Human Origins
Where we came from
The Wikipedia article on human origins
"The Evidence for Human Evolution" from the TalkOrigins Archive
Mar 7, 2011
"Anthropologists have confirmed Charles Darwin's speculation that the evolution of unique features in the human hand was influenced by increased tool use in our ancestors."
Feb 26, 2011
"New high-res image database could help explain why we see the way we do"
Feb 12, 2011
"[A] newly described fossil foot bone might help solidify the case for A. afarensis's bipedal abilities."
Feb 7, 2011
"A study of mitochondrial DNA indicated that Polynesians were on the move much earlier than previously thought, and from mainland Southeast Asia, not Taiwan."
Feb 4, 2011
"Ancient humans, but not their evolutionary cousins, had heels for running"
Jan 28, 2011
"Thanks to climatic shifts, early modern humans might have crossed a shallow sea from Africa to a verdant Arabian Peninsula more than 125,000 years ago"
Jan 11, 2011
"New research suggests that longer life was not what helped the population of early modern humans increase as Neanderthals dwindled to extinction."
Jan 7, 2011
"A new study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa."
Jan 1, 2011
An interview with "the archaeologist behind controversial claims that ancient teeth could rewrite human evolution."
Dec 31, 2010
"Archaeologists have discovered evidence that places Homo sapiens in Israel as early as 400,000 years ago -- the earliest evidence for the existence of modern humans anywhere in the world."
