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May 2012
- Chimpanzees’ Table Manners Vary by Group (NYT, 14.05.2012)
- Like humans, chimps are found to have some culture, too (MSNBC, 10.05.2012)
- Chimps don't care about 'Keeping up with the Joneses' - they choose their own tools and ignore peer pressure to change (Daily Mail, 10.05.2012)
- Neighboring chimp communities have their own nut-cracking styles (PhysOrg, 10.05.2012)
- Culture results when chimps get cracking (ScienceNews, 10.05.2012)
- Chimps have culture, a new study suggests (Global Post, 10.05.2012)
- Neighboring Chimp Communities Have Their Own Nut-Cracking Styles (Science Daily, 10.05.2012)
- Like Humans, Chimps Have Culture, Too (LiveScience, 10.05.2012)
April 2012
- Could a Renewed Push for Access to Fossil Data Finally Topple Paleoanthropology’s Culture of Secrecy? (Scientific American, 08.05.2012)
- Even toddlers have a tendency to follow the crowd (news-medical.net, 16.04.2012)
- Anthropological Casting Call (Science AAAS, 13.04.2012)
- For Chimps, the Majority Rules (Science AAAS, 12.04.2012)
- Toddlers and Chimps 'Go With the Crowd' (Live Science, 12.04.2012)
- Protecting Wild Apes (Washington Magazine, April 2012)
March 2012
February 2012
- How to Get the Rich to Share the Marbles (NYT, 20.02.2012)
- Are dogs cleverer than chimps? Man's best friend is swifter on the uptake (Daily Mail, 09.02.2012)
- Complete Denisovan genome offers glimpse of ancient variation (Nature, 08.02.2012)
- Entire Genome Of Extinct Human Decoded From Fossil (news.science360, 08.02.2012)
- Ancient cave girl genome could crack Man's genetic puzzle (The Register, 08.02.2012)
- Pointing to the past:Scientists sequence whole genome of 'Denisovan' caveman from fossilised finger bone in Siberian cave (Daily Mail, 08.02.2012)
- Extinct human's genome placed on internet (TG Daily, 08.02.2012)
- Extinct Genome From Fossil Finger Posted Online (Science Now, 07.02.2012)
- Entire genome of extinct human reconstructed (New Scientist, 07.02.2012)
- Entire genome of extinct human sequenced (FOX News, 08.02.2012)
- DNA’s tell-all tale (Deccan Herald, 07.02.2012)
- Entire Genome of Extinct Human Decoded from Fossil (Science Daily, 07.02.2012)
- Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil (Science codex, 07.02.2012)
- Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil (idw-online, 07.02.2012)
- Genome of Extinct Human Relative Placed on Amazon Web Services (Wired, 07.02.2012)
- The nature of humanity: What’s a man? (The Economist, 04.02.2012)
- Human Brains Wire Up Slowly but Surely (Science Now, 01.02.2012)
January 2012
- Fossil DNA has clues to surviving rapid climate change (New Scientist, 31.01.2012)
- DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All (NYT, 30.01.2012)
- Spelunking for Genes (Harvard Medicine, 27.01.2012)
- Bonobos' unusual success story (Biology News Net, 23.01.2012)
- Weizmann Institute and Max Planck Society establish a joint center for archaeology and anthropology (PhysOrg, 11.01.2012)
- Apes 'gamble like humans by calculating odds' (The Telegraph, 09.01.2012)
- Think your dog is smart? You're probably right (courier-journal, 08.01.2012)
- New German-Israeli Center Will Research Archaeology and Anthropology (Science AAAS, 06.01.2012)
- In the Eyes of a Dog (Science AAAS, 05.01.2012)
December 2011
- Researchers Find Chimps Selective When Giving Warning Calls (redOrbit, 31.12.2011)
- Wild chimps warn unaware others of danger (USAToday, 30.12.2011)
- How chimps sound the alarm when dangers sneak up on less clued-up friends (Daily Mail, 30.12.2011)
- Chimps likely to warn groups unaware of dangers (BioScholar, 30.12.2011)
- Chimps may have theory of mind (TG Daily, 30.12.2011)
- Chimpanzees Display Complex Understanding of Others' Mindset (International Business Times, 30.12.2011)
- Study: Apes willing to gamble like humans (UPI, 30.12.2011)
- Apes Also Play Gamble When It Comes To Acquiring Big Rewards (French Tribune, 30.12.2011)
- Chimpanzees consider their audience when communicating (BBC, 29.12.2011)
- Apes can gamble, just like humans (Daily Mail, 29.12.2011)
- I Know Something You Don't Know! (Science Daily, 29.12.2011)
- Chimpanzees seem to know what's on other chimps' minds (The Guardian, 29.12.2011)
- Study to find out if apes can use tools (thestar.com.my, 20.12.2011)
- Sense of smell said driver of evolution (UPI, 14.12.2011)
- We (literally) smell way better than Neanderthals did (io9, 14.12.2011)
- Compared to Neanderthals, modern humans have a better sense of smell (Health Canal, 14.12.2011)
- Follow your nose (Sciencecodex, 14.12.2011)
- Follow Your Nose: Compared to Neanderthals, Modern Humans Have a Better Sense of Smell (Science Daily, 14.12.2011)
- Did a good sense of smell give us an evolutionary advantage? (NHM, 13.12.2011)
- Was a keen sense of smell the key ingredient that allowed early man to outpace Neanderthals? (Daily Mail, 13.12.2011)
- Bulging Brain Structures Separate Us from Neanderthals (Live Science, 13.12.2011)
- We do have bigger brains than Neanderthals did (MSNBC, 13.12.2011)
- Study identifies factors to help save great apes (CORDIS, 12.12.2011)
- Gorillas and Chimpanzees to end up on a plate (Earth Times, 11.12.2011)
- Law Enforcement Key To Great Ape Survival (Red Orbit, 10.12.2011)
- Law Enforcement Vital for Great Ape Survival (Science Daily, 08.12.2011)
- Law enforcement vital for great ape survival (Science Codex, 08.12.2011)
- Chimps 'trade' just like humans (Daily Mail, 08.12.2011)
- Chimp markets reveal evolution of friendship (New Scientist, 07.12.2011)
November 2011
- ASU study on Neanderthal extinction sparks interest (asunews, 29.11.2011)
- Sex With Humans Made Neanderthals Extinct? (National Geographic News, 25.11.2011)
- 'Language gene' speeds learning (Nature News, 18.11.2011)
- Dear Professor, I think my husband may be a Neanderthal (The Guardian, 14.11.2011)
- Baby apes' arm waving hints at origins of language (New Scientist, 10.11.2011)
- Former Prof. Garners Major Research Award (The Emory Wheel, 10.11.2011)
- Study investigates cooperation habits in children and chimps (Cordis, 07.11.2011)
- Hawaiian honeycreepers and their tangled evolutionary tree (The Guardian, 03.11.2011)
October 2011
- How four-year-olds succumb to peer pressure (Daily Mail, 28.10.2011)
- Peer Pressure in Preschool Children (Science Daily, 25.10.2011)
- Peer pressure in preschool children (Health Canal, 25.10.2011)
- Researchers Trace Evolution of Diversity in Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Science Daily, 20.10.2011)
- Researchers Examine Ancient Stallions' Genetic Diversity (thehorse.com, 17.10.2011)
- On Teamwork, at Least, Chimps and Children Vary (NYT, 17.10.2011)
- Unlike chimps, children prefer to work together (mnn.com, 13.10.2011)
- Children like teamwork — chimps, not so much (MSNBC, 13.10.2011)
- Children Like Teamwork More Than Chimps Do (Livescience, 13.10.2011)
- Humans like to work together in solving tasks, chimps don't (Phys.org, 13.10.2011)
- Children, Not Chimps, Choose Collaboration (Science Daily, 13.10.2011)
- Teamwork Helps Kids Succeed Where Chimps Fail (ABC News, 13.10.2011)
- Jacobs Research Prize 2011 goes to Professor Michael Tomasello (prnewswire, 13.10.2011)
- Jacobs Research Prize 2011 goes to Professor Michael Tomasello (digitaljournal.com, 13.10.2011)
- Black Death-causing bacterium's DNA sequenced (DW World, 13.10.2011)
September 2011
- Study Supports Multiple Wave Migration Theory (The Harvard Crimson, 30.09.2011)
