Early Cultures News

Posted December 16, 2005:

• Earliest Evidence For Large Scale Organized Warfare In The Mesopotamian World

Posted December 1, 2005:

• New Research Shows How Evolution Explains Age Of Puberty

Posted November 25, 2005:

• Earliest Animals Had Human-like Genes

Posted November 13, 2005:

• Earliest European Farmers Left Little Genetic Mark On Modern Europe

Posted November 7, 2005:

• Modern Humans Arrival In South Asia May Have Led To Demise Of Indigenous Populations
• Genetics Used To Prove Linguistic Theories

Posted October 13, 2005:

• Radiocarbon Dates Reveal That New Guinea Art Is Older Than Thought

Posted September 20, 2005:

• Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans'

Posted August 26, 2005:

• New Understanding Of Human Sacrifice In Early Peru

Posted August 22, 2005:

• Early Humans Wore 'Shoes' 30,000 Years Ago

Posted August 16, 2005:

• Studies Of Amazonian Languages Challenge Linguistic Theories

Posted August 10, 2005:

• New Analysis Of Pottery Stirs Olmec Trade Controversy

Posted August 5, 2005:

• Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths

Posted July 29, 2005:

• Ancient Tiberias Reveals More Of Its Beauty

Posted July 8, 2005:

• Researchers Simulate Long-gone Societies Of The American Southwest

Posted June 9, 2005:

• Human Inhabitants Of Madagascar Are Genetically Unique

Posted June 2, 2005:

• Joint Genome Institute Sequences DNA Of Prehistoric Cave Bears

Posted May 25, 2005:

• Prejudice Is Hard-wired Into The Human Brain, Says ASU Study

Posted May 20, 2005:

• Modern Humans Or Neandertals? New Evidence Sheds Light On Cave Fossils' Age

Posted February 28, 2005:

• The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago

Posted February 26, 2005:

• 'Man The Hunter' Theory Is Debunked In New Book

Posted February 16, 2005:

• Chinese Used Diamonds To Polish Sapphire-rich Stone In 2500 BC

Posted February 3, 2005:

• New Language Points To Foundations Of Human Grammar

Posted January 21, 2005:

• Anthropologists Find 4.5 Million-year-old Hominid Fossils In Ethiopia

Posted January 12, 2005:

• Evidence That Human Brain Evolution Was A Special Event

Posted January 4, 2005:

• Archaeologists Shed New Light On Americas’ Earliest Known Civilization

Posted December 13, 2004:

• McMaster Researchers Seek To Unlock The Mysteries Of Ancient Potters

Posted December 9, 2004:

• Sacrificial Burial Deepens Mystery At Teotihuacan, But Confirms The City's Militarism

Posted November 18, 2004:

• New Evidence Puts Man In North America 50,000 Years Ago

Posted November 15, 2004:

• Ancient Fossil Offers New Clues To Brown Bears Past

Posted November 1, 2004:

• Field Museum 'Reuniting' Scattered Collections From Ancient Iraq Site

Posted October 28, 2004:

• Skeleton Reveals Lost World Of 'Little People'

Posted October 7, 2004:

• Discovery Of The Oldest Remains Of A Woman Who Died In Childbirth

Posted October 5, 2004:

• Of Lice And Men: Parasite Genes Reveal Modern & Archaic Humans Made Contact

Posted October 1, 2004:

• Out Of Africa: Scientists Find Earliest Evidence Yet Of Human Presence In Northeast Asia

Posted August 17, 2004:

• Dingo’s Mother A Chinese Domesticated Dog

Posted August 10, 2004:

• Early Humans Adapted Well To Different Climates And Vegetation Types

Posted August 9, 2004:

• UC Berkeley Researchers Lead Reconstruction Of Temple Of Zeus In Tribute To New Nemean Games

Posted July 6, 2004:

• Old Is Young, Study Finds: Longevity Evolved Late For Humans

Posted June 29, 2004:

• Earliest Evidence Of Hereditary Genetic Disorder Discovered

Posted May 28, 2004:

• Microbes Found In Mayan Ruins May Deteriorate Stone From Inside Out

Posted May 5, 2004:

• Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Maya Masterpieces While Excavating A Sacred Ball Court In Guatemala

Posted April 19, 2004:

• Shell Beads From South African Cave Show Modern Human Behavior 75,000 Years Ago

Posted January 5, 2004:

• Professor Works To Unravel Mysteries Of Khipu: Colored, Knotted Strings Used By The Ancient Incas

Posted November 11, 2003:

• Ancient Maya Stone Altar Recovered In Guatemala; Unparalleled Investigation Leads To Looters’ Haven And Arrests

Posted November 5, 2003:

• Stone Tool And Bone Find Earliest Ever Excavated

Posted September 29, 2003:

• Early Andean Cultures Part Of Intensive Silver Industry; New Evidence Suggests Major Metallurgy Took Place Earlier Than Originally Believed

Posted September 23, 2003:

• Bones From French Cave Show Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon Hunted Same Prey

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