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First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Early Hominid Ear Bone Resembles That of Modern Humans

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK—Early human ancestors had an ear bone similar to that of modern humans, according to palaeoanthropologist Rolf Quam of Binghamton University. Quam and his team recovered a complete set of the tiny bones from a 1.8-million-year-old ... [Published Archaeology Magazine - May 14 2013]

Entities: Paranthropus robustus, Malleus, Australopithecus africanus

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Tiny fossil ear bones suggest evolutionary origins of human speech

BINGHAMTON, N.Y., May 14 (UPI) --A combination of ape-like and human-like features in the bones inside the ear of two ancient hominin species suggests they may have begun to evolve what earlier so-called austrolopiths lacked -- a sensitivity to the midrange ... [Published UPI - May 14 2013]

Entities: Fossil, Paranthropus robustus, Paranthropus, Australopithecus africanus

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Binghamton University

Early hominins couldn't have heard modern speech

Our australopith ancestors heard their world differently from modern humans.Rolf Quam at Binghamton University in New York State and colleagues have discovered rare middle ear bones from two extinct southern African hominins – Australopithecus africa ... [Published New Scientist - May 13 2013]

Entities: Australopithecus africanus, Binghamton University, Anatomy

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Texas A&M University

Findings confirm early South African hominins

Apr. 12, 2013 — Close examination of the lower jawbone, teeth and skeleton of the hominid species Australopithecus sediba proves conclusively that it is uniquely different from a closely related species, Australopithecus africanus, according to a series ... [Published Science Daily - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Australopithecus, Species, Texas A&M University

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Hobbit Humans Had Big Brains

View Related Gallery »Recreation of a hobbit human next to a stork and elephant relative also known from the island of Flores.National Museum of Nature and Science, TokyoGalleryFacesofOurAncestorsView Caption +#1: Back in the BeginningTo put a human face ... [Published Discovery Health - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Species, Homo Floresiensis, Homo ergaster, Homo rudolfensis

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Study Confirms Au. Sediba Findings

Source Newsroom:Newswise — Close examination of the lower jawbone, teeth and skeleton of the hominid species Australopithecus sediba proves conclusively that it is uniquely different from a closely related species, Australopithecus africanus, according ... [Published Newswise - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Australopithecus, Texas A&M University, Species, Australopithecus africanus

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

A&M professor helps unearth new species

Texas A&M associated professor Darryl de RuiterPosted: Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:00 am Researchers continue to unearth the history of humankind, with new findings published this week in Science Magazine revealing another piece in the evolutionary puz ... [Published Bryan-College Station Eagle - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Species, Australopithecus, Paddy Moore

First reported Jan 09 2013 - Updated Jan 09 2013 - 1 reports

Fighting Over Hobbit [Greg Laden's Blog]

The Hobbit is a book by JRR Tolkien, a just released blockbuster movie, and a hominid from Indonesia. Here, we are speaking about the hominid from Indonesia. A while back I wrote a review of a book by Dean Falk , for American Scientist. You can ... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 09 2013]

Entities: Dean Falk, Robert Eckhardt, Homo Floresiensis, Fossil

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...Says Quam, "Bipedalism (walking on two feet) and a reduction in the size of the canine teeth have long been held up as the "hallmark of humanity" since they seem to be present in the earliest human fossils recovered to date."

Binghamton researcher studies oldest fossil hominin ear bones ever recovered [Published EurekAlert! - May 13 2013]

"Anthropologists are in general agreement that these early hominins likely did not possess spoken language" says Quam – the new findings back that claim

Early hominins couldn't have heard modern speech [Published New Scientist - May 13 2013]

"From what I have seen of the fossils, I think Au. sediba is another species of australopithecus that confirms species diversity in early hominin evolution" says Johanson. Although Au...

From ape to man [Published Deccan Herald - Apr 22 2013]

"We looked at the jawbone area and found definitive proof that the two are not the same species" de Ruiter says of the findings

Findings confirm early South African hominins [Published Science Daily - Apr 17 2013]

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Tiny fossil ear bones suggest evolutionary orig... [Published UPI - May 14 2013]
Early Hominid Ear Bone Resembles That of Modern... [Published Archaeology Magazine - May 14 2013]
Binghamton researcher studies oldest fossil hom... [Published EurekAlert! - May 13 2013]
Early hominins couldn't have heard modern speech [Published New Scientist - May 13 2013]
Is Australopithecus sediba the Most Important H... [Published Scientific American - Observations - Apr 24 2013]
From ape to man [Published Deccan Herald - Apr 22 2013]
Findings confirm early South African hominins [Published Science Daily - Apr 17 2013]
Hobbit Humans Had Big Brains [Published Discovery Health - Apr 17 2013]
Study Confirms Au. Sediba Findings [Published Newswise - Apr 15 2013]
A&M professor helps unearth new species [Published Bryan-College Station Eagle - Apr 14 2013]
Closest Human Ancestor Had Funny Walk, Fossils ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 12 2013]
Maybe Lucy wasn't your mom: Paleo-anthropologis... [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 12 2013]
New Texas A&M Research Confirms How Au. Sediba ... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Apr 11 2013]
Fighting Over Hobbit [Greg Laden's Blog] [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 09 2013]
'Mama's boy' human ancestors disputed [Published USA Today - Sep 15 2012]
Faces of our 7-million-year old ancestors recre... [Published Topnews.in - Jan 07 2012]

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Is Australopithecus sediba the Most Important H... [Published Scientific American - Observations - Apr 24 2013] Composite reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba, based on remains from three individuals found at the site of Malapa in South Africa. Image: Courtesy of Lee R. Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand Three years ago researchers added ...
Fighting Over Hobbit [Greg Laden's Blog] [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 09 2013] The Hobbit is a book by JRR Tolkien, a just released blockbuster movie, and a hominid from Indonesia. Here, we are speaking about the hominid from Indonesia. A while back I wrote a review of a book by Dean Falk , for American Scientist. You can ...

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New Texas A&M Research Confirms How Au. Sediba ... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Apr 11 2013]