Science News for Kids » hominids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 04:07:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Shoulder bones fuel debate http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14895 This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/feed/ 0 DNA hints at ancient cousins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/dna-hints-at-ancient-cousins/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/dna-hints-at-ancient-cousins/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:45:21 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13604 By analyzing the DNA of some modern-day Africans, scientists have found that our ancestors may have mated with an unknown, humanlike species thousands of years ago. Credit: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff

Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans]]> By analyzing the DNA of some modern-day Africans, scientists have found that our ancestors may have mated with an unknown, humanlike species thousands of years ago. Credit: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff

Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/dna-hints-at-ancient-cousins/feed/ 0