Early Cultures News

Posted March 25, 2010:

• New Human Species Discovered: Mitochondrial Genome of Previously Unknown Hominins from Siberia Decoded

Posted March 10, 2010:

• Fossil Bird Eggshell Provides Source of Ancient DNA
• Prehistoric Response to Global Warming Informs Human Planning Today

Posted March 8, 2010:

• Khirbet Qeiyafa Identified as Biblical 'Neta'im'

Posted March 2, 2010:

• Archaeologists Amend Written History of China's First Emperor
• Giant Stone Head of Ancient Egypt's King Amenhotep III Discovered

Posted March 1, 2010:

• If Bonobo Kanzi Can Point as Humans Do, What Other Similarities Can Rearing Reveal?

Posted February 27, 2010:

• 'Pompeii-Like' Excavations Tell Us More About Toba Super-Eruption

Posted February 24, 2010:

• Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People Have Values Novel in Human Evolutionary History, Study Finds

Posted February 22, 2010:

• DNA Evidence Tells 'Global Story' of Human History
• Archaeologist Discovers Jerusalem City Wall from Tenth Century B.C.E.

Posted February 10, 2010:

• Waking the Dead: Scientists Reconstruct Nuclear Genome of Extinct Human Being

Posted February 1, 2010:

• DNA Testing on 2,000-Year-Old Bones in Italy Reveal East Asian Ancestry

Posted January 26, 2010:

• Last Neanderthals in Europe Died out 37,000 Years Ago

Posted January 19, 2010:

• Most Modern European Males Descend from Farmers Who Migrated from the Near East

Posted January 13, 2010:

• Shipworm Threatens Archaeological Treasures

Posted January 11, 2010:

• Use of Body Ornamentation Shows Neanderthal Mind Capable of Advanced Thought
• Ongoing Human Evolution Could Explain Recent Rise in Certain Disorders

Posted January 7, 2010:

• Most Ancient Hebrew Biblical Inscription Deciphered, Scholar Says

Posted December 31, 2009:

• Using Modern Sequencing Techniques to Study Ancient Humans

Posted December 22, 2009:

• Modern Behavior of Early Humans Found Half-Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Stone Age Pantry: Archaeologist Unearths Earliest Evidence of Modern Humans Using Wild Grains and Tubers for Food

Posted December 16, 2009:

• DNA of Jesus-Era Shrouded Man in Jerusalem Reveals Earliest Case of Leprosy

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Sixty Headless Skeletons -- 3,000 Years Old -- Discovered in Pacific Ocean Archipelago Vanuatu

Posted December 9, 2009:

• Studying Hair of Ancient Peruvians Answers Questions About Stress

Posted December 8, 2009:

• Maize Was Passed from Group to Group of Southwestern Hunter-Gatherers, Study Suggests

Posted November 25, 2009:

• Houses of the Rising Sun: Research Sheds New Light on Ancient Greeks

Posted November 16, 2009:

• Ancient Weapons Dug Up by Archaeologists in England

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Words, Gestures Are Translated By Same Brain Regions
• Remains Of Minoan-Style Painting Discovered During Excavations Of Canaanite Palace

Posted October 22, 2009:

• New Evidence Of Culture In Wild Chimpanzees

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Tool-Making Human Ancestors Inhabited Grassland Environments Two Million Years Ago

Posted October 16, 2009:

• World's Oldest Submerged Town Dates Back 5,000 Years

Posted October 14, 2009:

• 200,000-Year-Old Cut Of Meat: Archaeologists Shed Light On Life, Diet And Society Before The Delicatessen

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Scandinavians Are Descended From Stone Age Immigrants, Ancient DNA Reveals

Posted September 21, 2009:

• Archaeologists Find Burial Cellar In Ancient Syrian City Containing Spectacular Artifacts

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Giant Stone-Age Axes Found In African Lake Basin

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Archaeologists Discover Oldest-Known Fiber Materials Used By Early Humans

Posted September 3, 2009:

• Europe's First Farmers Were Immigrants: Replaced Their Stone Age Hunter-Gatherer Forerunners

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Cradle And Birthday Of The Dog Identified: East Asia 16,000 Years Ago

Posted August 31, 2009:

• No Such Thing As Ethnic Groups, Genetically Speaking, Researchers Say
• Underwater Expedition Delivers Key Findings In Search For Evidence Of Early Americans

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Tiny Ancient Shells -- 80,000 Years Old -- Point To Earliest Fashion Trend

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Chinese Culture At The Crossroads: Prehistoric Archaeological Findings Highlighted In New Research

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Stone Tools, Rare Animal Bones: Clues To Caribbean's Earliest Inhabitants Discovered

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Early Human Hunters Had Fewer Meat-Sharing Rituals
• Early Modern Humans Used Fire To Engineer Tools From Stone; Complex Cognition Older Than 72,000 Years?

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Archaeologists Find Cache Of Tablets In 2,700-Year Old Turkish Temple

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Human Population Expanded During Late Stone Age, Genetic Evidence Shows

Posted July 27, 2009:

• When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age?

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