Madagascar's human expansion 1,000 years ago linked to loss of large animals
A human genetic study links the first major expansion of humans on the island with the loss of large vertebrates.
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A human genetic study links the first major expansion of humans on the island with the loss of large vertebrates.
An international team of experts has sequenced the DNA from 16 ancient people and found that a group of Indonesian islands were a melting pot for humans thousands of years ago. The Wallacean islands, in what is now Eastern Indonesia, have a long...
The Wallacean islands, in what is now Eastern Indonesia, have a long and rich history of being home to modern humans going back thousands of years.
Chasing quality, not clicks
Posted on May 26, 2021 | Views: 225 cwebb2021-05-25T21:02:13-07:00 by Ian Gilligan: What if the need for fabric, not food, in the face of a changing climate is what first tipped humanity towards agriculture? rchaeologists and other scientists are beginning to unravel the story of our most intimate technology: clothing. They’re learning when and why our ancestors first started to wear clothes, and how their adoption was crucial to the evolutionary success of our ancestors when they faced climate change on a massive scale during the Pleistocene ice ages. These investigations have ...