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Ancient trading raft sails anew
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May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in nearly 500 years, a full-size balsa-wood raft just like those used in pre-Columbian Pacific trade took to the water on Sunday, May 10. Only this time, instead of the ...
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Did modern humans eat Neanderthals?
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May 18, 2009 |
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Modern humans may have eaten Neanderthals, scientists report in the Journal of Anthropological Sciences this month.
The Evolution Of Right And Left Handedness
Mar 02, 2006 |
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A study from the April issue of Current Anthropology explores the evolution of handedness, one of few firm behavioral boundaries separating humans from other animals. "The predominant right-handedness of humans has been noted ...
Analysis of Copernicus putative remains support identity
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Swedish and polish researchers now publish results from the analysis of the putative remains of Copernicus. A DNA-analysis of shed of hairs found in a book from Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala University, was ...
Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Notre Dame anthropologist Agustin Fuentes, published recently in the European journal Anthropology Today, states that although Darwin’s basic ideas still form t ...
Australia discovered by the 'Southern Route'
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Genetic research indicates that Australian Aborigines initially arrived via south Asia. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have found telltale mutations in modern-day Indian populations that a ...
Halloween no laughing matter for some kids
Sep 22, 2005 |
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Halloween may seem like so much harmless fun, but a Penn State University researcher in Media, Pa., says the humor might be lost on some younger children.
Huelva is swallowing up coastal lagoons in Donana
Oct 07, 2009 |
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A team of Spanish scientists from a variety of fields has analysed the effects of human activity on the peridunal lagoons in the Doñana National Park. Results show that the lagoons are in the process of regressing, ...
New glaucoma research solves anthropological and medical puzzle
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists studying a rare form of glaucoma have discovered why people in the disparate Roma communities are at greater risk of inheriting a condition leading to permanent blindness than other groups in the population.
Trophy heads reveal secrets about ancient South American civilization
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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The Nasca civilization is perhaps best known for the drawings its people etched onto the desert floor in southwest Peru, a massive and mysterious body of simple and intricate works that span several hundred square miles.
Discovery helps solve mystery of South American trophy heads
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars who theorize the heads may have been used in fertility ...
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