December 2008
"Out of Africa" Came Mostly Men, Geneticists Say
World Science
Neanderthal Genome Already Giving Up Its Secrets
New Scientist
November 2008
Rare Fossil Find Sheds Light on Evolution of Women
New Scientist
DNA Chunks, Chimps and Humans: Marks of Differences Between Human and Chimp Genomes
Science Daily
Last Of His Kind? Researchers Complete Mitochondrial Genome Of Ancient Mummy, The Tyrolean Iceman
Science Daily
University of Leeds press release
October 2008
Two Legs Good
At the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting, researchers presented a single bone, the thighbone of an ancient australopithecine from Galili, Ethiopia, that may add an interesting piece to the puzzle of how our famed ancestor "Lucy's" two-legged gait evolved.
Science
Gorilla Study Gives Clues to Human Language Development
University of Sussex press release
The Thrill of the Hunt Is Not Lost on Bonobos
The New York Times
Leading Geneticist Steve Jones Says Human Evolution Is Over
The Times Online
Tom Feilden's blog @ BBC News (includes an audio interview with Steve Jones)
September 2008
Brainy Babies and Risky Births for Neandertals
Science
July 2008
Linnean Society celebrates seminal evolution papers
Nature
June 2008
Louisiana Opens School Door for Opponents of Evolution
Science
The other beetle-hunter
Nature
May 2008
Science teaching must evolve
Nature
China was an Ancient-Ape Paradise
Science News
Ancient DNA From Frozen Hair May Untangle Eskimo Roots
Science
April 2008
Tanzania takes steps to save ancient human prints
Nature
Aligning Conservation Priorities Across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools
Science
DNA From Fossil Feces Breaks Clovis Barrier
Science
Australopithecus Not Much of a Nutcracker
Science
Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape
Nature
March 2008
Pacific 'dwarf' bones cause controversy
Nature
Hobbit was 'a cretin'
Nature
The first hominin of Europe
Nature
Communicative Signaling Activates ‘Broca's’ Homolog in Chimpanzees
Current Biology
Archaeology: Facing up to the past
Nature
February 2008
Tool Use Is Just a Trick of the Mind
Science
HIV's ancient legacy
Nature
January 2008
Why We're Different: Probing the Gap Between Apes and Humans
Science
Fears for oldest human footprints
Nature
