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The Controversial "Hobbits" of Flores
The discovery of Homo floresiensis sparked furious debate over its place in the ancient human lineage.
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Fossil Footprints and Hominid Evolution
The extraordinary fossil footprints discovered in Africa provide crucial evidence about hominid evolution, or how early man walked.
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Book Review: Bones of Contention
Marvin Lubenow examines in detail the humanoid fossils that have been found to date and comes to some extraordinary conclusions in his book.
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Hobbits?
Small skeletons found in a cave in Indonesia may be proof that a tiny race of humans once lived in that area.
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Did Neanderthals Interbreed With Homo-Sapiens?
Recent work on DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil raises more questions about whether Neanderthal man interbred with Homo-Sapiens than answers.
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Man's Lineage
The history of mankind is cloudy, and the best evidence is thousands of years old. Many generations of brilliant minds have worked to solve the mystery of man's origins.
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Earliest Africa: The Cradle of Humankind
Africa is the birthplace of humankind and the birthplace of the earliest technology, which formed the basis for our lives today. This article recounts the fossil discoveries and the ideas of major archeologists and scientists about the development of humankind.
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The Olduvai Gorge
A 30-mile long ravine in northern Tanzania, the Olduvai Gorge (or the Oldupai Gorge) is the key to the study of the hominids of prehistory.
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Arabian Conquests of Early Egypt
Egypt's history dates back to about 700,000 years ago as evidenced by the fossils of early man who lived in the region.
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Atapuerca and the Homo Antecessor
Several fossils found in 1994 at La Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) open the door to a new species, the Homo Antecessor.
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Three Major Trends in Human Evolution
In human evolution, three trends that occur include change towards bipedal movement, tool use, and evolutionary dead-ends.
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Homo Floresiensis: the Hobbits of Flores Island
An introduction to a sensational new archaeological discovery on the remote Indonesian island of Flores.
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The Neandertal Enigma Examined
James Shreeve's book examines the conundrum of where and when modern humans emerged and what happened to the populations our ancestors replaced.
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Why Do People Sing?
How did the singing voice evolve in humankind and is singing beneficial for the mind and body?
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Creative Therapy: Lifelong Learning (Incidental Knowledge)
This article describes how reading can provide the reader with little tid-bits of incidental knowledge that can allow them to look at the past and today's current events from a much broader viewpoint.
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Creative Therapy: Lifelong Learning (Incidental Knowledge)
This article describes how reading can provide the reader with little tid-bits of incidental knowledge that can allow them to look at the past and today's current events from a much broader viewpoint.
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Million Year Old Human Tooth Found
The discovery by paleontologists shows that humans existed in Europe long before previously believed, and the evolutionary path of mankind is becoming clear.
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Understanding Genetic Genealogy
Sykes says his book is about "the history of the world as revealed by genetics." He tells his research story in a easy way that serves to demystify his conclusions.
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Burning Down the House
Wondering what is happening in the Three Gorges? It's been over a year since we first looked at this archaeological, ecological, personal and cultural tragedy occurring in China. Let's go back for an update.
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The Seven Daughters of Eve
Sykes says his book is about "the history of the world as revealed by genetics." He names the genetic clan groups and describes their world.
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The Seven Questions Creationists Cannot Answer (II)
In this second part, I discuss the four last questions, and dispel the myth that mutations are random.


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