Tag: Neanderthal
The “Real” Paleo Diet: Early Hominids Ate Just About Everything
By Ken Sayers, Georgia State University
RECONSTRUCTIONS of human evolution are prone to simple, overly-tidy scenarios. Our ancestors, for example, stood on two legs to...
Is Your Team Too Talented?
The thinking is the same among managers of sports teams and corporate recruiters: if you want better performance, bring in more talent. And why...
Focus: The Evolution of Chat
Every language in the world is a living thing, ever changing and evolving.
That includes written language as well, first developed from images drawn on...
Neanderthals Helped Thick-Skinned Humans
The 1-3 percent of the Neanderthal genome that survives in modern humans likely helped early homo sapiens adapt to cold Europe by conferring a thicker skin, researchers said Wednesday. It may also have transferred a genetically higher risk for diabetes…
What Will Humans Look Like in 100,000 Years?
Think you're done evolving? You might want to think again. While homo sapiens has come a long way since the Stone Age, and modern...