Tag Archives: Human Evolution

New Homo erectus pelvis described in Science

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

A nearly complete female Homo erectus pelvis (BSN49/P27) is described in this week’s issue of Science (Simpson et al. 2008). The fossil pelvis was excavated from the Busidima Formation of Gona, Afar, Ethiopia (Simpson et al. 2008). It dates from … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Evolution, Paleoanthropology | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The hobbit saga continues

Posted on August 27, 2008 by

A news brief from Science Daily details the lastest blow to the hypothesis of insular dwarfism in archaic hominins in Micronesia. This story was a bit unbelievable since it surfaced last spring in National Geographic, but managed to hang around … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Human Evolution, Paleoanthropology | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Neandertal mtDNA genome sequenced, suggests no admixture with anatomically modern humans

Posted on August 12, 2008 by

A team of researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology published the mitochondrial (mtDNA) genome sequence of an individual neandertal in the current issue of Cell (Green et al. 2008). The sequence is of an individual neandertal from Vindija … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Human Evolution, Paleoanthropology | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment