Archaeological Institute of America presents an article on the changes that have been made in studies of mapping out human evolution.
1995 article explores chimpanzee hunting behavior, looking for clues to the evolution of human behavior. Learn about early hominid behavior.
1997 news brief on evidence that hominids may have settled in Siberia 270,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Read about excavations from the Enkapune Ya Muto rock shelter which indicate that human behavior originated in Africa more than 40,000 years ago.
Read about the study of Australopithecus africanus' fossilized teeth which indicates a diet more diverse than previously believed.
Details the find of a 2.34-million-year-old tool factory which shows that prehumans were more technologically skilled than previously thought.
Report from April 1999 covers the promising skull and tooth fragments unearthed in Ethiopia at Bouri. Includes photos and a video clip.
January 2000 news release from the University of Michigan covers a study which suggests a sudden genetic revolution among early hominids.
Take an inside look at the controversies, disagreements and personal battles so common in the field of paleoanthropology.
CNN article from April 1999 details the discovery of a new hominid species, named Australopithecus garhi, in Ethiopia.
Find news on a 34,000-year-old Neanderthal temporal bone found in France. View a map of the location of the discovery.
1995 features provides an overview of the exciting fossil finds that are shedding light on the earliest human ancestors.
Article from 1982 discusses evidence for the continued existence of Neanderthal Man in Asia. Learn who the suspects are.
Article describes how two conflicting evolutionary theories are throwing the field of genetic anthropology into confusion.
Discover what the high genetic diversity in Africa may indicate about human origins and a variety of medical questions.
Discover the 1995 genetic studies which traced modern human males back 188,000 years to one man.
May 1999 press release describes the recovery of a new fossil which provides significant clues to man's prehistory.