Early Cultures News

Posted June 12, 2003:

• 160,000-Year-Old Fossilized Skulls From Ethiopia Are Oldest Modern Humans

Posted May 28, 2003:

• Scientists Use DNA Fragments To Trace The Migration Of Modern Humans

Posted April 7, 2003:

• Despite Male Image, Stone Toolmaking Also Done By Women, University Of Florida Scientists Say

Posted March 20, 2003:

• Native American Artifacts Pose Pesticide Exposure Risk

Posted March 7, 2003:

• What's Lost Is Found Again: 'Virtually' Rebuilding Native American Monuments

Posted February 24, 2003:

• Rutgers' Tanzanian Fossil Reshuffles The Deck On Early Human Ancestry

Posted February 20, 2003:

• New Age For Mungo Man, New Human History

Posted December 26, 2002:

• Did Early Humans Mate With The Locals? Human Genome Data Cast Doubt On "Replacement Theory" Of Human Evolution

Posted November 1, 2002:

• Health Of American Indians On Decline Before Columbus Arrived In New World

Posted October 29, 2002:

• Ceremonial Burial At Moon Pyramid Shows Teotihuacan Rulers Had Mayan Connection

Posted September 11, 2002:

• Overlapping Genetic And Archaeological Evidence Suggests Neolithic Migration

Posted July 5, 2002:

• Large Brains Not Required? Third And Smallest Skull Of "First Eurasians" Reported In Science

Posted June 26, 2002:

• UC San Diego Archaeologists Discover Largest Bronze Age Metal Factory In Middle East

Posted May 24, 2002:

• Nut-Cracking Chimps: First Primate Archaeological Dig Uncovers New Tool Development Links

Posted May 21, 2002:

• Prehistoric Human Footpaths Lure Archaeologists Back To Costa Rica

Posted May 9, 2002:

• Origin Of Bipedalism Seems Most Closely Tied To Environmental Changes

Posted March 25, 2002:

• Ethiopian Fossil Skull Indicates Homo Erectus Was Single, Widespread Species 1 Million Years Ago
• Excavations In Eastern Europe Reveal Ancient Human Lifestyles

Posted February 19, 2002:

• Scientists Look To Europe As Evolutionary Seat

Posted January 25, 2002:

• Climate Change Following Collapse Of The Maya Empire

Posted January 14, 2002:

• Abstract Engravings Show Modern Behavior Emerged Earlier Than Previously Thought

Posted September 13, 2001:

• Pre-Neandertal Humans Developed Social Skills Earlier Than Thought

Posted August 2, 2001:

• Discovery Of Ax Heads Furthers Understanding Of Cahokian Society
• Artifact Analyses Dispute Assumptions About A Prehistoric Society

Posted July 6, 2001:

• Destruction In Mesopotamia: Ancient Mysteries Fall Prey To Looters In Iraq, Science Feature Reveals

Posted June 19, 2001:

• Evidence Of Ancient El Ninos And Cultural Development

Posted February 2, 2001:

• Texas A&M Field School Discoveries May Rewrite History Of Early North American Man
• Archaeologist Finds Arizona's Ancient Hohokam Was Complex, Advanced Culture That May Have Reached The West Coast

Posted January 11, 2001:

• New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans

Posted December 21, 2000:

• Diet Diverged In Earliest Human Ancestors, Researchers Find

Posted December 13, 2000:

• Researchers Push Back The Clock On Native Farming History

Posted December 1, 2000:

• Peru's Nasca Lines Point To Water Sources, Suggest UMass Researchers

Posted October 22, 2000:

• Temple University And Smithsonian Researchers Find Earliest Direct Evidence Of Crop Cultivation In The Americas

Posted October 2, 2000:

• Archaeologists Discover Ancient Untouched Tomb In Syria

Posted September 13, 2000:

• Study Provides Direct Evidence Of Cannibalism In The Southwest

Posted June 13, 2000:

• Meaty Discovery: Neandertal Bone Chemistry Provides Food For Thought

Posted May 31, 2000:

• Stone Tools Reveal Ancient Seafood Diet

Posted May 12, 2000:

• Researchers Find Skull Remains Pointing To First Hominids Out Of Africa
• Major New Work On The Pacific Islands By UC Berkeley Archaeologist Buries The Enduring Myth Of Humans In Paradise

Posted March 31, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted March 15, 2000:

• Geological Origins Of Ancient Figures Yield Clues To Cahokian Society

Posted January 21, 2000:

• Dutch Archaeologists Uncover Earliest Egyptian Temple

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Scientists Document Most Recent Date For Neandertals

Posted October 5, 1999:

• Some Neanderthals Practiced Cannibalism Shows Find From French Cave

Posted September 21, 1999:

• Discoveries At Teotihuacan's Pyramid Of The Moon Help Unlock Mysteries Of Western Hemisphere's First Major Metropolis

Posted August 27, 1999:

• Seafood Was Brain Food, Says Researcher

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution

Posted April 23, 1999:

• Grant Awards Announced For International Archeological Program

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