When you watch a pitcher wind up and throw a fastball down the middle, you’re seeing millions of years of human evolution and adaptations in action.
Posts Tagged ‘human’
The Ability to Throw
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013Tree Climbing Ancestors
Friday, October 26th, 2012
A new study by Academy scientist Zeray Alemseged determines that Lucy and her kin climbed trees.
Beluga Whale Speaks Human
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
One beluga whale sounds vaguely familiar…
Breaking the Code
Friday, October 5th, 2012
The ENCODE project is revealing more about the human genome.
Hunter-Gatherer Genes
Monday, August 27th, 2012
What can the genes of three hunter-gatherer populations in Africa tell us about human origins?
Homo rudolfensis
Monday, August 20th, 2012
What can new fossil discoveries tell us about our human lineage? Zeray Alemseged tells us…
Snake-Hearted
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Humans take python powers to heart.
Historic Mastodon Hunt
Monday, October 24th, 2011
A mastodon rib bone is challenging the early history of humans in North America.
The Original Mama’s Boy
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Chemical analysis of fossilized teeth shows our early male ancestors never roamed too far from home.
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Monday, May 16th, 2011
New archaeological dating techniques suggest Neanderthals and humans may not have been neighbors.
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