Early Cultures News

Posted May 29, 2009:

• Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth
• Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

Posted May 27, 2009:

• Oldest Evidence Of Leprosy Found In India

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows

Posted April 30, 2009:

• Ancient Egypt Brought To Life With Virtual Model Of Historic Temple Complex
• Indus Script Encodes Language, Reveals New Study Of Ancient Symbols

Posted April 22, 2009:

• Viking Legacy On English: What Language Tells Us About Immigration And Integration

Posted April 16, 2009:

• Archaeologists Discover Temple That Sheds Light On So-Called Dark Age

Posted April 15, 2009:

• Three Neanderthal Sub-Groups Confirmed

Posted April 11, 2009:

• Ancestors Of African Pygmies And Neighboring Farmers Separated Around 60,000 Years Ago

Posted April 6, 2009:

• Archaeological Discovery In Jordan Valley: Enormous 'Foot-Shaped' Enclosures

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Byzantine Period Church With Beautiful Mosaics Discovered

Posted March 16, 2009:

• New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings

Posted March 8, 2009:

• Archaeologists Find Earliest Known Domestic Horses: Harnessed and Milked

Posted February 26, 2009:

• Clovis-Era Tool Cache 13,000 Years Old Shows Evidence Of Camel, Horse Butchering

Posted February 20, 2009:

• Genetics Research Sheds Light On Evolution Of The Human Diet

Posted February 16, 2009:

• Evolutionary Link To Modern-Day Obesity, Other Problems
• Draft Version Of The Neanderthal Genome Completed

Posted February 12, 2009:

• Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

Posted February 6, 2009:

• Despite Their Diversity, Pygmies Of Western Central Africa Share Recent Common Ancestors

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Early Humans Had 'Jaws Of Steel'

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Temporal Relationships Established Within Archaeological Complexes

Posted January 19, 2009:

• Language Driven By Culture, Not Biology, Study Shows

Posted January 18, 2009:

• Largest-to-Date Genetic Snapshot Of Iceland 1,000 Years Ago Completed

Posted January 15, 2009:

• Primate Culture Is Just A Stone's Throw Away From Human Evolution, Study Finds
• Archeologist Uncovers Evidence Of Ancient Chemical Warfare

Posted January 9, 2009:

• Understanding Extinct Microbes May Influence The State Of Modern Human Health

Posted January 6, 2009:

• Defensive Protein Killed Ancient Primate Retroviruses, Research Suggests

Posted January 2, 2009:

• Six North American Sites Hold 12,900-Year-Old Nanodiamond-Rich Soil

Posted December 30, 2008:

• Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows

Posted December 24, 2008:

• Passage Graves From An Astronomical Perspective

Posted December 21, 2008:

• Archaeological Discovery: Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-Dwelling Human Ancestors

Posted December 17, 2008:

• Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality

Posted December 16, 2008:

• Is Holiday Giving An Obligation?

Posted December 15, 2008:

• 4,000-Year-Old Amber Necklace Has Been Unearthed In England

Posted December 11, 2008:

• The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberia

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Floppy-Footed Gibbons Help Us Understand How Early Humans May Have Walked
• Funerary Monument Reveals Iron Age Belief That The Soul Lived In The Stone

Posted November 18, 2008:

• World's Earliest Nuclear Family Found

Posted November 13, 2008:

• Rare Hebrew Seal From First Temple Period Discovered In Archaeological Excavations In Jerusalem's Western Wall Plaza

Posted November 11, 2008:

• Southern Wall Of Jerusalem That Dates To Time Of Hasmonean Dynasty Discovered On Mount Zion

Posted November 7, 2008:

• Epic Voyage To Discover Origins And Migration Routes Of Ancestors Of Ancient Polynesians And Their Animals

Posted November 5, 2008:

• Skeleton Of 12,000-Year-Old Shaman Discovered Buried With Leopard, 50 Tortoises And Human Foot

Posted November 3, 2008:

• Tools Give Earlier Date For ‘modern-Thinking’ Humans

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Fire Out Of Africa: A Key To The Migration Of Prehistoric Humans

Posted October 23, 2008:

• Archaeologists Find Unique, Early US Relic Of African Worship

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Deathways Open Doors To Unexpected Cultural Practices

Posted September 10, 2008:

• Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior

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