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The World’s Oldest Mattress

A 77,000-year-old grass mattress is the earliest bed in the archaeological record. What did earlier hominids sleep on?
December 14, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

Hominid Gifts for the Holidays

A human evolution T-shirt, necktie, coloring book and board game are just a few of the hominid-themed gifts you can give your loved ones this holiday season
December 12, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

The Secrets of a Shark Attack

In an attack against a Cape fur seal, a great white shark's advantage comes down to physics
December 12, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

The City Bird and the Country Bird

As in Aesop's fable, there are advantages and disadvantages for birds living in the city
December 07, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

The Mystery of the Missing Hominid Fossils

Seventy years ago, an important collection of "Peking Man" fossils disappeared in China. They are still missing today
December 07, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

Human Evolution’s Cookie Monster, Oreopithecus

For the past 60 years, scientists have argued over the enigmatic, human-like fossils of the nine-million-year-old Italian ape
December 05, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

The Columbines and Their Pollinators: An Evolutionary Tale

New research provides insight into an evolutionary concept introduced by Charles Darwin
December 02, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

For Dolphins, Pregnancy Comes With a Price

A bigger body means increased drag, slower speeds and greater vulnerability to predators
December 01, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

Sperm whale

The Sperm Whale's Deadly Call

Scientists have discovered that the massive mammal uses elaborate buzzes, clicks and squeaks that spell doom for the animal's prey
December 2011 | By Eric Wagner

Strange Animal Models of Human Evolution

What do sea otters, wolves and capuchin monkeys reveal about our hominid ancestors?
November 30, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

How A Pigeon Is Like A Helicopter

The bird changes direction with its whole body
November 29, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

The First Americans

Archaeologists once thought the Clovis people were the first to live in the New World, but mounting evidence suggests humans arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier
November 28, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

Was Tyrannosaurus a Big Turkey?

Tyrannosaurus has an image as the apex of the apex predators, and maybe that's why people get upset when paleontologists suggest it was at least partly covered in a coat of feathers
November 23, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Were Neanderthals Victims of Their Own Success?

A new archaeological study shows how Neanderthals' ability to adapt to changing climates may have led to the species' eventual extinction
November 22, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

The Fish That Hunt Like Lions

Yellow saddle goatfish collaborate when one finds prey to chase
November 21, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

Vaux Swifts

The Disappearing Habitats of the Vaux’s Swifts

Chimneys may be obsolete in modern buildings, but they’re crucial habitat for the bird species on the West Coast
November 18, 2011 | By Maria Dolan

What’s in a Name? Hominid Versus Hominin

You may have noticed that our ancestors are increasingly called hominins, which is the result of researchers revising how they classify primates
November 16, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

Lying For Sex, Spider Style

Male nursery web spiders aren't necessarily punished for giving false gifts
November 16, 2011 | By Sarah Zielinski

Taking a Southern Route Out of Africa

Mounting genetic, archaeological and geological evidence suggests humans may have migrated out of Africa along a southern route: across the Red Sea and into southern Arabia
November 14, 2011 | By Erin Wayman

A Hominid Dictionary

Hominids have complicated names, but their scientific monikers are less mysterious when their Latin, Greek and African roots are decoded
November 09, 2011 | By Erin Wayman


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