Read more skeleton stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9069/skeleton.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:12:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a 47 million-year-old primate fossil that they believe represents the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes, and humans, reports the Wall Street Journal. The find supports a theory that humans' ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, which is also believed to be linked to lemurs. The...http://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 6:16:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58351/island-hobbits-separate-human-species.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo new reports forward the theory that the tiny people who roamed an Indonesian island 8,000 years ago were a separate species of human, the BBC reports, not just pygmy versions of homo sapiens. The biggest clue is the feet of the “hobbits,” which are distinctly primitive but human....http://www.newser.com/story/58351/island-hobbits-separate-human-species.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 12:23:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42953/oldest-known-nuclear-family-unearthed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe oldest nuclear family ever discovered has been found in a group hug in a Stone Age burial site, the Independent reports. Genetic testing revealed that the four skeletons buried in each other's arms at the site in Germany were a father, mother, and their two young sons. All had...http://www.newser.com/story/42953/oldest-known-nuclear-family-unearthed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Nov 2008 4:57:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32411/for-tb-clues-researchers-turn-to-bones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists are analyzing bones found in the ancient city of Jericho, in what's now the West Bank, for clues to fighting tuberculosis. The German, Israeli, and Palestinian researchers hope the 6,000-year-old DNA they're studying will reveal how the disease evolves and how to combat it.http://www.newser.com/story/32411/for-tb-clues-researchers-turn-to-bones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 18:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/7932/hobbits-were-indeed-a-different-kind-of-human.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new study of three wrist bones from an 18,000-year-old fossil shows that the so-called hobbits of Indonesia were, indeed, a separate human species. When the bones were discovered in 2003, scientists trumpeted the find as evidence of a smaller species, Homo floresiensis. But skeptics argued that the hobbit,...http://www.newser.com/story/7932/hobbits-were-indeed-a-different-kind-of-human.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Sep 2007 13:30:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5763/bone-hormone-could-help-treat-diabetes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA substance produced by the skeleton may help to treat diabetes, a new study suggests. A hormone called osteocalcin regulates blood sugar; type 2 diabetics have a lower level of the hormone than other people. In the study, mice with lower levels of osteocalcin develop symptoms of diabetes, which go...http://www.newser.com/story/5763/bone-hormone-could-help-treat-diabetes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Aug 2007 15:08:05 CDT