Early Cultures News

Posted May 21, 2013:

• Origins of Human Culture Linked to Rapid Climate Change

Posted May 13, 2013:

• Oldest Fossil Hominin Ear Bones Ever Recovered: Discovery Could Yield Important Clues on Human Origins

Posted May 10, 2013:

• Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Human Ancestors Hunting and Scavenging

Posted May 7, 2013:

• Genes Show One Big European Family

Posted April 26, 2013:

• New Excavations in Sweden Indicate Use of Fertilizers 5,000 Years Ago

Posted April 25, 2013:

• Archeologists Unearth New Information on Origins of Maya Civilization

Posted April 23, 2013:

• Ancient DNA Reveals Europe's Dynamic Genetic History

Posted April 17, 2013:

• Towards the Origin of America's First Settlers

Posted April 7, 2013:

• New Light Shed on Ancient Egyptian Port and Ship Graveyard

Posted April 2, 2013:

• Scientists Provide a More Accurate Age for the El Sidrón Cave Neanderthals

Posted March 22, 2013:

• First Migration from Africa Less Than 95,000 Years Ago: Ancient Hunter-Gatherer DNA Challenges Theory of Early out-of-Africa Migrations

Posted March 21, 2013:

• Stone Ships Show Signs of Maritime Network in Baltic Sea Region 3,000 Years Ago

Posted March 20, 2013:

• Roman Mausoleum Tested for Ancient Earthquake Damage

Posted March 19, 2013:

• Neanderthal Brains Focused on Vision and Movement Leaving Less Room for Social Networking

Posted March 18, 2013:

• Skulls of Early Humans Carry Telltale Signs of Inbreeding

Posted March 12, 2013:

• Earliest Tobacco Use in Pacific Northwest Discovered

Posted March 11, 2013:

• Mummy CT Scans Show Preindustrial Hunter Gatherers Had Clogged Arteries

Posted March 6, 2013:

• Siberian Fossil Revealed to Be One of the Oldest Known Domestic Dogs

Posted February 26, 2013:

• Evolution and the Ice Age

Posted February 21, 2013:

• Early Human Burials Varied Widely but Most Were Simple

Posted February 17, 2013:

• Ancient Teeth Bacteria Record Disease Evolution

Posted February 13, 2013:

• Christianity Influences Meat Taboos in Amazon

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Scientists Create Automated 'Time Machine' to Reconstruct Ancient Languages

Posted January 31, 2013:

• Vegetation Changes in Cradle of Humanity: Study Raises Questions About Impact on Human Evolution
• Aztec Conquest Altered Genetics Among Early Mexico Inhabitants, New DNA Study Shows

Posted January 21, 2013:

• A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave: Humans Living 40,000 Years Ago Likely Related to Many Present-Day Asians and Native Americans

Posted January 17, 2013:

• Genetic Admixture in Southern Africa

Posted January 15, 2013:

• War Was Central to Minoan Civilization of Crete, Contrary to Popular Belief

Posted January 14, 2013:

• 4,000-Year-Old Shaman's Stones Discovered Near Boquete, Panama

Posted January 9, 2013:

• The Teotihuacans Exhumed Their Dead and Dignified Them With Make-Up

Posted January 7, 2013:

• Archaeologists Unearth More Than 300 Prehistoric Clay Figurines in Greece

Posted January 3, 2013:

• 'Universal' Personality Traits Don't Necessarily Apply to Isolated Indigenous People

Posted January 2, 2013:

• Terrace Farming Unearthed at Ancient Desert City of Petra

Posted December 31, 2012:

• Did Lucy Walk on the Ground or Stay in the Trees?

Posted December 20, 2012:

• Is Tomorrow the End?

Posted December 18, 2012:

• Study of Pipestone Artifacts Overturns a Century-Old Assumption
• Crisis in Syria Has Mesopotamian Precedent, Experts Say

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Tracing Humanity's African Ancestry May Mean Rewriting 'out of Africa' Dates

Posted December 5, 2012:

• Africa's Homo Sapiens Were the First Techies

Posted November 30, 2012:

• Research in Southern India Provides a Sweet Look at Preservation of Ecological Knowledge

Posted November 28, 2012:

• Skeletons in Cave Reveal Mediterranean Secrets

Posted November 21, 2012:

• Handaxes of 1.7 Million Years Ago: 'Trust Rather Than Lust' Behind Fine Details

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Archaeologists Identify Oldest Spear Points: Used in Hunting Half-Million Years Ago

Posted November 12, 2012:

• Desecrated Ancient Temple Sheds Light on Early Power Struggles at Tel Beth-Shemesh
• Mongolia and the Altai Mountains: Origins of Genetic Blending Between Europeans and Asians

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Extreme Weather Preceded Collapse of Ancient Maya Civilization

Posted November 7, 2012:

• Small Lethal Tools Have Big Implications for Early Modern Human Complexity

Posted November 6, 2012:

• Archeologists Examine One of the Oldest Hoards Found in Europe

Posted October 30, 2012:

• Grey Friars Female Skeleton Is Possibly of Founder

Posted October 26, 2012:

• Most Ancient Pottery Prehistoric Figurine of the Iberian Peninsula Found in Begues

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