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Curtis Marean studies human origins in African environments.
Curtis Marean studies human origins in African environments.
Sandi Copeland investigates early humans' search for food and mates using traces left in fossil teeth and modern wild plant foods.
Cynthia Beall studies how Tibetans survive the low oxygen of high altitudes
While anthropologists traditionally determine the diets of our ancestors by examining the size and shape of teeth and jaws, powerful microscopes paint a more detailed picture by looking at wear patterns on teeth.
Duke University anthropologist Brian Hare wants more people to appreciate what the Bonobo chimpanzee can teach us about human nature. Along with the Common Chimpanzee, the Bonobo is the closest extant relative to humans.
The key to displaying human corpses? Remove the skin.
Fossils thought to be from our earliest hominin ancestors might just be ape bones.
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Before the landmass was swallowed up by the Indian Ocean, it may have provided refuge for early modern humans.
Maggie Serrato traveled to South Korea to better understand the experiences of women in non-traditional roles.
Hunters in early Paleolithic just as good as later hunters; eating rituals less skilled, refined.
Rituals are important worldwide, and they help us move through life's big transitions.
Biology has underestimated the role of fathers in making babies. Society has too, especially when it comes to child-rearing. That should change.
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