DNA increases our understanding of contact between Stone Age cultures
Credit: Göran Burenhult What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new ...
Tag: Archaeology
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean
New study reveals multiple waves of settlement and connections to the American mainlandCredit: Tom Björklund. According to a new study ...
On the hunt for megafauna in North America
Credit: Curtin University, Mike Bunce Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction ...
Ancient genomes link subsistence change and human migration in northern China
Genetic analysis of 55 ancient individuals finds that genetic changes in Yellow River, West Liao River and Amur River populations ...
Information technology played key role in growth of ancient civilizations
Credit: WSU When it comes to the great civilizations of human history, the pen really might have been mightier than ...
7,000 years of demographic history in France
Credit: © Eva-Maria Geigl et Thierry Grange, Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS/Université de Paris) A team led by scientists from the ...
First fossil nursery of the great white shark discovered
Paleo-kindergarten ensured evolutionary success millions of years agoCredit: ©Jaime Villafaña/Juergen Kriwet The great white shark is one of the most ...
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Credit: IBS Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction ...
Fishing rod ‘selfie stick’ and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile
Skeleton high on a London museum wall -- mostly ignored for a century -- spurs a study finding that the ...
Madagascar copal: New dating for an Antropocene ancient resin
This material is not a semi-fossilized resinCredit: Xavier Delclòs (UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-IRBio) The known Madagascar copal is a more recent ...
Global cooling event 4,200 years ago spurred rice’s evolution, spread across asia
Scientists use genomics, archeology, and climate data to reconstruct history of riceCredit: Rafal Gutaker, New York University A major global ...
A lost world and extinct ecosystem
Credit: Erich Fisher Archaeological sites on the far southern shores of South Africa hold the world's richest records for the ...
Beads made of boa bones identified in lesser Antilles
The first identifications of Boa on Martinique, Basse-Terre and La Désirade islands point to the snake's significance for pre-Columbian AmerindiansCredit: ...
Cahokia’s rise parallels onset of corn agriculture
Credit: Graphic by Diana Yates CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Corn cultivation spread from Mesoamerica to what is now the American Southwest ...
Pofatu: A new database for geochemical ‘fingerprints’ of artefacts
The Pofatu Database is the first comprehensive open-access compilation of geochemical analyses and contextual information for archaeological sources and artefacts ...
The oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens in Europe
Major cultural transition in Europe took place earlier than previously thoughtCredit: Tsenka Tsanova, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Two studies report new ...
Ancient DNA paints genetic portrait of Andes civilizations
Credit: from Pixabay An international team of researchers including the University of Adelaide, has completed the first large-scale study of ...
Fossil reveals evidence of 200-million-year-old ‘squid’ attack
Credit: Lloyd Russell, University of Plymouth Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its ...
African skeletons from early colonial Mexico tell the story of first-generation slaves
An interdisciplinary study into the origins and health status of three African skeletons unearthed in Mexico shows evidence of forced ...
The story of three African slaves during Spanish colonialism, as told by their bones
Credit: Collection: San José de los Naturales, Post Graduate Studies Osteology Laboratory, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia Photo: Rodrigo ...
POPULAR NEWS
-
Waist-to-Height Glucose Index Predicts Mortality Across Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Stages
-
Lower Admission Platelet Mass Index Independently Associates With Preterm Infant Mortality
-
Canadian Pediatric Case Documents Atypical Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis and Long-Term Resolution
-
Micronutrients Counteract Liver Gene Methylation in Female Offspring of Diabetic Rats