-fossil-evidence-of-diet-differences?ret=/articles/list&category=science&page=1&search%5Bstatus%5D=3&search%5Bsort%5D=date+desc&search%5Bsection%5D=20&search%5Bhas_multimedia%5D=
 
Oetzi apparently had bad teeth:
http://news.discovery.com/history/oetzi-iceman-bad-teeth-110615.html

Feature on human evolution:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/19/human-evolution-africa-ancestors-stringer

[Aisling]

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Crafting of tools led to changes in brain development, apparently:
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=5626
 
Some 32 000 years b.p. human remains from the Ukraine:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13846262
 
Hominids, hominins, now hominoids ... from Swabia:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110622072744.htm

They've figured out what Otzi's last meal was:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110623-iceman-mummy-otzi-meal-goat-stomach-science/

Lascaux's petroglyphs are at risk still/again:
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/lascauxs-18-000-old-cave-art-under-threat-145349240.html
 
TV program hype pondering why there is only one human species:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13874671

They did a brain endocast on a homo erectus skull:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-brain-endocast-nanjing-homo-erectus.html

More on the benefits of human/neanderthal interbreeding:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/06/20/interbreeding-with-other-human-species-helped-our-ancestors-spread-worldwide/

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