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Ancient Humans Left Evidence from the Party that Ended 4,000 Years Ago

Jul 21, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (9) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have ...

Researchers find the earliest evidence of domesticated maize

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 23, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 0

Maize was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 8700 years according to biological evidence uncovered by researchers in the Mexico's Central Balsas River Valley. This is the earliest dated evidence ...

ASU genetics research sheds light on evolution of the human diet

Biology /

Feb 12, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Diet - and how it has shaped our genome - occupies much of an evolutionary scientist's time. Anne Stone, associate professor of anthropology in Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, will ...

Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 01, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees.

SEX4, starch and phosphorylation

Biology /

Jun 26, 2008 | 2.1 / 5 (9) | 0

Some of the new molecular mechanisms and regulatory components in starch metabolism have been identified by Dr. Samuel Zeeman and his colleagues. Dr. Zeeman, of the Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, ...