» Climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya
19/07/22 22:42 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
An extended period of turmoil in the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan, in the Yucatan region of Mexico, was marked by population declines, political rivalries and civil conflict. Between 1441 and 1461 CE the strife reached an unfortunate...

» When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?
19/07/22 14:23 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our understanding of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. A new study has made an estimation of th...

» DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans' East Asian roots
14/07/22 18:50 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data suggests that the mysterious hominin belonged to an extinct maternal branch of modern humans...

» The importance of elders
07/07/22 18:17 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
In a new paper, researchers challenge the longstanding view that the force of natural selection in humans must decline to zero once reproduction is complete. They assert that a long post-reproductive lifespan is not just due to recent ad...

» Unlocking the secrets of the ancient coastal Maya
07/07/22 18:17 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
After more than a decade of research, scientists share what they have learned about the people who lived on a stretch of coastline in Quintana Roo Mexico over a span of 3,000 years.

» Tooth isotopes offer window into South Australia's early colonial history
06/07/22 13:29 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
New archaeological techniques have uncovered the origins of 13 early South Australian colonists buried in unmarked graves in the Anglican Parish of St Mary's Church in Adelaide.

» Study points to Armenian origins of ancient crop with aviation biofuel potential
05/07/22 20:22 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
Camelina, an oilseed plant grown in modern-day Ukraine, may have been a more important and widespread crop than previously thought. New findings could inform breeding programs to improve this crop for biofuels applications.

» How placentas evolved in mammals
01/07/22 20:32 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
The fossil record tells us about ancient life through the preserved remains of body parts like bones, teeth and turtle shells. But how to study the history of soft tissues and organs, which can decay quickly, leaving little evidence behi...

» New genetic research on remote Pacific islands yields surprising findings on world's earliest seafarers
30/06/22 18:22 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world's earliest seafarers, including family structure, social customs, and the ancestral populations of the people living...

» How pandas survive solely on bamboo: Evolutionary history
30/06/22 15:44 from ScienceDaily: Anthropology News
An ancient fossil reveals the earliest panda to survive solely on bamboo and the evolutionary history of panda's false thumbs.