Tag: Anthropology
How people talk now holds clues about human migration centuries ago
Nicole Creanza, Vanderbilt University and André Ché Sherriah, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Often, you can tell where someone grew up by the...
Fossil jawbone from Israel is the oldest modern human found outside...
Rolf Quam, Binghamton University, State University of New York
New fossil finds over the past few years have been forcing anthropologists to reexamine our evolutionary...
Diapers, potties and split pants: Understanding toilet training around the world...
Alma Gottlieb, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Are two-year-olds too young to start toilet training?
For many children, yes. Especially boys. At least, that’s what American...
Scientists join forces to save Puerto Rico’s ‘Monkey Island’
Alexandra Rosati, University of Michigan
“00O made it!” There was some news to celebrate on Sept. 28 in the email chain of scientists who work...
Brain-imaging modern people making Stone Age tools hints at evolution of...
Shelby Putt, Indiana University
How did humans get to be so smart, and when did this happen? To untangle this question, we need...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
