Your back pain may be due to evolution and spine shape
Credit: Simon Fraser University The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity's evolutionary past, according to new research ...
Tag: Archaeology
How millets sustained Mongolia’s empires
Stable isotope analyses reveals dramatic diet diversification at the onset of the steppe's earliest empiresCredit: Alicia Ventresca Miller The historic ...
5,000-year-old milk proteins point to the importance of dairying in eastern Eurasia
Recent findings push back estimates of dairying in the eastern Steppe by more than 1,700 years, pointing to migration as ...
Each Mediterranean island has its own genetic pattern
Researchers reconstruct migration movements through ancient DNACredit: © David Caramelli The Mediterranean Sea has been a major route for maritime ...
Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history
Analysis of ancient DNA details the population history of Sardinia, providing new insight into its unique history and ancestral connections ...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of ...
Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador’s biodiversity during the Cretaceous
McGill researchers discovery a new species of hairy cicadaCredit: Alexandre V. Demers-Potvin A fossilised insect wing discovered in an abandoned ...
Frozen bird turns out to be 46,000-year-old horned lark
Credit: Love Dalén Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute ...
The dinosaur in the cupboard under the stairs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after ...
Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites
Credit: Graeme Barker The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 ...
Reconstructing the diet of fossil vertebrates
The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas ...
5200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange
Agricultural crops dispersed across Eurasia more than five millennia ago, causing significant cultural change in human populations across the ancient ...
Boom and bust for ancient sea dragons
Large fish-like marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs, had an early heyday but could not keep up the pace, leading to a ...
41 finalists named for the 2020 Hertz fellowships
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation today announced 41 finalists for the 2020 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, mathematics, and ...
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