A Science and Technology Blog
Contrary to popular belief that high altitudes were inhabited only by modern humans less than 40,000 years ago, fossil remains conclusively prove that Denisovans lived there 160,000 years ago. Denisovans…
Michelle Langley, Griffith University Can you imagine walking 14,000 km? Trekking across wide savannas, down creek beds, along mountain chains in terrain that is new and home to foreign types…
At Attirampakkam archaeological site near Chennai, India, over 7,200 stone artefacts recovered reflect a distinct transition from the Acheulian culture to the Middle Palaeolithic culture at around 380,000 years ago,…
A study published a few days ago in the journal Nature Genetics has found the presence of a third and a new ancestor to humans — a sibling of the…
The ability of ultraviolet radiation to cause skin cancer is well established. Yet, it is only “generally believed” that the development of dark skin by people in Africa was an…
Published in The Hindu on June 28, 2012 Two fossil specimens of Australopithecus sediba recovered from Malapa, South Africa, present a completely different picture of the type of diet consumed…
Published in The Hindu on March 29, 2012 If the ability to walk and run on two legs (bipedalism) sets humans apart from apes, could this transition from tree-climbing to…
Acheulian stone tools, dating back to about 1.51 million years ago, have been discovered at Attirampakkam in the Kortallayar River Basin, about 60 km northwest of Chennai. Researchers from the Chennai-based…
