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Scientists just found a hidden genetic flaw that slowly steals strength
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (465+ words) lateral sclerosis (ALS), a well-known motor neuron disease. This earlier study drew the attention of a medical...
A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (563+ words) scientists still do not know when or how these different disease forms emerged. While skeletal remains can sometimes...can reveal and what ancient DNA can confirm about disease evolution. A Lost Lineage of a Familiar Pathogen...did not match any…...
Ancient tides may have sparked humanity’s first urban civilization
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (491+ words) Water Shaped Early Agriculture and Society The researchers present a new paleoenvironmental model showing that tidal rhythms influenced the earliest stages of agriculture and social organization in Sumer. Rather than being shaped only by river floods, the region's growth was…...
A hidden climate shift may have sparked epic Pacific voyages 1,000 years ago
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (591+ words) The team reports that inhabited islands in Western Polynesia, including Samoa and Tonga, experienced drying over time. Meanwhile, islands farther east in Eastern Polynesia, such as French Polynesia (Tahiti), gradually became wetter, potentially making them more appealing places to live…...
Archaeologists uncover a 2,000-year-old crop in the Canary Islands
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (510+ words) Lentils currently cultivated in the Canary Islands have an unbroken local history that reaches back nearly 2,000 years. This remarkable continuity has been revealed by the first genetic analysis of archaeological lentils, conducted by researchers at Linköping University and the University…...
Monty Python Got It Wrong About Medieval Disease
6+ mon, 7+ hour ago (632+ words) everyone else. Studying Medieval Skeletons and Disease To investigate, Kelmelis worked with Vicki Kristensen...less obvious symptoms. How Researchers Identified Disease in Skeletons The research team determined whether each skeleton showed signs of disease and also estimated how long each…...
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal a surprisingly sophisticated human mind
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (359+ words) Archaeologists working at several sites in southern Africa have uncovered hundreds of unusual pieces of engraved ostrich eggshell. More than 60,000 years old, these fragments were created by groups of Homo sapiens living in the region. A new study led by…...
40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (657+ words) Using computational techniques, the researchers analyzed more than 3,000 signs carved into 260 Paleolithic artifacts to better understand how writing may have evolved. Their results, which were published in PNAS, were clear -- and even the team did not expect such a close…...
New evidence shows the Maya collapse was more than just drought
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) Why do people choose to settle in cities, and what motivates them to leave? Modern urban areas continue to gain and lose residents for many reasons, including economic pressures, congestion, lifestyle shifts, pollution and, at times, major public health events....
80,000-year-old “arrowheads” rewrite human history
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (201+ words) Depending on climatic conditions, Central Asia has served as a corridor facilitating movement between the western and eastern parts of the continent or as a refuge zone. The archaeological record in this region is limited but includes several significant Paleolithic…...