by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 18, 2007 | Africa, First human..., Genes, Prehistoric humans, Skeleton
Modern humans originated in Sub-saharan Africa, and from there spread all over the globe. Cambridge scientists, who published their study today in Nature, used genetic information combined with the measurements of 6000 skulls from collections all over the world in...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 17, 2007 | Chimpanzees, First human..., Walking
In this week’s PNAS, scientists have compared how much energy is used in human bipedal walking compared to the four-legged gait of chimpanzees (and even bipedal walking in chimpanzees). In general, they found that energy is saved with longer steps and less...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 27, 2007 | Beads, First human..., Material culture, Ochre
Shell beads that were once strung together and covered in red ochre have been found in Grotte des Pigeons, Morocco. The beads date to 82,000 years ago, five thousand years older than similar artifacts found in South Africa’s Blombos Caves (previously...
