All Articles Tagged As: homo sapiens

Micronesian Islands colonized by small-bodied humans (3/11/2008)

Fossils of small-bodied humans from the Micronesian island of Palau inhabited the island between 1400 and 3000 years ago and share some – although not all – features with the H. floresiensis specimens ...> Full Article

Hobbits may be human after all (3/6/2008)

Researchers have joined the worldwide debate over the hobbit-like fossils found on the Indonesian island of Flores, with a controversial new theory suggesting their primitive features are the result of a medical condition. ...> Full Article

How our ancestors were like gorillas (12/1/2007)

Fossils illustrate sex differences in growth and the costs of being a male ...> Full Article

Anthropologist digs ancient Sudan bones (11/15/2007)

From the looks of the woman's skeleton, she might have been in a serious car accident. But, the woman lived sometime between A.D. 300 and A.D. 600, so it was obviously not a crash that killed her. ...> Full Article

New light shines on 'hobbit' (9/27/2007)

An international team of researchers has cutting-edge, three-dimensional imaging technology to help crack the mystery of Homo floresiensis, a 3-foot-tall, 18,000-year-old skeleton nicknamed "The Hobbit." ...> Full Article