In The News: Department of Anthropology
A bone that was initially categorized as an animal bone is now being examined as human remains after a report by the 8 News Now Investigators.
The world's population is expected to reach nine billion people in the next 30 years, suggesting that it is growing considerably more quickly than the global food supply.
Why recent study on modern brain size has experts scratching heads
A new study provides the earliest known evidence of amputation – the medical term for cutting off a part of a person’s body.
The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.
The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.
The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.
Decades of research suggest that our brains have shrunk over time, but not all scientists agree.
Researchers refute a hypothesis that the human brain shrank 3,000 years ago as a result of the transition to living in modern societies.
No, we aren’t devolving: Human brain size hasn’t changed since Jebel Irhoud Person stalked the Sahara 300,000 years ago, says new team
Humans are proud of their brainpower. Our noggins are some of the largest nature has to offer, and we like to think that we are an intelligent species.
Last year, an article published to Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution made headlines across the world after it claimed human brains shrank in size approximately 3,000 years ago. This, according to the authors, may have driven by the externalization of knowledge in human societies, thus needing less energy to store a lot of information as individuals. As a result, we developed smaller brains.