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Sierra Nevada 200-Year Megadroughts Confirmed
June 1, 2012 — The culmination of a comprehensive high-tech assessment of Fallen Leaf Lake -- a small moraine-bound lake at the south end of the Lake Tahoe Basin -- shows that stands of pre-Medieval trees in the ... > full story -
Monkey Lip Smacks Provide New Insights Into the Evolution of Human Speech
May 31, 2012 — Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using movements of the tongue, lips ... > full story -
Inequality Dates Back to Stone Age: Earliest Evidence Yet of Differential Access to Land
May 28, 2012 — Hereditary inequality began over 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era, with new evidence showing that farmers buried with tools had access to better land than those buried ... > full story -
Climate Change Led to Collapse of Ancient Indus Civilization, Study Finds
May 28, 2012 — A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or ... > full story -
Oldest Jewish Archaeological Evidence on the Iberian Peninsula
May 25, 2012 — Archaeologists have found one of the oldest artifacts of Jewish culture on the Iberian Peninsula at an excavation site in the south of Portugal, close to the city of Silves (Algarve). On a marble ... > full story -
Organic Carbon from Mars, but Not Biological
May 24, 2012 — Molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen -- the building blocks of all life on Earth -- have been the targets of missions to Mars from Viking to the present day. While these molecules ... > full story -
Oldest Art Even Older: New Dates from Geißenklösterle Cave Show Early Arrival of Modern Humans, Art and Music
May 24, 2012 — New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave in Southwest Germany document the early arrival of modern humans and early appearance of art and music. The new dates use improved methods to remove ... > full storyMore: -
Modern Dog Breeds Genetically Disconnected from Ancient Ancestors
May 21, 2012 — Cross-breeding of dogs over thousands of years has made it extremely difficult to trace the ancient genetic roots of today's pets, according to a new ... > full story -
Unique Gold Earring Found in Intriguing Collection of Ancient Jewelry in Israel
May 21, 2012 — When archaeologists opened an ancient vessel found at Israel's Tel Megiddo dig, they found a surprising treasure trove of ancient jewelry -- and an earring which may have had a unique Egyptian ... > full story -
Ancient History of Circumarctic Peoples Illuminated
May 17, 2012 — Scientists have discovered new information about the migration patterns of the first humans to settle the Americas. The studies identify the historical relationships among various groups of Native ... > full story
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