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Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
August 4, 2008 — Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity ... > full story -
'Chicken And Chips' Theory Of Pacific Migration
July 29, 2008 — A new study of DNA from ancient and modern chickens has shed light on the controversy about the extent of prehistoric Polynesian contact with the ... > full story -
New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus
July 21, 2008 — Human ancestors fought back against an ancient retrovirus with a defense mechanism that our bodies still use today. Evidence of this battle has been preserved in our DNA for millions of ... > full story -
Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen
July 16, 2008 — In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ... > full story -
Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans
July 15, 2008 — Some 40,000 years ago, Cro-Magnons -- the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern -- entered Europe, coming from Africa. Geneticists now show that a Cro-Magnoid individual who ... > full story -
Athapaskan Migration To Southwest U.S. Illuminated With Y Chromosome Study
July 15, 2008 — A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the ... > full story -
Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,' Other Numbers
July 14, 2008 — An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led ... > full story -
Genetic Status Of North-East India's Adi Tribe Detailed
July 1, 2008 — North-east India has always been a hotspot for population geneticists due to its unique, strategic geographic location and the presence of linguistically, culturally and demographically diverse ... > full story -
Archaeologists Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City
July 1, 2008 — An expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides new information ... > full story -
Pumice As A Time Witness
June 24, 2008 — Chemical fingerprints of volcanic eruptions and numerous pumice lump finds from archaeological excavations illustrate relations between individual advanced civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean. ... > full story
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