December 31, 2010

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  • Heidelberg Man Links Humans, Neanderthals - "What was thought to be a cousin turns out to be parent on the human evolutionary family tree. The last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals was a tall, well-traveled species called Heidelberg Man, according to a new PLoS One study." - Discovery News - May 4, 2011
  • Fire did not spark human colonisation of cold Europe - "Humans may have been much later to master fire than we thought. A review of supposed archaeological hearths in Europe suggests that the oldest date to just 400,000 years ago." - New Scientist - March 14, 2011
  • When Earth's Human Population Was 18,500! - "Scientists have calculated that for a period lasting one million years and beginning 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors were spreading through Africa, Europe and Asia, there were probably between 18,500 to 26,000 individuals capable of breeding (and no more than 26,000)." - The Daily Galaxy - March 1, 2011
  • Ancient Tools May Mark Earlier Path Out of Africa - "On the basis of tools [found in the United Arab Emirates], [researchers] propose that humans crossed from eastern Africa to Arabia around 130,000 years ago." - Wired Science - Jan 27, 2011
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  • The Genographic Project - Wikipedia: "The Genographic Project, launched on April 13, 2005 by the National Geographic Society and IBM, is a multi-year genetic anthropology study that aims to map historical human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people from around the world."
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