Tag: New World

LSU College of the Coast & Environment Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Day has collaborated with archeologists on a new analysis ...

Computed tomography scans of fossils from two extinct species point to evolutionary adaptations and kinship with extant howler, spider and ...

Disruptions rippled out from climate change in South AmericaCredit: Umberto Lombardo, University of Bern, Switzerland A new study of climate ...

Credit: Image: ANU ANU and Uni of Melbourne Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one ...

Unique method finds two-toed sloths are last members of 'extinct' ancient familyCredit: Illustration by Jorge Blanco Sloths once roamed the ...

Early human beings who lived around 120,000 years ago in South Africa were 'ecological geniuses' who were able to exploit ...

Archaeologists are using subsurface imaging technology to help community groups map unmarked gravesCredit: Flinders University Flinders University archaeologists are using ...

Let's say you wanted to solve a 20,000-year-old mystery, where would you start? Let's say you wanted to solve a ...

Archaeologists recreate ancient brewing techniques to learn how beer kept an empire afloatCredit: Donna Nash A thousand years ago, the ...

Credit: Annemarie Kramell Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes. ...

Team applies historical perspective to inform modern managementCredit: (© 2015 Hannah Haas) SAN FRANCISCO (April 2, 2018) - One critically ...

Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding ...

Geologic and paleontological evidence unearthed in southern Chile supports the theory that a major cosmic impact event occurred approximately 12,800 ...

A study by the University of Seville has suggested that life-cycle assessment form part of the decision-making process in heritage ...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - High-tech radar and laser scans have uncovered a hidden ...

Credit: IOZ A team of scientists led by Prof. LI Ming of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Credit: J. A. Peñas In the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, between the third and second millennium BC, a widespread ...

Another early-onset Alzheimer's gene mutation is found in a Colombian family, and is traced back to Africa For some of ...

Credit: Photos courtesy Illinois Archaeological Society: 'Revealing Greater Cahokia.' CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in ...