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Early Human Diets

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
humans, hominins, Zeray Alemseged, teeth, diet, australopithecus, afarensis, dikika, ancestors, plants, homo, anthropology

The old saying “You are what you eat” takes on new significance in the most comprehensive analysis to date of early human teeth from Africa.

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Au. Sediba and our Family Tree

Monday, April 15th, 2013
humans, hominins, apes, fossils, skeleton, teeth, dental, sediba, africanus, afarensis, australopithecus, lucy, selam, zeray alemseged

Hominin fossils shake up the family tree!

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Tree Climbing Ancestors

Friday, October 26th, 2012
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A new study by Academy scientist Zeray Alemseged determines that Lucy and her kin climbed trees.

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Hunter-Gatherer Genes

Monday, August 27th, 2012
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What can the genes of three hunter-gatherer populations in Africa tell us about human origins?

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Homo rudolfensis

Monday, August 20th, 2012
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What can new fossil discoveries tell us about our human lineage? Zeray Alemseged tells us…

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