Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology is thriving, and human fossil finds more than 6,000 and counting regularly force revisions of old timelines and theories.

Our Species Rediscovers Its Cousins 2010

Paleoanthropology and transcultural comparisons both suggest that humans with more sun exposure nearer the equator live with higher vitamin D levels than their house-bound, temperate climate counter-parts.

David Katz, M.D.: Is The IOM Right To Recommend We Get Less? Vitamin D And Calcium? M.D. David Katz 2010

The 400,000-year-old fossils of a giant panda were uncovered alongside the remains of a titan-sized, ancient ape called Gigantopithecus blacki, said Huang Wanbo, a paleontologist at Beijing's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

Archive 2007-12-01 2007

"This new type is very important for understanding the evolution of feathers," says Dr. Xu, a senior researcher from the Academy's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing.

An Ancient Quill Rewrites Dinosaur History 2009

Paleoanthropology and studies of human evolution have long been dependent on discoveries of fossils, with each discovery producing scholarly claims and counterclaims — monkey, ancestor; ancestor, monkey – that eventually advance our knowledge of how we became us.

New Neanderthals? 2009

Earlier that january day in 1990, the Chinese scientists had asked Russell Ciochon if they could meet with him out of earshot of colleagues at Beijing's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

An Ancient Wanderlust 2008

Yes, in addition to Wood and Collards' paper, cited by Luskin, the only others I know who have suggested sinking Homo habilis into the australopithecines are Wolpoff in the second ed. of Paleoanthropology and the Hawks et al paper.

More on Casey Luskin and the Dikika Hominid Christopher O'Brien 2006

Paleoanthropology buffs will also want to check out the www. becominghuman.org website run by the Institute of Human Origins, though it requires high-speed internet access to take advantage of all of its features.

The Web: From Apes to Zinj 2001

Although some reviewers found the book too personal the review in Science was titled “Paleoanthropology without Inhibitions” and complained that Johanson had relied on “hurtful hearsay”, with its good yarns and gossip, Lucy climbed the best-seller charts.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

Although some reviewers found the book too personal the review in Science was titled “Paleoanthropology without Inhibitions” and complained that Johanson had relied on “hurtful hearsay”, with its good yarns and gossip, Lucy climbed the best-seller charts.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995