To read the whole story, please go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25193442 The discovery of DNA in a 400,000-year-old human thigh bone will open up a new frontier in the study of our ancestors. That’s the verdict cast… READ FULL ARTICLE
Five hundred years after Ponce de León landed near St. Augustine and named the land La Florida — celebrated this year with more than 100 historical commemorations and events — the state’s main porthole into… READ FULL ARTICLE
Maybe the 1992 movie Brendan Fraser film Encino Man wasn’t too far from the mark? Fossilized human feces and other evidence from a West Coast cave demonstrates the existence of a long-lost, 13,500-year-old American culture,… READ FULL ARTICLE
ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2012) — An international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood… READ FULL ARTICLE