That the arrival of Europeans in the New World in 1492 led to a massive shift in the ecological landscape has been widely accepted for the past 50 years. Suddenly a trans-Atlantic exchange—maize for wheat, tomatoes for ...
Archaeology
Jul 14, 2022
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35
New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 years ago were less traditional than was thought. The research was conducted ...
Archaeology
Jun 30, 2022
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A combined study of genetics and skeletal remains show that the switch from primarily hunting, gathering and foraging to farming about 12,000 years ago in Europe may have had negative health effects as indicated by shorter ...
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2022
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791
Isotope analysis of the "bodies in the bog" found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of miles from their place of birth.
Archaeology
Mar 28, 2022
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446
A new analysis of Tyrannosaurus skeletal remains reveals physical differences in the femur, other bones and dental structures across specimens that could suggest Tyrannosaurus rex specimens need to be re-categorized into ...
Evolution
Mar 1, 2022
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Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) was the main cause of bacterial meningitis in children and a major cause of worldwide infant mortality before the introduction of a vaccine in the 1980s.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2022
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14
Forensic researchers are calling for the research community to be more proactive about addressing systemic racism in the sciences—currently and historically—in order to address longstanding issues related to how Black ...
Other
Jan 4, 2022
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6
Sediments in which archaeological finds are embedded have long been regarded by most archaeologists as unimportant by-products of excavations. However, in recent years it has been shown that sediments can contain ancient ...
Archaeology
Dec 27, 2021
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Pompeii archaeologists said Saturday they have unearthed the remains of a "slave room" in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2021
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416
A UK neutron facility has been used to develop a technique to help better understand human skeletal remains that have been subject to heating.
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2021
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