December 2006
Archeology and the dispersal of modern humans in Europe: Deconstructing the Aurignacian, Paul Mellars
Evolutionary Anthropology
Group Competition, Reproductive Leveling, and the Evolution of Human Altruism
Science
Ebola Outbreak Killed 5000 Gorillas
Science
Tracking Ebola's Deadly March Among Wild Apes
Science
What's a Mother to Do? The Division of Labor among Neandertals and Modern Humans in Eurasia
Current Anthropology
November 2006
Anti-evolutionists raise their profile in Europe
Nature
Neanderthal genome sees first light. Initial sequences sheds light on common ancestor
Nature
Isotopic Evidence for Dietary Variability in the Early Hominin Paranthropus robustus
Science
A Tool for All Seasons
Science
Dolphin With Four Fins May Prove Terrestrial Origins
National Geographic
Elephant "Missing Link" Fossil Found, Study Says
National Geographic
Ethiopian plan for Lucy tour splits museums. Palaeontologists say fossil bones should stay in Africa.
Nature
October 2006
Did Neanderthals and modern humans get it together? Hybrid fossils in Romania add to story of ancient human pairings.
Nature
Lucy's Tour Abroad Sparks Protests
Science
What Makes us Different? Not very much, when you look at our DNA. But those few tiny changes made all the difference in the world
TIME Magazine
September 2006
A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia
Zeresenay Alemseged et al.
Nature
Geological and palaeontological context of a Pliocene juvenile hominin at Dikika, Ethiopia
Jonathan G. Wynn et al.
Nature
Toddler hominin has arms for swinging and legs for walking
Nature
Claim of Oldest New World Writing Excites Archaeologists
Science
Mild Climate, Lack of Moderns Let Last Neandertals Linger in Gibraltar
Science
Late survival of Neanderthals at the southernmost extreme of Europe, Finlayson et al
Nature
Palaeoanthropology: Return of the last Neanderthal, Delson & Harvati
Nature
August 2006
Will the hobbit argument ever be resolved? Debate over tiny human's evolutionary status is set to rage on.
Nature
Pygmoid Australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: Population affinities and pathological abnormalities
PNAS
Skeptics seek to slay the 'Hobbit,' calling Flores skeleton a modern human
Science
Going East: New Genetic and Archaeological Perspectives on the Modern Human Colonization of Eurasia
Science
Evolution Scores in Kansas Primary
Science
It's official: apes outsmart monkeys. Primate IQ test hails orang-utans as our smartest relatives.
Hopkins
Nature
Competition Drives Big Beaks Out of Business
Pennisi
Science
Evolution of Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches
Grant and Grant
Science
Evolution caught in the act. Smaller beaks in Galápagos finches make finding food easier
Ledford
Nature
July 2006
Geneticists shoot for Neanderthal genome in two years. Plans to sequence our cousins are unveiled at anniversary meeting
Dalton and Jones
Nature
Palaeoanthropology: Decoding our cousins
Dalton
Nature
Darwin's champions fight back
Williams
Current Biology
June 2006
Dodo skeleton find in Mauritius
BBC News
Middle Paleolithic Shell Beads in Israel and Algeria
Vanhaereny
Science
Three New Lemurs Discovered, Add to Madagascar's Diversity
Norris
National Geographic News
Social Animals Prove Their Smarts
Pennisi
Science
A Rare Meeting of the Minds
Gibbons
Science
First Jewelry? Old Shell Beads Suggest Early Use of Symbols
Balter
Science
Primate Life History Databank: Setting the Agenda
Strier et al
Evolutionary Anthropology
The Human Revolution Rethought
Shea
Evolutionary Anthropology
Tobias and Taung Turn Eighty
Pearson
Evolutionary Anthropology
Primates Take Weather into Account when Searching for Fruits
Janmaat et al.
Current Biology
Animal Cognition: Moneky Meteorology
Platt
Current Biology
Revisiting Neandertal diversity with a 100,000 year old mtDNA sequence
Orlando et al.
Current Biology
Tooth gives up oldest human DNA
Helen Briggs
BBC News
Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis
Adam Brumm et al.
Nature
Old tools shed light on hobbit origins
Nature
Tools Link Indonesian 'Hobbits' to Earlier Homo Ancestor
Science
A New Genus of African Monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, Ecology, and Molecular Phylogenetics
Tim R. B. Davenport et al
Science
Court Revives Georgia Sticker Case
Constance Holden
Science
May 2006
How the Hobbit Shrugged: Tiny Hominid's Story Takes New Turn
Elizabeth Culotta
Science
But Is It Pathological?
Elizabeth Culotta
Science
Apes Save Tools for Future Use
Nicholas J. Mulcahy and Josep Call
Science
Apes demonstrate ability to plan ahead: Scientists study how bonobos, orangutans anticipate need for tools
MSNBC report
Genomes Throw Kinks in Timing of Chimp-Human Split
Elizabeth Pennisi
Science
Genetic evidence for complex speciation of humans and chimpanzees
Nick Patterson et al.
Nature online
A newly discovered catarrhine primate from the early Miocene site of Napak IX in Uganda has been named Lomorupithecus harrisoni, after Dr Terry Harrison.
March 2006
$200 Million Gift for Ancient World Institute Triggers Backlash by Michael Balter
Science
