Ann Gibbons
Science Magazine
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Newly discovered viruses suggest ‘German measles’ jumped from animals to humans
Scientists find relatives of rubella in bats, wild mice, and zoo animals → Read More
Harvard anthropology professor retires amid accusations of sexual harassment
Alleged victims dissatisfied with prospect of scholar’s quiet retirement → Read More
Primatologists work to keep great apes safe from coronavirus
Past respiratory epidemics among chimpanzee and gorilla groups suggest COVID-19 could devastate them → Read More
The Neanderthal DNA you carry may have surprisingly little impact on your looks, moods
Icelanders can’t blame Neanderthals for their red hair and freckles, new study says → Read More
‘Lucy’s baby’ suggests famed human ancestor had a primitive brain
New study also reveals ancient human ancestors enjoyed a long childhood → Read More
Mysterious ‘ghost’ populations had multiple trysts with human ancestors
Genomic studies show interbreeding goes back at least half a million years → Read More
DNA from child burials reveals ‘profoundly different’ human landscape in ancient Africa
Children’s skeletons yield genomes more than 3000 years old → Read More
First fossil jaw of Denisovans finally puts a face on elusive human relatives
New protein method identifies first Denisovan outside of Siberia, on Tibetan Plateau → Read More
Men who lived in Spain 4500 years ago left almost no male genetic legacy today
Study fills in surprising history of Iberian Peninsula over thousands of years → Read More
Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s
An ancient woman from Romania shows an edgeto-edge bite (left). A Bronze Age man from Austria had a slight overbite (right). D. E. BLASI ET AL., SCIENCE, 363, 1192 (2019) Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s By Ann GibbonsMar. 14, 2019 , 2:00 PM Don't like the F-word? Blame farmers and soft food. When humans switched to processed foods after… → Read More
Mysterious human relatives moved into ‘penthouse’ Siberian cave 100,000 years earlier than thought
Detailed timeline shows how little-known Denisovans traded off with Neanderthals at cave → Read More
Genetic data on half a million Brits reveal ongoing evolution and Neanderthal legacy
UK Biobank provides surprising resource for evolutionary biologists → Read More
Strongest evidence of early humans butchering animals discovered in North Africa
Discovery suggests some of the world’s first stone tools spread across Africa much earlier than expected → Read More
Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
Glacier cores reveal Icelandic volcano that plunged Europe into darkness → Read More
Neanderthal children shivered and suffered in ancient Europe
Ancient teeth offer detailed portrait of how climate, illness shaped their lives → Read More
Male gorillas who babysit have five times more babies
Females seem to pick mates who help care for infants → Read More
Island living can shrink humans
On Flores in Indonesia, island life led to the evolution of short stature in living people, as well as the vanished hobbit → Read More
Our ancestors may have left Africa hundreds of thousands of years earlier than thought
Stone tools suggest hominins were already in China more than 2 million years ago → Read More
Hundreds of new genes may underlie intelligence—but also autism and depression
Studies of massive genetic databases may lead to new therapies for mental disorders → Read More
Farmers, tourists, and cattle threaten to wipe out some of the world’s last hunter-gatherers
The Hadza of Tanzania have long been a magnet for researchers, but their traditional lifestyle is vanishing → Read More