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New Evidence From Earliest Known Human Settlement In The Americas
New evidence from the Monte
Verde archaeological site in
southern Chile confirms its
status as the earliest known
human settlement in the Am ... > full story
Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas
Researchers at the
University of Cincinnati and
Florida State University
have confirmed evidence of
domesticated sunflower in
... > full story
Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society
Archaeologists have
reconstructed the history of
the evolution of human
population and answered
questions about history,
... > full story
Archaeologist Helps Community By Keeping African Artifacts In Africa
It is common for
professional archaeologists
and paleoanthropologists
working in Africa to
populate western museums
... > full story
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Unearthing Clues Of Catastrophic Earthquakes
April 18, 2008 — The destruction and disappearance of ancient cultures mark the history of human civilization, making for fascinating stories and cautionary tales. The longevity of today's societies may depend upon ... > full story -
Tiny Bug Found In Grand Canyon Region Cave Suggests Big Biodiversity
April 8, 2008 — The discovery of a new genus of a tiny booklouse from a northern Arizona cave may lead to further protection for cave ecosystems. This is the third new genus of invertebrates found by the same two ... > full story -
Is Globalization as Old as the Earth?
April 4, 2008 — Archaeologists find ancient Jerusalem may be a model for today's corporations. As today's corporations know well, the strategy was all about location. Where did they set up their branch offices? In ... > full story -
Scientists Reshape Y Chromosome Haplogroup Tree Gaining New Insights Into Human Ancestry
April 3, 2008 — The Y chromosome retains a remarkable record of human ancestry, passed directly from father to son. In an article in Genome Research, scientists have utilized recently described genetic variations on ... > full story -
Pre-Clovis Human DNA Found In 14,300-year-old Feces In Oregon Cave Is Oldest In New World
April 3, 2008 — DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found yet in the New World -- dating to 14,300 years ago, some 1,200 years before Clovis culture -- and provides ... > full story -
How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built?
March 29, 2008 — The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids. However, of these three ancient cultures, the Egyptians set the standard for ... > full story -
Genetic Study Of Latin Americans Sheds Light On A Troubled History
March 24, 2008 — A recent molecular analysis of ancestry across Latin America has revealed a marked differentiation between regions and demonstrated a "genetic continuity" between pre-and post Columbian populations. ... > full story -
Floating A Big Idea: Ancient Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods Demonstrated
March 22, 2008 — Oceangoing sailing rafts plied the waters of the equatorial Pacific long before Europeans arrived in the Americas, and carried trade goods for thousands of miles all the way from modern-day Chile to ... > full story -
Early Americans Arrived Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed
March 21, 2008 — Anthropologists provide evidence that the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic ... > full story -
Gold Scroll Discovered: Earliest Evidence Of Jewish Inhabitants In Austria
March 18, 2008 — Archaeologists have found an amulet inscribed with a Jewish prayer in a Roman child's grave dating back to the 3rd century CE at a burial ground in the Austrian town of Halbturn. The ... > full story
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