We Were on the Verge of Extinction 70,000 Years Ago
	Over 6.6 billion people inhabit the planet today. With all that, 70,000 years ago, no more than 2,000 people existed, as revealed by a new research carried out at Stanford University and published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. 70,000 years ago, our species was represented only by a small isolated African population, fighting to survive severe drought. "This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetic ... [read more >>]
	29 April 2008, 04:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Neolithic: the New Stone Age
	The Neolithic (New Stone Age) was a period in the technological development of Homo sapiens that started at the end of the Ice Age, 10,000 years ago, and ended around the Mediterranean Sea and other areas about 5,500 years ago, when the Bronze Age started. It was the period when first human settlements appeared. People left caves for huts made of branches, stones, adobe or bricks, depending on the resources of the place. The gathered hu ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 12:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Paleolithic: The Old Stone Age
	Paleolithic is the period that makes most of our history. It started with the oldest known stone tools, 2.6 Ma ago and lasted until 10,000 years ago. It emerged with Homo habilis and reached its peak with our species, Homo sapiens, which appeared about 200,000 years ago. It is the period when humans were just hunters-gatherers. Even if the name of the period referred to the stone tools, first people most likely made also tools from bon ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 17:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Neanderthals Experienced Technological Revolution
	We can proudly say that our species was the only innovator hominid, and our predecessors were just clumsy apes. Yet this opinion appears arrogant, as a new research has shown that in the Middle Paleolithic, some 300,000 years ago, Neanderthals were capable of innovation. The Paleolithic is regarded as a slow evolving era in cultural and evolutionary terms, with little technological or cognitive development. Later, in the Upper Paleolith ... [read more >>]
	18 June 2007, 09:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What is Steatopygia?
	Steatopygia is a high degree of fat accumulation in and around the buttocks. The deposit of fat is not confined to the buttock regions, but extends to the outside and front of the thighs, forming a thick layer reaching sometimes to the knee. This is a widespread genetic trait of the Khoisan (more commonly known as Bushmen). It is specially a female feature, but it occurs in a lesser degree at men too (in most genetic variations ... [read more >>]
	04 April 2007, 11:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia