Evolution

Humans

The last common ancestor of humans and chimps probably wasn’t much like either

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How We Do It

The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction by Robert Martin.

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Highlights from the Biology of Genomes meeting

Highlights from the genome biology meeting held May 7-11 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., include an enormous tree's enormous genome, genes for strong-swimming sperm, and back-to-Africa migration some 3,000 years ago.

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Origins of alcohol consumption traced to ape ancestor

Eating fermented fruit off the ground may have paved way for ability to digest ethanol.

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Bionic women (and men) get closer to reality

Prosthetics and new therapies restore abilities to move, see, walk.

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Homo Mysterious

Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature by David P. Barash.

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Stone Age art gets animated

Cave paintings and decorated disks provided moving experiences in ancient Europe.

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Matt Crenson, Reconstructions

Tools tell a more complicated tale of the origin of the human genus.

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Numbers suggest mating with humans might have led to Neandertals’ demise

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Neandertal mitochondrial DNA deciphered

Researchers have completed a mitochondrial genome sequence from a Neandertal. DNA taken from a 38,000-year-old bone indicates that humans and Neandertals diverged 660,000 years ago and are distinct groups.