How the pelvis, and not bipedalism, gave humans their narrow hips
Read now →The anatomy of our pelvis is a result of an evolutionary trade-off, but perhaps it's not the one we thought
How did human butts evolve to look that way?
Read now →An evolutionary anthropologist tackles the mystery of the butt
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Unexpected gorilla snacking behaviors make scientists question what we know about early humans
Read now →Gorillas' eating habits don't match their tooth specializations, raising questions about determining early human diets from fossil records
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Netflix's Our Planet showed walruses in distress. We need to find what humanity's role is
Read now →Understanding walrus-human interactions in the past might shed some light on the "walrus scene"
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"Skeleton Keys" reveals the secrets hidden inside your bones
Read now →Brian Switek's book breathes new life into our understanding of old bones
Humans in South America evolved to live with arsenic poisoning
Read now →The toxic environment offers clues to ancient mummies and human evolution
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The history of humanity is written across your smile
Read now →'The Tales Teeth Tell' traces the evolution of our teeth into "oral Swiss army knives"
The slap-dash nature of evolution makes entertaining reading
Read now →Nathan Lents' new book details the accidental, incidental nature of human quirks
Did humans evolve to eat raw, aged, or cooked meat? I tried to test digestion
Read now →That's how I ended up feeding raw meat to undergrads
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The bugs your primate ancestors loved to eat found a way into your genes
Read now →The original paleo diet lives on in humans today
Turkeys on treadmills are helping anthropologists test the fossil record
Read now →Walk like a person, talk like a turkey
How did our ancestors start walking upright?
Read now →A newly discovered species of ancient ape could shed light on the origins of human bipedalism
Just in time for Halloween, the spookiest primate tricks the world with a hidden thumb
Read now →The aye-aye has been hiding a secret all this time: a sixth pseudodigit
Bonobos' penchant for aquatic herbs might be why we have such big brains
Read now →Iodine promotes brain development, but until now we did not know where our hominin ancestors may have gotten this mineral
A Denisovan jaw bone is discovered; ancient human relative skeleton becomes more complete
Read now →Previously, only fragments of bone and mitochondrial DNA linked Denisovans to Homo sapiens
Some spooky Halloween Archaeology facts from Massive Consortium member Darcy Shapiro
Read now →These true stories show that archaeology has plenty of terrifying discoveries to share
Ancient dog bones tell us what was on the menu for both dogs and humans
Read now →What dogs ate can reveal clues about 12,000 year old lifestyles
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We're studying collapsed civilizations so that ours can endure climate change
Read now →Paleoclimatologists are digging into the connections between the collapse of Maya Civilization and extreme droughts
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Here's how to avoid outliving your own bones
Read now →Hit the gym and find the sunshine vitamin
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