January 2012 Archeology - Early Humans

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Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

Rethinking the 'one species' idea:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16339313

Evidence that early humans lived by rivers and streams:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-...st-humans.html

Was Sediba polygamous?:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...human-fossils/

On hunger and evolution:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...-homo-sapiens/



On the evolution of facial expressions:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-emotion.html

Smithsonian's top ten hominid finds of the year:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/homi...eries-of-2011/

A skull study may have implications for evolution studies:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-...-headache.html

A roundup of 2011's human origins news:
http://www.livescience.com/17559-hum...scoveries.html

Our brains are bigger than a Neanderthal's, apparently:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45656171...ience-science/

Review(ish) of Wynn and Coolidge, *How to Think Like a Neandertal*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/bo...ge-review.html

More on Neanderthals building homes from mammoth bones:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-...s-ukraine.html

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A new German-Israeli center devoted to researching archaeology and anthropology/early humans:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencein...nter-will.html

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Pondering the Neanderthal personality:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80...the-neanderth\
al-personality/comment-page-1/

... and whether Neanderthals had languages:
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...anderthal-liv\
es-led-to-language/1

... and another study on why Neanderthals apparently disappeared:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-...l-extinction.\
html

On primate and human faces:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-...n-written.html

... and toenails:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/sc...aw-toenail-de\
bate.html

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Studying Jersey Neanderthal hunting methods:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-16726900

Evidence of earlier use of red ochre by Neanderthals than previously thought:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-...nderthals.html

Genetic analysis suggests first modern humans settled in Arabia:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0126123705.htm

Reverse engineering flint axes used by various hominins:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-...one-tools.html

Feature on Mitochondrial Eve:
http://io9.com/5878996/how-mitochond...uman-evolution