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Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday. 2008-04-26 Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years Human beings for 100,000 years lived in tiny, separate groups, facing harsh conditions that brought them to the brink of extinction, before they reunited and populated the world, genetic researchers have said. 2008-04-25 Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found. 2008-03-29 Skeleton may show ancient brain surgery Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman -- who died during or shortly after the operation. 2008-03-11 Indonesian fossils belonged to diet-poor dwarfs Small human-like skeletons found in a cave on a remote Indonesian island were actually human and their miniature features probably due to nutritional deficiency, some researchers in Australia say. 2008-03-05 Headlines Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago 2008-04-26 Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years 2008-04-25 Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians 2008-03-29 Skeleton may show ancient brain surgery 2008-03-11 Indonesian fossils belonged to diet-poor dwarfs 2008-03-05 'Hobbit' hominids were dwarf cretins, say scientists 2008-03-05 Tooth scan reveals Neanderthal mobility 2008-02-09 For early humans, a beach party and clam bake 2007-10-18 Skulls confirm we're all out of Africa 2007-07-18 Human quadrupeds discovered in Turkey 2006-03-07 Report: Kennewick Man Deliberately Buried 2006-02-25 Neanderthals in Europe Killed Off Earlier 2006-02-23 425m-year-old penis found by scientists 2003-12-04 Scholar says Marco Polo did visit China after all 2000-09-07 Pilot Finds Ancient Egyptian Drawings 2000-06-08 6,000-Year-Old City Found in Syria 2000-05-24 Ruins of unrecorded Imperial palace, ancient tombs found in China 2000-03-03 Oldest stone axes in China found 2000-03-03 Most-viewed Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago 2008-04-26 Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years 2008-04-25 Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians 2008-03-29 Human quadrupeds discovered in Turkey 2006-03-07 425m-year-old penis found by scientists 2003-12-04 Scholar says Marco Polo did visit China after all 2000-09-07 Oldest stone axes in China found 2000-03-03 Neanderthals in Europe Killed Off Earlier 2006-02-23 'Hobbit' hominids were dwarf cretins, say scientists 2008-03-05

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