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22 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

How Long Did Neandertals Breastfeed?

by Michael Balter

Teeth reveal weaning behavior in humans, monkeys, and even Neandertals

17 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

When Did Humans Begin Hurling Spears?

by Heather Pringle

New hunting technique allowed killing at a safe distance

15 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and Monkeys

by Michael Balter

Key evolutionary event eventually gave rise to human beings

13 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Earliest Ear Bones Sound Off on Human Hearing

by Michael Balter

Two-million-year-old fossils from human relatives reveal insights to language development

3 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Bizarre 6-Inch Skeleton Shown to Be Human

by Richard Stone

Tiny "ET" gets a scientific debunking

1 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Jamestown Bones Show Signs of Cannibalism

by Lizzie Wade

Fourteen-year-old "Jane" was likely eaten by starving colonists after she died

24 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Have We Entered the 'Age of Man'? (Video)

by Michael Balter

Talk to experts about whether the human impact on the planet has been so dramatic that it has ushered in a new geological age

23 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Who Were the First Australians, and How Many Were There?

by Traci Watson

Study suggests continent was colonized by more people than originally suspected

16 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: The Shrinking of the Hobbit's Brain

by Michael Balter

New measurements may help reveal where a diminutive human species came from

11 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Iceman Had Bad Teeth

by Andrew Curry

Ötzi, the prehistoric human, suffered gum disease and cavities

10 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

First Evidence of Pottery Used for Cooking

by Sid Perkins

Japanese ceramics may have been used to cook salmon, other marine animals

1 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Stonehenge Site of First 'Rock' Concert

by Michael Balter

Monument may have drawn large crowds to listen to loud noise

21 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Clocking the Human Exodus Out of Africa

by Ann Gibbons

Ancient DNA suggests our ancestors left the continent 30,000 years later than thought

6 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious

by Michael Balter

Changes in 75,000-year-old-jewelry show that even early humans cared about personal style

27 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Seeking Meaning in the Earliest Female Nudes

by Michael Balter

Prehistoric carved figurines may have been a comment on the society that birthed them

16 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Human Evolution: Gain Came With Pain

by Ann Gibbons

Blame your bad back and sprained ankle on an imperfect reworking of the ape body plan

11 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Foragers and Farmers Hit It Off

by Michael Balter

Ancient teeth show that early farmers mingled and mated with hunter-gatherers

28 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

How to Survive a Siberian Winter

by Michael Balter

Frigid populations have a trio of mutations that help them withstand the cold

22 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America

by Traci Watson

1200-year-old Utah find points to a chocolate-drenched American Southwest

21 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Clues to Prehistoric Human Exploration Found in Sweet Potato Genome

by Lizzie Wade , Lizzie Wade

Study provides strong evidence for early contact between Polynesia and South America

7 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Eye Treatment Recovered From Tuscan Shipwreck

by Dennis Normile

Rare tablets show sophistication of ancient medicine

20 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

The Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2012

by David Grimm

A look back at some of our favorite and most popular stories of the year

28 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Doomsday

by Richard A. Kerr

What’s the deal with the end of the world next month?

16 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Europe's First Farmers Came, Then Went

by Ann Gibbons

Neolithic farmer populations underwent booms and busts in Europe

12 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Human Ancestors Were Grass Gourmands

by Ann Gibbons

Fossil teeth suggest early hominins had a taste for the green stuff

7 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Carved Coral Helps Date the Peopling of Polynesia

by Ann Gibbons

Coral tools track human expansion into uninhabited islands

7 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Early Humans Handed Down Toolmaking Tech

by Traci Watson

Homo sapiens imparted their innovative advances to descendants

24 October 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: How Human Were Neandertals?

by Michael Balter

Chat with experts about how we compare to our closest evolutionary cousins

22 October 2012 | ScienceNOW

Raw Food Not Enough to Feed Big Brains

by Ann Gibbons

New study supports idea that cooking helped human ancestors expand their minds

12 October 2012 | ScienceNOW

Baby Back, Waaaay Back, Ribs

by Traci Watson

Remains of ancient meal suggest early humans may have hunted meat

12 October 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Building Angkor Wat

by Traci Watson

Satellite images and field surveys reveal how massive stone blocks were transported

3 October 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Turning Pitchforks into Ploughshares

by Elizabeth Culotta

Talk with an expert about how societies can move from war to peace

30 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Genome Brings Ancient Girl to Life

by Ann Gibbons

Denisovan child sheds light on the evolution of humans, Neandertals

13 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Landscape of Dead Bodies May Have Inspired First Mummies

by Emily Underwood

South American hunter-gatherers began mummifying their dead about 7000 years ago

8 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

The Taming of the Turkey

by Emily Underwood

Ancient turkey bones found in Maya temple point to early trade and domestication

8 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

New Fossils Put Face on Mysterious Human Ancestor

by Ann Gibbons

Bones indicate several species of early human ancestors living 2 million years ago

6 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Starbucks of Ancient America?

by Elizabeth Norton

Native peoples traded highly caffeinated "black drink" at least 700 years ago

3 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

The Mysterious Affair at Kents Cavern

by Michael Balter

Archaeologists fight over the meaning of an ancient human jawbone

26 July 2012 | ScienceNOW

Genetic Code Tells Hunter-Gatherer Tales

by Elizabeth Norton

In-depth sequencing of three African populations hints at origins of human diversity

23 July 2012 | ScienceNOW

Neandertals Didn't Bite the Volcanic Dust

by Michael Balter

Timing of ancient volcanic eruption suggests that modern humans, not climate or catastrophe, pushed the Neandertals to extinction

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