The Oldest Humans, Aboriginal Australians
A genetic and cultural analysis, published in Nature, of 83 Aboriginal Australians and 25 Papuans from New Guinea suggests there was …
Author Archives: Kambiz Kamrani
What does our Iceman Ötzi sound like?
The team behind Ötzi the Iceman reconstructed his vocal cords using a series of CT scans. They announced the project back …
Using Technology to Save Endangered Languages
There are many endangered languages in our collective linguistic radar. Some of them have been covered here before and some haven’t. In 2007, Joshua …
The Resilience of The Awá Against Modernity
Over at the Washington Post, there’s an interesting article documenting how two Amazonian Awá tribeswomen have escaped the modern life …
Did Lucy Fall From A Tree And Die?
Four decades after the discovery of Lucy, her remains are quite possibly the most famous discovery in paleoanthropology and one …
No, Neanderthals Didn’t Give Us Schizophrenia
Thanks to twin studies, schizophrenia is one of the few mental illnesses that we know have a genetic inheritance pattern. …
The Oldest Evidence of Cancer
In two papers published in the South African Journal of Science, researchers say they’ve found the oldest definitive evidence of malignancy in a hominid. Prior to this discovery, the oldest known hominin tumor was found in the rib of a Neanderthal dating back to around 120,000 years ago.
More Evidence To Support Neanderthals As Cannibals
Neanderthal remains from Troisième Caverne in Goyet, Belgium have cut marks that imply they were butchered and processed for consumption …
“A Story Of Us” Podcast
Frances Sutton, a graduate student, from the Anthropology Department at OSU, emailed me today to let me know of an …
Neanderthal, The Interior Cave Decorator
A pile of hundreds of broken stalagmite pieces found deep inside Bruniquel cave, France were made by humans from about …
