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Newswise: Syphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before the arrival of Columbus
Released: 24-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Syphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before the arrival of Columbus
University of Basel

Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Zurich have discovered the genetic material of the pathogen Treponema pallidum in the bones of people who died in Brazil 2,000 years ago.

Newswise: Climate resilience: NSF-funded research to explore link between crisis and agriculture
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Climate resilience: NSF-funded research to explore link between crisis and agriculture
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A research team including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York will head to Peru to study the link between ancient agricultural practices, climate shift and war.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 10:05 PM EST
Africans discovered fossils first
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England.

Newswise: First prehistoric person with Turner syndrome identified from ancient DNA
Released: 11-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
First prehistoric person with Turner syndrome identified from ancient DNA
Francis Crick Institute

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with University of Oxford, University of York and Oxford Archaeology, have developed a new technique to measure the number of chromosomes in ancient genomes more precisely, using it to identify the first prehistoric person with mosaic Turner syndrome (characterised by one X chromosome instead of two [XX]), who lived about 2500 years ago.

   
Newswise: Ancient cities provide key datasets for urban planning, policy and predictions in the Anthropocene
Released: 11-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Ancient cities provide key datasets for urban planning, policy and predictions in the Anthropocene
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Cities play a key role in climate change and biodiversity and are one of the most recognizable features of the Anthropocene. They also accelerate innovation and shape social networks, while perpetuating and intensifying inequalities.

Newswise: New research identifies renowned rock art sites ‘chosen’ for vantage
Released: 11-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
New research identifies renowned rock art sites ‘chosen’ for vantage
Flinders University

New research has uncovered internationally significant rock art sites in Arnhem Land were far from random and instead “chosen” for the critical vantage points they provided.

Released: 9-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Queen Mary University of London study reveals genetic legacy of racial and gender hierarchies
Queen Mary University of London

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have revealed how sociocultural factors, in addition to geography, play a significant role in shaping the genetic diversity of modern societies.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
First ever scientific study on First World War crater reveals new details on its history
Taylor & Francis

More than 60ft below the surface, British miners had dug a gallery for more than 900 metres from their lines and packed it with 40,000 lbs of explosives. It was one of 19 mines placed beneath German front positions that were detonated on 1st July, 1916 to mark the start of the offensive.

Newswise: The evolution of photosynthesis better documented thanks to the discovery of the oldest thylakoids in fossil cyanobacteria
Released: 5-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
The evolution of photosynthesis better documented thanks to the discovery of the oldest thylakoids in fossil cyanobacteria
University of Liege

Researchers at the University of Liège (ULiège) have identified microstructures in fossil cells that are 1.75 billion years old. These structures, called thylakoid membranes, are the oldest ever discovered.

Released: 3-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Early primates likely lived in pairs
University of Zurich

Primates – and this includes humans – are thought of as highly social animals.

Newswise: Unraveling the mysteries of the Mongolian Arc: exploring a monumental 405-kilometer wall system in Eastern Mongolia
Released: 3-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Unraveling the mysteries of the Mongolian Arc: exploring a monumental 405-kilometer wall system in Eastern Mongolia
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

New study sheds light on the previously overlooked Mongolian Arc—a monumental wall system in eastern Mongolia spanning 405 kilometers.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Rise of archery in Andes Mountains dated to 5,000 years ago — earlier than previous research
University of California, Davis

When did archery arise in the Americas? And what were the effects of this technology on society?

Newswise: Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology, ancient DNA
Released: 14-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology, ancient DNA
Washington University in St. Louis

The high-altitude hero of the Himalayas, yak are among the few large animals that can survive the extremely cold, harsh and oxygen-poor conditions of the Tibetan Plateau.

Newswise: ‘A ticking clock’: First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites reveals severity, need for urgency
Released: 13-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
‘A ticking clock’: First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites reveals severity, need for urgency
University of Notre Dame

Ian Kuijt, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, and William Donaruma, a professor of the practice in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, both at the University of Notre Dame, visited Ukraine to document the extent of damage to cultural sites including churches, schools, opera houses, libraries and archaeological sites.

 
Newswise: Scholars say it's time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the 'lunar Anthropocene'
Released: 8-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Scholars say it's time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the 'lunar Anthropocene'
University of Kansas

Human beings first disturbed moon dust on Sept. 13, 1959, when the USSR’s unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 alighted on the lunar surface. In the following decades, more than a hundred other spacecraft have touched the moon — both crewed and uncrewed, sometimes landing and sometimes crashing.

Released: 8-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
New insights into Zebra mussel attachment fibers offer potential solutions to combat invasive species, develop sustainable materials
McGill University

A recent study from researchers in Canada and Germany has revealed that an unlikely event, occurring over 12 million years ago played an important role in shaping one of Canada’s most damaging invasive species..

Released: 7-Dec-2023 6:05 PM EST
Oldest Fortresses in the World Discovered
Freie Universitaet Berlin

Archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin together with an international team confirm ancient prehistoric fortifications in Siberia. Research results published in the scientific journal “Antiquity.”

Newswise: Limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives
Released: 6-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives
University of Göttingen

In southern Germany just north of the Danube, there lies a large circular depression between the hilly surroundings: the Nördlinger Ries. Almost 15 million years ago, an asteroid struck this spot. Today, the impact crater is one of the most useful analogues for asteroid craters on early Mars.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
More than a meteorite: New clues about the demise of dinosaurs
McGill University

What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur extinction, challenging the traditional narrative that a meteorite alone delivered the final blow to the ancient giants.

Released: 30-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Turnover in the Iberian fauna reduced the availability of carrion one million years ago
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)

Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), have published a paper in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology which shows that large herbivore carrion, a resource that had formerly been abundant and accessible to hominins, became scarcer at the end of the Early Pleistocene due to changes in the Iberian fauna.



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