EurekAlert! - ArchaeologyThe premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Did walking on 2 feet begin with a shuffle- May 29, 2008 (University of Washington) A pair of researchers have developed a model that suggests shuffling emerged millions of years ago as a precursor to walking on two feet as a way of saving metabolic energy by a common ancestor of today primates.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uow-dwo052908.php Rewriting Greenland's immigration history- May 29, 2008 (University of Copenhagen) The first immigrants in Greenland were not Indians from the North American continent or Canadian Inuit as previously suggested. And it is not just a question of revising the Greenlandic immigration history. The discovery is the world's first successful attempt to sequence an entire mitochondrial genome from an extinct human.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uoc-rgi052708.php Is Indy chasing a fake- May 23, 2008 (Cardiff University) Two well-known crystal skulls, held in the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., did not come from ancient Mexico as was once thought. Modern scientific techniques suggest that the British skull is of 19th century origin, and the US of 20th century.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/cu-iic052308.php New research forces U-turn in population migration theory- May 23, 2008 (University of Leeds) Research led by the University of Leeds has discovered genetic evidence that overturns existing theories about human migration into Island Southeast Asia (covering the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysian Borneo) taking the timeline back by nearly 10,000 years.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uol-nrf052308.php A foamy drink and the future of food- May 21, 2008 (University of Chicago Press Journals) The Omnivore's Dilemma revealed the centrality of commodity corn in the modern industrialized agriculture system. These "modern varieties" of corn are taking over the birthplace of the crop in Mexico. "Food Globalization and Local Diversity: The Case of Tejate, a Traditional Maize and Cacao Beverage from Oaxaca, Mexico" traces tejate's migration, which contains a central irony of globalization, for the very set of forces that threaten to destroy tejate...http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uocp-afd052108.php A missing link settles debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders- May 21, 2008 (University of Calgary) The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate evolution. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists at the University of Calgary.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uoc-aml052008.php Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the 'hull story' gives a sour aftertaste- May 16, 2008 (Swedish Research Council) Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the "hull story" gives a sour aftertaste.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/src-sim051608.php Marian Koshland Science Museum forms partnership with Science Center Singapore- May 15, 2008 (The National Academies) In a new collaboration, the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences is licensing several components of its global warming and infectious diseases exhibits to the Science Center Singapore. The partnership marks an expansion of the Koshland Science Museum's efforts to bring its work to international audiences by teaming up with other museums and science centers around the world.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/tna-mks051508.php Monitor Sanctuary in good health overall, but historic shipwreck still faces threats- May 15, 2008 (NOAA Headquarters) The natural resources of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary off the North Carolina coast are in good condition overall, but the wreck of the Civil War ironclad encompassed by the site is at risk from human activity and natural deterioration, according to a new NOAA report.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/nh-msi051508.php Long lost sisters- May 15, 2008 (American Friends of Tel Aviv University) A Tel Aviv University mathematician finds humanity was genetically divided for as much as 100,000 yearshttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/afot-lls051508.php |