Proofs of parallel evolution between cognition, tool development, and social complexity
A study analyzes the selective attention processes that determine how we explore and interact with our environmentCredit: CSIC Researchers examined ...
Tag: Archaeology
Vast record of past climate fluctuations now available thanks to laser imaging of shells
Refined techniques for laser imaging of shell growth rings are tapping into previously hidden data of marine climate change; by ...
New findings shed light on origin of upright walking in human ancestors
4.5 million-year old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggestedCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of ...
High-tech laser scans uncover hidden military traverse at Alcatraz Island
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - High-tech radar and laser scans have uncovered a hidden ...
‘Ibiza is different’, genetically
An investigation reveals that Ibizans are genetically different from the rest of Spain inhabitants. The genetic difference is comparable to ...
The ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade
Credit: Vladimir V. Pitulko et al Russian scientists studied the Zhokhov site of ancient people, which is located in the ...
Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age
Credit: J. A. Peñas In the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, between the third and second millennium BC, a widespread ...
There's a place for us: New research reveals humanity's roles in ecosystems
Credit: Mountain Creative for the Santa Fe Institute In two back-to-back symposia at the annual meeting of the American Association ...
Art Institute of Chicago unveils key findings in African art thanks to medical technology
Credit: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment CHICAGO--On February 16, the Art Institute of Chicago announced the results of significant new research ...
Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at risk
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has evaluated the role of micro-organisms colonizing the Sacred Rock at ...
'Improbable things happen'
Another early-onset Alzheimer's gene mutation is found in a Colombian family, and is traced back to Africa For some of ...
Climate change: Scientists tap nature, space and society
(ETH Zurich) Three scientists share their research from the natural, physical, and social sciences on novel responses to climate change ...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by ...
The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures
Genetic studies of ancient populations in the Caucasus region testify to the complex interaction of populations from the Eurasian steppe ...
Baboons provide new insights into the evolution of the genome
Credit: Dr. Dietmar Zinner Recent studies suggest that closely related species can develop significant genetic and phenotypic differences throughout their ...
Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
New review compares the regional adaptations of humans and those of other hominin species to add support to the argument ...
'Revealing Greater Cahokia' details research on ancient North American metropolis
Credit: Photos courtesy Illinois Archaeological Society: 'Revealing Greater Cahokia.' CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in ...
Understanding our early human ancestors: Australopithecus sediba
Credit: Courtesy of Sawyer Broadley, Amey Zhang and Jeremy DeSilva. The fossil site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, ...
What happened 4,000 years ago in the Urals?
Together with Russian researchers, archaeologists from the universities of Frankfurt and Mainz are studying Bronze Age activity in the steppe ...
Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species
Research part of detailed accounting of nearly two-million-year-old speciesCredit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle Separate skeletons suggested to ...
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