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Native American Ancestors' Diet Part of Study and Challenge
October 24, 2012 — A diverse group of volunteers has committed one year to eating foods indigenous to the Great Lakes region in an effort to replicate the Native American diet prior to ... > full story -
Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Ancient New Zealanders
October 22, 2012 — Scientists have sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes for members of what was likely to be one of the first groups of Polynesians to settle New Zealand and have revealed a surprising degree of ... > full story -
Bowhead Whales: Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Arctic Whale Mysteries
October 19, 2012 — Scientists have published the first range-wide genetic analysis of the bowhead whale using hundreds of samples from both modern populations and archaeological sites used by indigenous Arctic hunters ... > full story -
Archaeologists to Mount New Expedition to Troy
October 15, 2012 — Troy, the palatial city of prehistory, sacked by the Greeks through trickery and a fabled wooden horse, will be excavated anew beginning in 2013 by a cross-disciplinary team of archaeologists and ... > full story -
Dating Between Modern Humans and Neandertals
October 4, 2012 — To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research provides a ... > full story -
Tomb of Maya Queen K'abel Discovered in Guatemala
October 3, 2012 — Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of Lady K'abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. The tomb was discovered ... > full story -
Amazonian Tribal Warfare Sheds Light on Modern Violence, Says Anthropologist
October 2, 2012 — In the tribal societies of the Amazon forest, violent conflict accounted for 30 percent of all deaths before contact with Europeans, according to a recent study by anthropologists. Understanding the ... > full story -
La Bastida Unearths 4,200-Year-Old Fortification, Unique in Continental Europe
September 27, 2012 — Archaeological excavations carried out this year at the site of La Bastida (Totana, Murcia) have shed light on an imposing fortification system, unique for its time. The discovery, together with all ... > full story -
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Ancient Buddhist Statue Made of Meteorite, New Study Reveals
September 26, 2012 — An ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered by a Nazi expedition in 1938 has been analyzed by a team of scientists. The probably 1,000-year-old statue, called the “Iron Man”, ... > full story -
Oldest Ivory Workshop in the World Discovered in Saxony-Anhalt
September 26, 2012 — Excavations at the mammoth hunting site of Breitenbach near Zeitz have uncovered a 35,000-year-old ivory ... > full story
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