Tag: Neanderthals

  • Nation & World

    Hearth and home — in Stone Age

    Motivating Professor Amy Elizabeth Clark’s interest is what she calls a “feminist approach” to studying human history.

    4 minutes
    Amy Elizabeth Clark.
  • Nation & World

    Bringing Stone Age genomic material back to life

    Scientific breakthroughs will enable exploration of Earth’s biochemical past, with hopes of discovering new therapeutic molecules.

    5 minutes
    Examining ancient teeth.
  • Nation & World

    Turns out developing a taste for carbs wasn’t a bad thing

    Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, health.

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    Gorilla skulls.
  • Nation & World

    Reading teeth

    By examining the teeth of Neanderthal infants, a team of researchers was able to glean insight into nursing and weaning behavior as well as winter and summer cycles. The study even found evidence that the Neanderthals had been exposed to lead — the earliest such exposure ever recorded in any human ancestor.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Mouthful of clues

    Harvard researchers have demonstrated that the levels of barium in teeth correspond with breast-feeding. Importantly, they said, the barium levels can remain in fossils that are thousands of years old. This provides new opportunities to study breast-feeding behavior among Neanderthals and early humans.

    5 minutes