Human Hands Found More Primitive Than Chimps

Posted on 15/07/2015 by sumayah

The human hand can take a lot of pressure as is evident from the death-dealing punches thrown by heavyweight boxers. And it can also handle the most delicate of tasks such as needlework.These...

Modern Humans Interbred with Neanderthals

Posted on 23/06/2015 by sumayah

While recording the timeline of human evolution, one sees the events in a linear order rather than a sequential one. That is that it is assumed that the net pedigree of human lineage formulated after...

Eurasian ancestors used Egypt to leave Africa

Posted on 31/05/2015 by Jessica Hannan

Study shows that Egypt was ancient route out of Africa and into Eurasia for many non-African populations. Recent study indicates former theories were not accurate.Lead author Luca Pagani and co-...

Ancient Human New Species Found Near Lucy Fossil

Posted on 28/05/2015 by sumayah

Termed Australopithecus deyiremeda, it is a novel find and this early hominid lived around about the same time as the famed Lucy. Lucy of course is the name given to Australopithecus afarensis.Thus...

3.67 Million Years Old Little Foot is Oldest Human Ancestor

Posted on 02/04/2015 by sumayah

The skeleton of Little Foot is the farthest back you can go in case of hominids. A charmingly unique find, this skeleton is preserved intact and it happens to be 3.67 million years old. Belonging to...

2.8 Million Years Old Jawbone of First Human Discovered

Posted on 05/03/2015 by sumayah

An ASU team of scientists found a partially intact jaw that lends credence to the presence of a very early version of the homonid species Homo in Ethiopia, Africa. The mandible portion was found by...

Ancient Britons traded in Wheat 8000 Years Ago

Posted on 27/02/2015 by sumayah

Ancient Britons have always been assumed to have been isolated from the rest of the European world however a recent study published on Thursday is about to shatter the old perspective. British...

San Diego Comic-Con’s Film Festival Features Indie ‘The Posthuman Project’

Posted on 24/07/2014 by Jessica Hannan

The Posthuman Project describes what would happen if graduating senior Denny Burke and four friends suddenly "receive a genetic boost beyond anything they’d ever imagined." Is the boost a boon, or a...

2014: Start of the Era Of Genetically-Altered Humans?

Posted on 27/01/2014 by forbes

By the middle of 2014, the possibility of altering DNA to produce a genetically-modified human could move from science fiction to science reality. Sometime before July, the UK parliament is...

Oldest Prehistoric Human DNA Found

Posted on 05/12/2013 by sumayah

The earliest DNA sample of a human species that roamed the earth was found in a cave in Northern Spain. The site was called the Sima de los Huesos. The individual from whose fossilized femur bone the...

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