December 2011
Chimpanzees Consider Their Audience When Communicating
BBC Nature
Top 10 Hominid Discoveries of 2011
Smithsonian
Genes Play Major Role in Primate Social Behavior, Study Finds
New York Times
The Origin of the Human Family
BBC Nature
Did a Good Sense of Smell Give Us an Evolutionary Advantage?
Natural History Museum (London)
US News & World Report
Endangered Orangutans Offer a New Evolutionary Model for Early Humans
EurekAlert/Dartmouth College press release
Why People Lost Their Fur
The Scientist
The Disappearance of the Elephant Caused the Rise of Modern Man 400,000 Years Ago
PhysOrg.com
Oldest Bedding: KZN Shelter Shows How Man Lived 77000 Years Ago
The Witness (South Africa)
How Did Humans Start Taking Medicine? Chimp Behavior Gives Clues
My Health News Daily
Missing Lincs: Lesser-Known Genetic Material Helps Explain Why Humans Are Human
Science News
CT Imaging Allows Analysis of Hidden Human Fossil
Scientific American
November 2011
Poop-Throwing Chimps Provide Hints of Human Origins
Wired Science
Sex With Humans Made Neanderthals Extinct?
National Geographic
Long-Forgotten Canadian Find Shakes Up Understanding of Ancient Humans
Vancouver Sun
Did Parasites Drive Human Evolution?
Discover Magazine
Neanderthal Neuroscience
Discover Magazine
Baby Apes' Arm Waving Hints at Origins of Language
New Scientist
Did Humans Trade Guts for Brains?
Discover Magazine
Darwin’s Tongues: Languages, Like Genes, Can Tell Evolutionary Tales
Science News
Modern Humans Wandered Out of Africa via Arabia
National Geographic
October 2011
Young Human-Specific Genes Correlated with Human Brain Evolution
EurekAlert
A 100000-Year-Old Workshop in African Cave Depicts Evolution of Human Thinking
International Business Times
How Sugar Molecules Secretly Shaped Human Evolution
io9
Studying Grecian Battles and Human Origins
LiveScience interview with Curtis Marean
Recent Human Evolution Detected in Quebec Town History
Wired Science
September 2011
Humans Reached Asia in Two Waves
Science News
Team Sheds Light on Ice Age Human Evolution in Asia
Newswise/University of Iowa
Untangling the Human Family Tree One Branch at a Time
Arizona State University
Upright and Hairless Make Better Long-Distance Hunters
Scientific American podcast
Skull Points to a More Complex Human Evolution in Africa
BBC News
'Lucy' Discoverer: Why I Study Human Evolution (by Don Johanson)
CNN
New Fossils May Redraw Human Ancestry
New York Times
Cavemen Cannibals Cooperated on Catering
USA Today
August 2011
Cooking May Have Driven Human Evolution Nearly 2 Million years Ago
io9
Beneficial Liaisons: Modern Populations Acquired Important Immune System DNA from Ancient, Cross-Species Breeding
Science News
Born, and Evolved, to Run
New York Times
Caveman Zezva’s 1.8-Million-Year Grin Forces Rewrite of History
Bloomberg
Thank Climate Change for the Rise of Humans
New Scientist
Savannas May Have Nurtured Human Ancestors
MSNBC
Salt Lake Tribune
July 2011
Human Brains Age Differently From Closest Living Relatives, Chimpanzees
Daily Tech
Water’s Edge Ancestors
Science News
Wisdom of Grandparents Helped Rise of Prehistoric Man
Guardian
Fast-Evolving Brains Helped Humans out of the Stone Age
Scientific American
Malapa Fossils: Part Ape, Part Human
National Geographic
What One (or More) Genomes Can Tell Us
Discover Blogs
Study to Create the First Archive of Human Evolution at Mungo
ABC (Australia)
Thirst for Fairness May Have Helped Us Survive
New York Times
June 2011
Early and Modern Humans Didn’t Mingle
Futurity
First Direct Fossil Evidence of Diet Differences
Newswise
Breeding with Neanderthals Helped Humans Go Global
New Scientist
Humans Are Evolving Slower Than Thought
MSNBC
Teeth of Human Ancestors Hold Clues to Their Family Life
New York Times
Science News
May 2011
Universities Running After the Naked Ape
Liverpool John Moores University
Tracking Lineage Through a Bramble
New York Times
Single Gene Linked to Evolution of Human Brain
US News and World Report
Anatomical Clues to Human Evolution from Fish
BBC News
April 2011
Evolution of Human 'Super-Brain' Tied to Development of Bipedalism, Tool-Making
EurekAlert
Early Human Fossils from South Africa Could Upend Long-Held View of Human Evolution
Scientific American
Science News
Evolution May Explain Why Baby Comes Early
Discover Blogs
BBC News
Richard Leakey Reflects On Human Past—And Future
NPR
As Mammals Supplanted Dinosaurs, Lice Kept Pace
New York Times
Grazing Animals Shaped Human Evolution
MSNBC.com
March 2011
Modern Humans Came from Southern Africa, Study Suggests
Natural History Museum (London)
Why Human Penises Lost Their Spines
National Geographic
Stone Tools Influenced Hand Evolution in Human Ancestors, Anthropologists Say
ScienceDaily
Human Ancestors Lived on Shaky Ground
ScienceDaily
In a Marine Worm’s Eyes, the Theory of Evolution
New York Times
February 2011
Visions of Africa Shaped Eye Evolution
ScienceNOW
Australian Researcher Talks End of Y Chromosome
Columbia Daily Tribune
1000 Genomes Pilot Data Suggests Recent Selective Sweeps Rare in Human Lineage
GenomeWeb
Science News
Was "Ardi" Not a Human Ancestor After All? New Review Raises Doubts
Scientific American
Science News
Wired Blogs
National Science Foundation
Fossil Foot Bone Shows Our Ancestor Had Two Feet Firmly on the Ground
Guardian
Missourian
January 2011
Humans Would Beat Neanderthals in Marathon
Discovery News
An Earlier Departure Out Of Africa?
NPR
New York Times
Scientists Determine What Makes an Orangutan an Orangutan
NSF
BBC News
USA Today
Neanderthals Lacked Ice Age Adaptations
USA Today
Study Traces Lice/Human Evolution to Pinpoint When Humans Started Wearing Clothes
DailyTech
University of Florida News
Did Big Babies Help Bring Human Ancestors Down from the Trees?
Scientific American
