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Neanderthals Doomed by Vision-Centered Brains - Technology ...

Updated June. 3, 2013

As a result, the extinct hominids had smaller social and trading networks to rely on when conditions got tough.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51155823/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/neanderth...

‘Hobbits’ linked to nutritional deficiency - Technology ...

Updated June. 9, 2013

This sculpture of a Homo floresiensis female was created by Elisabeth Daynès under strict scientific scrutiny, reflecting how scientists think the hominids looked ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23482462/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/hobbits-l...

Cretan tools point to 130,000-year-old sea travel - Technology ...

Updated June. 12, 2013

She said it was unclear where the hominids had sailed from, or whether the settlements were permanent. "They may have come from Africa or from the east," she said.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40893888/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/cretan-to...

Steak dinners go back 2.5 million years - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 9, 2013

... hominids are associated with these creatures," Olsen told Discovery News. The distinctive horns of the new Bos also broach some other interesting matters, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35313891/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/steak-din...

Neanderthal-human sex rarely produced kids - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 16, 2013

... tchadensis and nicknamed Toumai, walked upright, which many scientists consider a key characteristic that distinguishes hominids from non-human primates. ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44491039/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/neanderth...

Sex with Neanderthals Made Us Stronger - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 8, 2013

Mating with Neanderthals and another group of extinct hominids, Denisovans, strengthened the human immune system and left behind evidence in the DNA of people today ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44276551/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/sex-neand...

Humankind’s family tree reshaped - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 7, 2013

At that time, experts believed that H. habilis evolved directly into later hominids and eventually into modern humans. Advertise | AdChoices. Advertise | AdChoices.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077432/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humankinds...

Humpbacks have humanlike brain cells - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 17, 2013

Spindle neurons probably first appeared in the common ancestor of hominids, humans and great apes about 15 million years ago, the researchers said.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15920224/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humpbacks...

Human ancestor gets digital facelift - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 14, 2013

Whether either of these hominids was a direct ancestor of humans is still an open question. Advertise | AdChoices. Advertise | AdChoices. Advertise | AdChoices ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17873752/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/human-anc...

Pre-human skull found in Georgian republic - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 19, 2013

Million-year-old fossils of hominids — extinct creatures of the extended ancestral family of modern humans — have been found in Africa, the Middle East, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9045004/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/pre-human-...