The transition to agriculture from hunting and gathering in pre-colonial North America led to changes in age-independent mortality, or mortality caused by factors that are not associated with age, according to a new study ...
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2023
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Aotearoa's wilderness areas are the jewel in our ecotourism crown. But conservation laws may soon be in for a radical shake-up.
Ecology
Jan 9, 2023
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Coprolites (fossil feces) from around 30,000 years ago have been used to identify the presence of bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) at the Paleolithic site of Lagar Velho (Portugal). A comparison of the coprolites found ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 3, 2023
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Sea levels in Micronesia rose much faster over the past 5,000 years than previously thought, according to our new study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Archaeology
Dec 24, 2022
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We are standing in a circle on an expansive beach in front of an ancient rock-walled fish-trap—one of many archaeological sites on the small island of Xwe'etay (Lasqueti) in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the ...
Archaeology
Nov 14, 2022
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We can thank the pyramids of Giza for roads. A vital part of our built environment, they've been a staple of human existence for millennia. How they are built and used reveal a lot about our own modern societies and economies, ...
Archaeology
Oct 24, 2022
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During fieldwork aimed at documenting the stone tool use of a group of wild chimpanzees in the Taï Forest in Cote d'Ivoire in early 2022, the researchers identified and 3D-scanned a variety of stone tools used to crack different ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2022
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Figuring out which species are natural, where they used to live, and when they went extinct is central to our understanding of how humans, the environment and the climate have shaped the U.K. over the past few million years.
Ecology
Aug 23, 2022
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Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonization, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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An abandoned Caribbean colony unearthed centuries after it had been forgotten and a case of mistaken identity in the archaeological record have conspired to rewrite the history of a barrier island off the Virginia and Maryland ...
Archaeology
Jul 27, 2022
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