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Studying hair of ancient Peruvians answers questions about stress

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 09, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent studies show that one in three Canadians suffer from stress and the number is on the rise. But stress isn't a new problem.

Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation -- 3,000 Years Ago

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Jul 21, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (13) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As published in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya people practi ...

Cantabrian cornice experienced seven cooling, warming phases over past 41,000 years

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 03, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 1

In 1996, an international team of scientists led by the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) started to carry out a paleontological survey in the cave of El Mirón. Since then they have focused on analysing the fossil remains ...

Chinese culture at the crossroads

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 20, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (8) | 5

Recent archaeological discoveries from far-flung corners of China are forcing scientists to reconsider the origins of ancient Chinese civilization - and a new crop of young archaeologists are delving into the modern nation's ...

The last supper of the hominids establishes the times they lived at the sites

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Jul 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

In the French cave of Arago, an international team of scientists has analyzed the dental wear of the fossils of herbivorous animals hunted by Homo heidelbergensis. It is the first time that an analytical method ...

Study shows competition, not climate change, led to Neanderthal extinction

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 29, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (10) | 4

In a recently conducted study, a multidisciplinary French-American research team with expertise in archaeology, past climates, and ecology reported that Neanderthal extinction was principally a result of competition with ...

Primate archaeology sheds light on human origins

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Jul 15, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (12) | 1

A University of Calgary archaeologist who is one of the few researchers in the world studying the material culture of human beings' closest living relatives - the great apes - is joining his colleagues in ...

French introduced farming to Britain: study

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 08, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (7) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University archeologists Mark Collard and Kevan Edinborough and colleagues from University College London have uncovered evidence that French farmers introduced agriculture to Britain some 60 ...

Dating the Bronze Age

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Dec 02, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) research has shown that an area of desert in north-western China was once a thriving Bronze Age manufacturing and agricultural site. The new findings ...

Mystery about domestication of horse has been unravelled -- now location and time are proofed

Biology / Plants & Animals

Apr 23, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

Wild horses were domesticated in the Ponto-Caspian steppe region (today Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania) in the 3rd millennium B.C. Despite the pivotal role horses have played in the history of human societies, the process ...

New study finds first inhabitants of Caribbean brought drug heirlooms with them

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Oct 20, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (14) | 0

A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia ...

Ancient fish bones reveal impacts of global warming beneath the sea

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Dec 12, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 1

Scientists studying ancient fish bones in Scandinavia have discovered that warm-water species like anchovies and black sea bream that once thrived in Danish waters during a prehistoric warm period are now ...

Of mites, muck and the rise and fall of the Inca

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Mar 26, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (16) | 0

Scientists have discovered a way to better explore the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Inca - thanks to a tiny mite found preserved in the mud at the bottom of a sacred Peruvian lake.

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