Ancient DNA extracted from human bones has rewritten early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic origin—a finding that refines previously accepted views of a dual ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 17, 2021
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A wave of new technology in the Late Paleolithic had reached North China by around 41,000 years ago, according to a study published May 27, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Fei Peng of the Minzu University of China, ...
Archaeology
May 27, 2020
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with affiliations to institutions in Germany, Denmark and the U.K. has concluded after extensive research, that there are really only two subspecies of tigers, as opposed to the nine that ...
Modern humans left Africa twice as early as previously thought, spreading in a number of climate-driven waves, new research suggests.
Archaeology
Jan 30, 2013
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(AP) -- From the Ganges River in India to remote islands of the Pacific, the sun rose Wednesday only to vanish again, allowing the stars to twinkle into view in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see - a celestial ...
Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009
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In 2013, University of Michigan researcher Bill Sanders was invited to the Arabian Peninsula by an international team studying fossils and fossil sites in Abu Dhabi.
Evolution
Oct 31, 2023
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Seeing elephants in the wild is a timelessly awe-inspiring experience. There are only three living species today: the African savannah elephant, African forest elephant, and Asian elephant.
Evolution
Oct 16, 2023
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The genus Caragana in the legume family is ecologically and pharmacologically important. Caragana plays a key role in the cold desert ecosystem throughout the Asian continent. However, accurate identification of taxa in the ...
Evolution
Jul 28, 2023
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By using a unique set of data researchers at the University of Bergen show that vegetation change in Asia during the last 12,000 years for the most part has been heterogeneous across space and time. But during the recent ...
Ecology
May 9, 2023
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Up to now, studies have focused on determining when the first modern human arrived in China, but there has been hardly any research into the dynamics of this settlement. A joint paper by institutions from China, Spain and ...
Archaeology
Mar 31, 2020
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