Tianyuan Man Genome Reveals The Nuances of Asian Prehistory
A new study in Current Biology analyzed the entire genome of the Tianyuan man who was found near Beijing, China …
Category Archives: Physical Anthropology
On the Evolution of Skin Tones In Africa
Most associate dark skin with African peoples, but there are a wide variety of populations who represent an even wider …
Vindija 33.19’s Genome Shows We Are More Neanderthal Than We Thought
Two new, fascinating papers on Neanderthal genetic introgression and the sequencing of an entire Neanderthal’s genome came out this last …
First Australians Arrived 65,000 years ago at Madjedbebe
We have covered the ongoing discussion of the peopling of Australia, or Sahul rather, since 2008, based upon both archaeological and …
The First Ancient DNA Studies of African Humans
If you have noticed there is a paucity of ancient DNA studies from Africa. I’m not entirly sure why. Part …
A Lost Baby Molar Is Currently Our Fourth and Oldest Known Denisovan Individual
A paper published this past Friday in the journal Science Advances, shared the reports from a team of paleoanthropologists who …
A Deeper Introgression Of Ancient Humans and Neanderthals
New ancient DNA discoveries from an ancient 124,000-year-old Neanderthal femur suggests modern human ancestors interbred with Neanderthals between 470,000 and …
The Krapina Neanderthals Used Toothpicks
Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology recently published discovery of multiple toothpick grooves on 130,000 year old Krapina Neanderthal teeth. …
Homo naledi May Have Made Tools, Buried Dead, Lived Alongside Humans
A couple weeks ago, I introduced that H. naledi may be much younger than we thought it was. Razib’s recent post points out three new …
Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Ice Age Caves Without Human Remains
Ancient DNA has come a long way, baby. We now don’t even need the bones any more to pick up …