- The vast Asian realm of the lost humans (New Scientist, 29.09.2011)
- Aboriginal genome analysis comes to grips with ethics (Nature News, 28.09.2011)
- Stephen Fry shares his love of language in Fry’s Planet Word (Radiotimes, 25.09.2011)
- Aborigines have Siberian ancestor, finger bone study shows (News.com.au, 23.09.2011)
- First Aboriginal genome sequenced (Nature News, 22.09.2011)
- Humans colonised Asia in two waves (New Scientist, 22.09.2011)
- Humans reached Asia in two waves (Science News, 22.09.2011)
- Now-Extinct Relative Had Sex with Humans Far and Wide (LiveScience, 22.09.2011)
- DNA Study Suggests Asia Was Settled in Multiple Waves of Migration (Science Daily, 22.09.2011)
- DNA study suggests Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration (Physorg.com, 22.09.2011)
- German Scientists Bring Fossils into the Computer Age (Spiegel Online International, 16.09.2011)
- Human fossil '1.98 million years old' (Science Alert, 12.09.2011)
- Australopithecus sediba: can we stop calling it a 'missing link? (The Telegraph, 10.09.2011)
- New Evolutionary Link Between Australopiths And Humans (redOrbit, 09.09.2011)
- Tool-making ancestor may rewrite history (ABC News, 09.09.2011)
- Examining Ancient Fossils for Clues to Human Origins (npr, 09.09.2011)
- Fossil Finds Complicate Search for Human Ancestor (Smithsonian, 09.09.2011)
- Early Tool-Maker Fossil Could Rewrite Human Ancestry (Discovery News, 09.09.2011)
- 1.977-million-year-old 'Karabo' makes world debut (Times Live, 09.09.2011)
- Fossil Trove Sheds Light On a Stage of Evolution (Wall Street Journal, 09.09.2011)
- Australopithecus sediba may be an ancestor of modern humans (Guardian, 08.09.2011)
- The Verge of Human (Discover, 08.09.2011)
- You look familiar (The Economist, 08.09.2011)
- South African fossils halfway between ape and human (New Scientist, 08.09.2011)
- Complete hand fossil shows early tool-maker: study (The Vancouver Sun, 08.09.2011)
- The Mosaic Pre-Man (The Scientist, 08.09.2011)
- Fossils Reveal Puzzling Human Forerunner (The Wall Street Journal, 08.09.2011)
- New Ape-Like Species May Be a Human Ancestor, Fossils From Africa Suggest (Bloomberg, 08.09.2011)
- Fossils 'from oldest human ancestor' Homo sediba (The Australian, 08.09.2011)
- Sediba human ancestor could shift our origins to South Africa (Natural History Museum, 08.09.2011)
- New fossils revise human evolution theories (CBCnews, 08.09.2011)
- Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays (Physorg.com, 08.09.2011)
- Rethinking Human Origins: Fossils Reveal a New Ancestor on the Family Tree (Time, 08.09.2011)
- Complete hand fossil shows early tool-maker (Times Live, 08.09.2011)
- New Fossils May Redraw Human Family Tree (NYT, 08.09.2011)
- Scientists report evidence of new human ancestor (CBS News, 08.09.2011)
- Old meets new: technology determines age of fossils (The Age, 08.09.2011)
- Top 'missing link' candidate found? (The Sydney Morning Herald, 08.09.2011)
- Evolutionary 'Game-Changer' From S. African Bones (Fox News, 08.09.2011)
- Closest Human Ancestor May Rewrite Steps in Our Evolution (Livescience, 08.09.2011)
- How African fossils put new spin on human origins story (BBC News, 08.09.2011)
- DNA clues to our inner Neanderthal (Guardian, 01.09.2011)
August 2011
- Who Were the Denisovans? (Science News, 26.08.2011)
- Europeans and Asians sport early human immune genes (USA Today, 25.08.2011)
- The great ape program (Guardian, 25.08.2011)
- Human Immune Systems Strengthened By Neanderthal Interbreeding (Red Orbit, 22.08.2011)
- Apes in Africa: The cultured chimpanzees (Nature News, 17.08.2011)
- Beyond Room 101: The hyperaggressive rat (New Scientist, 15.08.2011)
