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The nature of humanity: What’s a man?
Feb 2nd 2012, 4:03 from Print edition
Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human(56)
Human evolution: You look familiar
Sep 8th 2011, 7:32 from Print edition
Another piece of humanity’s family tree is fitted into place(12)
Human evolution: The old man of the mountain returns
Dec 29th 2010, 10:57 from Print edition
More evidence for a previously unknown species of human(17)
A new species of human: The old man of the mountain returns
Dec 23rd 2010, 8:55 from Babbage
A nice Christmas present for students of human evolution from a cave in the Altai mountains of Siberia(4)
The Neanderthal genome: A cave man blinking in the light
May 6th 2010, 2:07 from Print edition
The DNA of modern humanity’s closest extinct relative is undergoing detailed analysis(50)
Early man: Stand up straight!
Apr 8th 2010, 11:32 from Print edition
Another fossil human, this time from South Africa(2)
A new species of human: The old man of the mountain
Mar 25th 2010, 12:06 from Print edition
The fossil record reveals both a hitherto unsuspected mountain-dwelling hominid and, in this article, how the dinosaurs began(38)
Education in the Arab world: Laggards trying to catch up
Oct 15th 2009, 10:48 from Print edition
One reason that too many Arabs are poor is rotten education(43)
Homo erectus: A footprint in the sands of time
Feb 26th 2009, 12:00 from Print edition
Homo erectus had a manly gait(21)
Neanderthal genetics: Basic information
Feb 19th 2009, 11:30 from Print edition
The first draft of the genome of humanity’s closest relative(21)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science: What's cooking?
Feb 19th 2009, 11:30 from Print edition
The evolutionary role of cookery(44)
Evolution: The origin of speakies
Oct 18th 2007, 12:58 from Print edition
More evidence that Neanderthals could talk to each other(0)
The oldest Ethiopian: Lucy on tour
Aug 30th 2007, 11:51 from Print edition(0)
Human evolution: The skull man
Jul 19th 2007, 11:58 from Print edition
Skulls join genes in suggesting an African origin for modern man(0)
On Iran, Congress and Iraq, the European Union, Austria, Northern Ireland, Neanderthals
Apr 12th 2007, 12:13 from Print edition(0)
China and its region
Apr 5th 2007, 6:57 from Letters to the Editor: the inbox (0)
Palaeoeconomics: Mrs Adam Smith
Dec 7th 2006, 12:39 from Print edition
Modern humanity's battle with Neanderthals may have been won by the women who invented the division of labour(0)
Genetics: Cracking the Neanderthal code
Nov 16th 2006, 12:54 from Print edition
Two new studies show how to sequence the genome of an extinct species(0)
Palaeoanthropology: Lucy's daughter
Sep 21st 2006, 12:43 from Print edition
An ancient child has been discovered(0)
The Neanderthal Genome Project: A study with a lot of balls
Jul 27th 2006, 12:17 from Print edition
A brave attempt to sequence the Neanderthal genome(0)
If this is a man
Dec 20th 2005, 12:19 from Print edition
Why it pays to be brainy(0)
Meet the relatives
Dec 20th 2005, 12:19 from Print edition
A large and diverse family(0)
Human evolution: Homo economicus?
Apr 7th 2005, 12:20 from Print edition
Sound economics may lie at the heart of humanity's evolutionary success(0)
Homo floresiensis: The lady returns
Mar 3rd 2005, 11:54 from Print edition
The latest on Florence(0)
Homo floresiensis: Skulduggery
Dec 9th 2004, 12:02 from Print edition
The lady vanishes(0)