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University Of Cincinnati Archaeologist To Launch Excavations At Bronze Age Harbor Town In Cyprus
June 5, 2001 — A University of Cincinnati archaeologist will open new excavations June 18 on the island of Cyprus in hopes of discovering whether a Bronze Age city was actually an important trading center for the ... > full story -
Ancient Oceans Experienced A Global Surge In Biological Productivity
June 1, 2001 — In work that could improve understanding of future climate change, University of Michigan researchers have documented a global-scale increase in oceanic biological productivity that occurred between ... > full story -
Discovery Of "Tidal Giant" -- A New Egyptian Dinosaur -- Reported In Science
June 1, 2001 — The partial skeleton of a massive sauropod dinosaur, unearthed at an Egyptian site that its discoverers call "dinosaur heaven," makes its debut in the 1 June issue of the international ... > full story -
Standing Tall: Plains Indians Enjoyed Height, Health Advantage
May 29, 2001 — Equestrian Indian tribes on the American Plains in the late 1800s were the tallest people in the world, suggesting that they were surprisingly well-nourished given disease and their lifestyle, a new ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Fossil Of Tiny Mammal From Early Jurassic; Discovery Provides Important New Evidence On The Earliest Evolution Of Mammals
May 25, 2001 — An international team of researchers led by Carnegie Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Paleontologist Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo has discovered a 195-million-year-old fossil mammal. The new mammal is the ... > full story -
Changes In Sun’s Intensity Tied To Recurrent Droughts In Maya Region
May 18, 2001 — The Maya were talented astronomers, religiously intense in their observations of the sun, moon and planets. Now, new research shows something in the heavens may have influenced their culture and ... > full story -
Paleontologists Develop Major New Fossil Database: Preliminary Analysis Questions Reality Of Recent Global Radiation
May 16, 2001 — Since the mid-19th century, scientists have questioned the extent to which the fossil record accurately depicts increases and decreases through time in biodiversity. A new database and analysis now ... > full story -
Scientists Find Link Between Indian Caste Rank And Genetic Similarity To Europeans
May 15, 2001 — In India, members of higher ranking castes are genetically more similar to Europeans, while lower castes are more similar to Asians, according to a study published in this month’s issue of ... > full story -
Engineering Techniques Help Answer Questions On Ancient Egyptian Artwork
May 15, 2001 — Engineers at Case Western Reserve University, in collaboration with conservators at the Cleveland Museum of Art, have used 21st century technology to characterize the composition and technology of ... > full story -
Study Supports Out-Of-Africa Origin For East Asians
May 11, 2001 — An international study of Y chromosomal DNA shows that East Asian populations migrated out of Africa and suggests that little or no interbreeding of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens occurred after the ... > full story -
Collapse Of Simple Life Forms Linked To Mass Extinction 200 Million Years Ago
May 11, 2001 — A mass extinction about 200 million years ago, which destroyed at least half of the species on Earth, happened very quickly and is demonstrated in the fossil record by the collapse of one-celled ... > full story -
New Technique Illuminates Events Obscured In The Geologic Record
May 11, 2001 — A Purdue University researcher known for his studies on evolution and the extinction of the dinosaurs has developed a tool that unmasks short-term events previously overlooked in the geologic record. ... > full story
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