- Smile! Face Recognition IDs Chimps from Photos (Live Sciences, 12.08.2011)
- Stone Age toe could redraw human family tree (New Scientist, 10.08.2011)
- Recent Sightings of Neanderthals (The New Yorker, 09.08.2011)
- Facial-recognition software could help to save great apes (The Engineer, 02.08.2011)
- Researchers develop facial-recognition software for chimps (Wired, 01.08.2011)
July 2011
- Kids share, chimps stash (ScienceNews, 22.07.2011)
- Children share when they work together, chimps do not (Discover, 21.07.2011)
- Humans were built to share (Cosmos, 21.07.2011)
- Team work leads to equitable sharing of rewards (21.07.2011)
- Co-operative kids happy to share spoils (ABC Science, 21.07.2011)
- Collaboration Encourages Equal Sharing in Children but Not in Chimpanzees (Science Daily, 20.07.2011)
- Being the top ranking baboon is a high-stress job (ABC News, 14.07.2011)
- Thirst for Fairness May Have Helped Us Survive (NYT, 04.07.2011)
June 2011
- Animals don't have morality, people do (Spiked, 17.06.2011)
- Penn team uncovers skeleton of 'world's oldest child' (philly.com, 16.06.2011)
- Chimps solve Aesop's fable by spitting water into tube to reach a tasty peanut (Daily Mail, 09.06.2011)
- Spitting and urinating chimps 'replay Aesop's fable' (BBC News, 09.06.2011)
- Going ape: Ultraviolence and our primate cousins (New Scientist, 06.06.2011)
- Early hominin women had wanderlust (New Scientist, 02.06.2011)
- Human ancestors were Mama's Boys (USA Today, 02.06.2011)
- Early women had to go forth and multiply, while men stayed home (The Independent, 02.06.2011)
- Ancient males sink teeth into staying at home (Sydney Morning Herald, 02.06.2011)
- Early human dads stayed home (ABC Science, 02.06.2011)
- While Hominid Males Stayed Home, Females Roamed (NSF, 02.06.2011)
- Human ancestors: Guys stayed put, gals roamed (CBS News, 01.06.2011)
- Early Human Dads Stayed at Home While Females Roamed (Discovery News, 01.06.2011)
- Wanderlust drove our female ancestors far from the home cave (The Guardian, 01.06.2011)
- Early man 'preferred to stay at home in his cave rather than roam' (Mirror, 01.06.2011)
- Human Ancestor Guys Stayed Home While Gals Cruised (Live Science, 01.06.2011)
- Hominid females roamed while males waited - study (Reuters, 01.06.2011)
- Female Hominins Moved Around Africa Much More Than Males, Research Shows (Texas A&M News, 01.06.2011)
- Ancient hominid males stayed home while females roamed (UC Boulder, 01.06.2011)
- Ancient Female Ancestors Roamed Far and Wide for Mates (Science now, 01.06.2011)
- Female australopiths seek brave new world (Nature news, 01.06.2011)
May 2011
March 2011
- The smartest dogs in the world (SF Gate, 31.03.2011)
- Animals Find Sanctuary With Scientists (Science Now, 29.03.2011)
- Scientists research whether you may be carrying 2% to 4% Neanderthal genes (allvoices.com, 29.03.2011)
- Supremacy of a Social Network (NYT, 14.03.2011)
- Chimps Have Better Sex Than Humans (Discovery News, 09.03.2011)
- Big brains and spineless penises (The Scientist, 09.03.2011)
- Why Human Penises Lost Their Spines (National Geographic, 09.03.2011)
February 2011
January 2011
- No Mental Chumps: Chimps Decipher What Others Are Thinking (LiveScience, 31.01.2011)
- N.B. Scientist at forefront of Grape Genetics Research (telegraphjournal.canadaeast, 28.01.2011)
- Orangutan Genome Full of Surprises (Science Now, 26.01.2011)
- Lack of sex bad for grapes' health (pressdemocrat.com, 24.01.2011)
- Former Wofford prof's dog, Chaser, featured in New York Times article (groupstate.com, 19.01.2011)
- Modern humans wore clothing way back (LA Times, 08.01.2011)
- We were all naked until 170,000 years ago (USA Today, 07.01.2011)
- Researchers to drill for hobbit history (Nature, 05.01.2011)