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Public Release: 21-Jan-2019 | A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Spain | University of Seville | [snip] A new study of Bajondillo Cave (Málaga, Spain) reveals that modern humans replaced Neanderthals at this site approximately 44,000 years ago. The research shows that the replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Iberia began early, rather than late, in comparison to the rest of Western Europe.[/snip] | Nature Ecology & Evolution
Public Release: 21-Jan-2019 | Otago researcher contributes piece to the puzzle of baleen whales' evolution | University of Otago | [snip] An Otago researcher has added another piece to the puzzle of the evolution of modern baleen whales with a world-first study examining the teeth and enamel of baleen whales' ancestors.[/snip] | Journal of Mammalian Evolution
Public Release: 15-Jan-2019 | Differentiating summer and winter rainfall in South Asia around 4.2 ka climatic 'event' | University of Cambridge | [snip] New results point to a 200-year period of abnormally strong winter precipitation between c.4.5-4.3 thousand years ago[/snip] | Climate of the Past
Public Release: 15-Jan-2019 | 11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt | University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Humanities | [snip] 11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have used them for hunting, a new study from the University of Copenhagen shows. The archaeologists suggest that the introduction of dogs as hunting aids may explain the dramatic increase of hares and other small prey in the archaeological remains at the site.[/snip] | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Public Release: 16-Jan-2019 | An ancient relative of humans shows a surprisingly modern trait | Ohio State University | [snip] A relative of modern humans that lived at least 104,000 years ago in northern China showed evidence of dental growth and development very similar to that of people today, a new study found.[/snip] | Science Advances
Public Release: 17-Jan-2019 | Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species | New York University | [snip] Separate skeletons suggested to be from different early hominin species are, in fact, from the same species, a team of anthropologists has concluded in a comprehensive analysis of remains first discovered a decade ago.[/snip] | Paleoanthropology
Public Release: 17-Jan-2019 | Understanding our early human ancestors: Australopithecus sediba | Dartmouth College | [snip] Following the 2008 discovery of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa by Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where two of the most complete skeletons of early human ancestors were found, a new hominin species, 'Australopithecus sediba (Au. sediba),' was named. 'PaleoAnthropology' has published a special issue with full descriptions of the hominin fossil material, body size and proportions, and walking mechanics, including 3D animations of 'Au. sediba' walking.[/snip] | PaleoAnthropology
Public Release: 16-Jan-2019 | Artificial intelligence applied to the genome identifies an unknown human ancestor | Center for Genomic Regulation | [snip] By combining deep learning algorithms and statistical methods, investigators from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Genomics Institute at the University of Tartu have identified, in the genome of Asiatic individuals, the footprint of a new hominid who cross bred with its ancestors tens of thousands of years ago.[/snip] | Nature Communications
Public Release: 17-Jan-2019 | Two tiny beetle fossils offer evolution and biogeography clues | Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters | [snip] Recently, an international team led by Dr. CAI Chenyang, from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported two new and rare species of the extant family Clambidae from Burmese amber: Acalyptomerus thayerae Cai and Lawrence, 2019, and Sphaerothorax uenoi Cai and Lawrence, 2019. They are important for understanding the early evolution and biogeography of the family and even for polyphagan beetles.[/snip] | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Public Release: 16-Jan-2019 | Dental study of juvenile archaic Homo fossil gives clues about human development | Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters | [snip] Most aspects of dental development for a juvenile Homo specimen from the Pleistocene fall within the modern human range, according to research by a group of Chinese and international scientists. The results are useful in helping to identify when modern human-like growth and development first appeared.[/snip] | Science Advances