Topic: archaeology
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Cavemen, cave bears battled over turf
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 · Topics: archaeology, human-development
From Discovery: Research shows cave bears lived in the same spaces coveted by prehistoric humans up to 32,000 years ago. The new study on cave bears, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Archaeological Science, may also shed light on the age of cave art depicting these enormous animals and why the bears eventually went extinct. · Go to Cavemen, cave bears battled over turf →
New research points to earlier human migration out of Africa, 125,000 years ago
Sunday, April 10, 2011 · Topics: anthropology, archaeology, genographic-project
From Washington Post: For decades, the consensus scientific opinion has held that anatomically modern humans first migrated out of Africa some 60,000 years ago, heading north into the eastern Mediterranean region and then on to Europe and Asia. But new research released in January 2011 paints a very different picture. Similarly identifiable humans left Africa as early as 125,000 years ago, it says, and wandered east into the Arabian peninsula, parts of which were then wet and lush. From there, the researchers report in a paper in the journal Science, the people who may well have been our true ancestors later headed north and on into Eurasia. · Go to New research points to earlier human migration out of Africa, 125,000 years ago →
Pre-Clovis artifacts: Artifacts found in Texas upend theory on first North Americans
Monday, March 28, 2011 · Topics: archaeology, native-americans
From LA Times Science: A cache of 15,500-year-old artifacts found buried in a Texas flood plain predates the well-known Clovis people, long thought to be the first inhabitants of the New World. · Go to Pre-Clovis artifacts: Artifacts found in Texas upend theory on first North Americans →
