As scientists worry about warming world, US public doesn't
Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming.
Environment
Nov 3, 2015
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News tagged with american populations
Ancient babies boost Bering land bridge layover: DNA links many Native Americans to infants in Alaskan grave
University of Utah scientists deciphered maternal genetic material from two babies buried together at an Alaskan campsite 11,500 years ago. They found the infants had different mothers and were the northernmost known kin ...
Archaeology
Oct 26, 2015
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Specialists create robotic assistance bed with projection to the international market
Mexican specialists in mechatronics, industrial and mechanical design, and artificial intelligence have developed a robotic care bed called Camabot, equipped with an intelligent safety system for monitoring patients in hospitals, ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2015
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Past and present genomes tell the story of Native American biological origins
The first human inhabitants of the Americas lived in a time thousands of years before the first written records, and the story of their transcontinental migration is the subject of ongoing debate and active research. A study ...
Archaeology
Jul 27, 2015
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Genetic studies link indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Australasia
Native Americans living in the Amazon bear an unexpected genetic connection to indigenous people in Australasia, suggesting a previously unknown wave of migration to the Americas thousands of years ago, a new study has found.
Archaeology
Jul 21, 2015
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Genome analysis pins down arrival and spread of first Americans
The original Americans came from Siberia in a single wave no more than 23,000 years ago, at the height of the last Ice Age, and apparently hung out in the north - perhaps for thousands of years - before spreading in two distinct ...
Archaeology
Jul 21, 2015
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Dynamics of genetic admixture in Brazilian populations
(Phys.org)—Human genomic diversity studies provide a window to population movements across regions and societies throughout history. Generally, South America has been underrepresented in such studies, but recognizing that ...
DNA from ancient skeleton shows ties to Native Americans
An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years ago in a river in Washington is related to Native Americans, says a DNA study that could help resolve a long-running dispute over its ancestry and custody.
Archaeology
Jun 18, 2015
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Complex genetic ancestry of Americans uncovered
By comparing the genes of current-day North and South Americans with African and European populations, an Oxford University study has found the genetic fingerprints of the slave trade and colonisation that shaped migrations ...
Biotechnology
Mar 24, 2015
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Genomic data support early contact between Easter Island and Americas
People may have been making their way from Easter Island to the Americas well before the Dutch commander Jakob Roggeveen arrived with his ships in 1722, according to new genomic evidence showing that the Rapanui people living ...
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2014
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