December 2012
Fluctuating Environment May Have Driven Human Evolution
e! Science News
Fighting May Have Shaped Evolution of Human Hand
BBC News
The Most Fascinating Human Evolution Discoveries of 2012
Scientific American Blogs
Origin of Intelligence and Mental Illness Linked to Ancient Genetic Accident
Wellcome Trust
November 2012
Human Evolution Enters an Exciting New Phase
Wired Science
Museum Human Origins Expert Makes Most Influential List
Natural History Museum News
Y Chromosome an "Evolutionary Marvel"
CBS News
Stone Tools Point to Creative Work by Early Humans in Africa
New York Times
The Economist
Flexible Learning System Allows Humans to Keep Up with Linguistic Change, Researchers Find
Phys.Org
October 2012
3.3-Million-Year-Old Baby Shows Lucy’s Species Hung Out in Trees
Scientific American Blogs
How Grandmothers Gave Us Longer Lives
PBS NewsHour
The Most Spectacular Mutation in Recent Human History
Slate
Our Big Brains May Make Us Prone to Cancer
New Scientist
Is Human Nature Fundamentally Selfish or Altruistic?
Time
Eating Meat Made Us Human, New Skull Fossil Study Suggests
NBC News
September 2012
In Prehistoric Britain Cannibalism Was Practical and Ritualistic
Scientific American Blogs
Humans Hunted for Meat 2 Million Years Ago
The Guardian
Apes Enjoy Slapstick Humor
Discovery News
Conflict and "Boom-Bust" Explain Humans' Rapid Evolution
BBC News
Early Cannibalism Tied to Territorial Defense?
Smithsonian Blogs
"Benign" Malaria Key Driver of Human Evolution in Asia-Pacific
redOrbit
August 2012
Genome of Extinct Human Reveals Brown-Eyed Girl
CBS News/LiveScience
Generation Gaps Suggest Ancient Human-Ape Split
ScienceNOW
Study Casts Doubt on Human-Neanderthal Interbreeding Theory
The Guardian
Early Human Ancestors Had More Variable Diet
Science Daily
Kenyan Fossils Rekindle Debate over Early Human Diversity
Scientific American Blogs
National Geographic
Evolutionary Battle of Sexes Drives Human Height
NBC News
July 2012
Genetic Data and Fossil Evidence Tell Differing Tales of Human Origins
New York Times
500-Million-Year-Old "Mistake" Led to Humans
Discovery News
A Bone Here, a Bead There: On the Trail of Human Origins (A Conversation with Chris Stringer)
New York Times
Study Says Chimpanzees Use "Human-Like Gestures"
BBC News
Early Human Ancestor, Australopithecus sediba, Fossils Discovered in Rock
Science Daily
June 2012
Human Ancestors Ate Bark—Food in Teeth Hints at Chimplike Origins
National Geographic News
New York Times
Dolphins, Humans Share 'Brainy' Genes
Discovery News
Out of the Mouths of Primates, Facial Mechanics of Human Speech May Have Evolved
Princeton University
Did Neandertals Paint Early Cave Art?
ScienceNOW
Bonobo Genome Completed: The Final Great Ape to Be Sequenced
Science Daily
OP-ED: Evolution’s Sweet Tooth
New York Times
An Asian Origin for Human Ancestors?
ScienceNOW
MSNBC
How Infectious Disease May Have Shaped Human Origins
Science Daily
May 2012
Female Choice Key to Evolutionary Shift to Modern Family
Science Daily
40,000 Years Ago: Live, from the Cave — Flutists!
MSNBC
Humanity's Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals
The Atlantic
The Genes Behind Human Intelligence also Made Us Vulnerable to Autism
io9
Bipedalism, Birth and Brain Evolution
The Guardian
A Duplicated Gene Shaped Human Brain Evolution… and Why the Genome Project Missed It
Discover Blogs
New Scientist
Nature
Signals of Natural Selection Found in Recent Human Evolution
Wired Science
The Independent
April 2012
Early Humans Linked to Large-Carnivore Extinctions
Nature
For Most Of Human History, Being An Omnivore Was No Dilemma
NPR
Chimpanzee “Nests” Reveal when Hominids First Left the Trees
io9
Majority-Biased Learning: In Humans and Chimpanzees Knowledge Is Transmitted Within a Group by Means of a Majority Principle
Science Daily
Teamwork Builds Big Brains
ScienceNOW
Discovery News
Humans Tamed Fire by 1 Million Years Ago
Scientific American Blogs
Discovery News
The Guardian
March 2012
"Lucy" Wasn't Alone? Had Neighbors in Trees, Fossil Foot Suggests
National Geographic
What Chimps Could Tell Us About How Humans Started Walking on Two Legs
Smithsonian Blogs
Human Fossils Hint at New Species
BBC News
Phys.Org
Publication of the Gorilla Genome Opens Window onto Human Evolution
Wellcome Trust
National Geographic
February 2012
European Neanderthals Were on the Verge of Extinction Even Before the Arrival of Modern Humans: Study
Phys.Org
Oceans Set Stage for Human Evolution
Science News
Why Some Wild Animals Are Becoming Nicer
Wired Science
Entire Genome Of Extinct Human Decoded
redOrbit
Chimps Can Get Inside Others' Heads Just Like Humans
LiveScience
Human Brains Wire Up Slowly but Surely
ScienceNOW
The Economist
January 2012
The Scientists Behind Mitochondrial Eve Tell Us About the "Lucky Mother" Who Changed Human Evolution Forever
io9
Neanderthal Lives Led to Languages?
USA Today
Make No Bones About it - Scientists Discover How Human Skulls Really Evolved
CORDIS
Back Trouble? Blame Evolution
Science Blog
