An origin of new world agriculture in coastal Ecuador
New archaeological evidence points to an independent origin of agriculture in coastal Ecuador 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Suddenly, the remains of larger squash plants appear in the record. The Las Vegas site, described by Dolores Piperno of the Smithsonian Tropical ...Prehistoric NW Indians hunted fur seals of sustainable basis
...nts intentional resource conservation based on the archaeological record, you start down a slippery slope."...Overlapping genetic and archaeological evidence suggests neolithic migration
...as an entirely separate line of investigation from archaeological work. Researchers had compared genetic studies to ...r genetic data from areas in Greece near Neolithic archaeological sites and in western Turkey, which researchers believe to be the jumping-off point for Neolithic mig......elect and cultivate food plants. Plant remains at archaeological sites may not be well preserved, but features often contain phytoliths, tiny silica dioxide deposits from plant tissues. These destinctive microfossils have been used increasingly over the last decade in studies of plant domestication, because they c...DNA shows genetic variability of the nene lost more than 500 years ago, not during the 20th century
...cimens collected between 1833 and 1928; bones from archaeological middens radiocarbon dated at 160 to 500 years ago; and bones from paleontological sites dating from 500 to 2540 radiocarbon years before the present. They were surprised to find the levels of genetic variation typical of contemporary geese only in t...Rutgers to host 14th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting
...or the investigation of the fossilized remains and archaeological traces of our early human ancestors. The meeting will be divided into sessions to be held at the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave., and in Brower Commons, located directly across the street from the student center. ...Archaeological journey reveals new information on chimpanzee stone tool technology
..., who studies primate tool use at GW - launched an archaeological excavation of a chimpanzee nut-cracking site in Ct...voire's Tai National Park in September 2001. Using archaeological methods on a non-human species for the first time, the excavations revealed new facets and confirmed...First primate archaeological dig uncovers new tool development links
...4 issue of the journal Science documents the first archaeological examination of a non-human primate workplace and e...h to trying to tease out more information from the archaeological recordtrying to flesh out the context of the earliest flake assemblages....Chimpanzee stone tool site excavated
...ave to be changed as scientists continue to unveil archaeological evidence from these regions. The excavation of a c... nuts and are as small as a few centimeters. Using archaeological methods on a non-human species, for the first time the excavations revealed new facets of chimpanzee...Is the evidence for human 'replacement' really clear?
...Clark. Far from being a clear shift in fossils and archaeological material documenting a relatively abrupt replaceme...gly one of geographical and behavioral mosaics.The archaeological evidence, Clark says, shows that many of the traits that have been traditionally associated with mo...Origins of 'modern' behavior might be linked to population pressures
...and modern human populations. Genetic, fossil, and archaeological evidence have been used to support each scenario, but archaeological data provide a unique approach to the problem, said Stiner. "The nice thing about archaeology, somet...Genetic marker tells squash domestication story
... history of agriculture in the humid tropics where archaeological evidence is extremely hard to come by. Last year, ...ns called phytoliths at a site in Ecuador. Whereas archaeological plant remains tell us that cultivated plants were present at a given time and place, mtDNA sequence ...December media highlights - GSA BULLETIN
...Pleistocene time, and their remains and associated archaeological materials have been found in sedimentary deposits bordering a former saline lake that is here termed Lake Olduvai. Lacustrine deposits of Lake Olduvai provide a sedimentary record of about 200,000 years, from ~1.9-1.7 million years ago. The main goa...Ancient Chinese folk remedy may hold key to non-toxic cancer treatment
...over time. Artemisinin was rediscovered during an archaeological dig in the 1970s that unearthed recipes for ancient medical remedies, and has become widely used in modern Asia and Africa to fight the mosquito-borne disease. The compound helps control malaria because it reacts with the high iron concentrations fo...African bone tool discovery has important implications for evolution of human behavior
An emerging set of archaeological evidence may answer a key question in the human or...ove where many of the bone tools occur. At other archaeological sites in South Africa, such as at Die Kelders Cave 1, similar dune layers are found and they date to...Research season will feature use of sophisticated technologies to map Antarctica
...d about degradation of these important historical, archaeological sites. They will study the mechanisms and progressive sequence of events taking place during decay processes, test methods to be used to control future deterioration, determine the extent of environmental pollutants in soils at the historic sites, a...Scientists examine the seas our ancestors fished to better understand today's changing oceans
...ine sediments dating from about 125,000 years ago; archaeological records from human coastal settlements occupied after about 10,000 years ago; historical records from documents of the first European trade-based colonial expansion in the Americas and South Pacific in the 15th century to the present; and ecological ...Scientists: Collapse of coastal ecosystems tied to past overfishing
... of scientific literature, historical accounts and archaeological evidence of aboriginal fishing practices. Among the interesting tidbits that emerge: While overfishing reached its zenith in Colonial and modern times, it was a problem in native societies long before Europeans arrived, contrary to romantic not...... El Nio from the distribution of mollusk shells in archaeological sites. Between ca. 5.8 and 3.0 ka, El Nio apparent...ortance of understanding the geological history of archaeological sites prior to sampling the site for dating purposes. The authors contend that the geologic history ......eters outside the capital, Heraklion. Protected by archaeological laws that restrict development, Arhanes has recent...ay trip destination because of its natural beauty, archaeological sites, spectacular vineyards and grapes, and its "old world" charm. UC's previous work in Crete has...