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Discovery of the First Evidence for Pre-Columbian Sources of Maya Blue
April 2, 2012 — A team of scientists has established a link between contemporary indigenous knowledge and ancient sources of a mineral in the pigment known as Maya Blue. They have demonstrated that the palygorskite ... > full story -
Ancient Egyptian Cotton Unveils Secrets of Domesticated Crop Evolution
April 2, 2012 — Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the ... > full story -
Rare Animal-Shaped Mounds Discovered in Peru
March 29, 2012 — For more than a century and a half, scientists and tourists have visited massive animal-shaped mounds, such as Serpent Mound in Ohio, created by the indigenous people of North America. But few animal ... > full story -
'Lucy' Lived Among Close Cousins: Discovery of Foot Fossil Confirms Two Human Ancestor Species Co-Existed
March 28, 2012 — Scientists have found a 3.4 million-year-old partial foot fossil in the Afar region of Ethiopia, showing that "Lucy," Australopithecus afarensis, and a much different-looking early hominin lived in ... > full storyMore: -
Afghans Share Unique Genetic Heritage, DNA Analysis Shows
March 27, 2012 — A study by the Genographic Project has found that the majority of all known ethnic Afghans share a unique genetic heritage derived from a common ancestral population that most likely emerged during ... > full story -
DNA Traces Cattle Back to a Small Herd Domesticated Around 10,500 Years Ago
March 27, 2012 — All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic ... > full story -
Geologists Correct a 'Rift' in Africa
March 26, 2012 — The huge changes in the Earth's crust that influenced human evolution are being redefined, according to new research. The Great Rift Valley of East Africa -- the birthplace of the human species -- ... > full story -
Humans Began Walking Upright to Carry Scarce Resources, Chimp Study Suggests
March 23, 2012 — Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But scientists have discovered that human bipedalism, or walking ... > full story -
Ancient Civilizations Reveal Ways to Manage Fisheries for Sustainability
March 23, 2012 — In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past. Marine scientists reconstructed fisheries yields over seven centuries of ... > full story -
Spotting Ancient Sites, from Space
March 19, 2012 — An archaeologist has dramatically simplified the process of finding early human settlements by using computers to scour satellite images for the tell-tale clues of human habitation, and in the ... > full story
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