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Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior
Without a way to measure
religious beliefs,
anthropologists have had
difficulty studying
religion. Now, two
... > full story
Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals
Neanderthals had a brain at
birth of a similar size to
that of modern-day babies.
However, after birth, their
brain grew more quickly than
it does for Homo sapiens and
... > full story
'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization
They aren't the lost cities
early explorers sought
fruitlessly to discover. But
ancient settlements in the
Amazon, now almost entirely
obscured by tropical forest,
... > full story
Bone Parts Don't Add Up To Conclusion Of Hobbit-like Palauan Dwarfs
Misinterpreted fragments of
leg bones, teeth and brow
ridges found in Palau appear
to be an archaeologist's
undoing, according to
... > full story
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Deathways Open Doors To Unexpected Cultural Practices
October 9, 2008 — Cremation, "air burial," grave cairns, funeral mounds, mummification, belief in life after death -- death practices sacred to one culture are often considered "odd" or even terrifying by another. In ... > full story -
New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth
August 26, 2008 — New research has struck another blow to the theory that Neanderthals became extinct because they were less intelligent than our ancestors. The research team has shown that early stone tool ... > full story -
Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find
August 25, 2008 — Archaeologists in the UK have discovered two rare Roman stone sarcophagi. The 1800-year-old sandstone coffins were uncovered at a dig on the site of former chapel and office buildings in Newcastle ... > full story -
Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee
August 11, 2008 — Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park. Above the temple are foundations of a church from the Byzantine period. The excavations ... > full story -
Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
August 6, 2008 — Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity ... > full story -
Genetic Evidence Used To Trace Ancient African Migration
August 5, 2008 — Researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced ... > full story -
New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus
July 23, 2008 — Human ancestors fought back against an ancient retrovirus with a defense mechanism that our bodies still use today. Evidence of this battle has been preserved in our DNA for millions of ... > full story -
Athapaskan Migration To Southwest U.S. Illuminated With Y Chromosome Study
July 21, 2008 — A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the ... > full story -
Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen
July 21, 2008 — In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ... > full story -
Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans
July 16, 2008 — Some 40,000 years ago, Cro-Magnons -- the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern -- entered Europe, coming from Africa. Geneticists now show that a Cro-Magnoid individual who ... > full story
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