. Scientific Frontline: Anthropology
Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Ancient DNA reveals 12,000-year-old case of rare genetic disease

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Daniel Fernandes preparing to take a sample Photo Credit: ©Adrian Daly Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary The Co...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Mineralized dental plaque from the Iron Age provides insight into the diet of the Scythians

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A Scythian. Found in the kurgan Olon-Kurin-Gol 10, Altai Mountains, Mongolia. Image Credit: reconstruction by Dimitri Pozdniako (Wikimedia C...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor

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Pools of the oldest public bathing facilities in Pompeii, dating back to 130 BC Photo Credit:© Cees Passchier Scientific Frontline: "At...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

First ancient human herpesvirus genomes document their deep history with humans

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Laboratory technician and one of the authors in the contamination-controlled ancient DNA laboratory at the University of Tartu extracting ti...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Farmers boosted Europe's biodiversity over the last 12,000 years

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Standing stones in Carnac, France. Built between 6,500 - 5,300 years ago by Europe's first farmers.  Photo Credit: Jonny Gordon. Althoug...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Australopithecus deyiremeda, an ancestor of the human species discovered in Ethiopia, was bipedal and climbed trees

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Professor Lluís Gibert, from the University of Barcelona, is the only expert from a European institution participating in an international s...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Anthropology: In-Depth Description

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Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia. Its native name is Rapa Nui. It’s famed for archaeological sit...
Friday, October 17, 2025

What Is: Extinction Level Events

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A Chronicle of Earth's Biotic Crises and an Assessment of Future Threats Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Defining Biotic Catastrophe ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Did Lead Limit Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Extinct Hominids?

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UC San Diego researchers have found high levels of lead in the teeth of both Neanderthals (left) and modern humans (right). However, a gene ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Easter Island’s statues actually “walked” – and physics backs it up

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A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery

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The Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan in central Mexico. Photo Credit: Christophe Helmke, University of Copenhagen More than two millennia ag...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

The life of a Stone Age man has been mapped

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Illustration Credit: Niels Bach CC-BY 4.0 Researchers have mapped the life of a Stone Age man in detail. New scientific methods have revolut...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Viking dentistry was surprisingly advanced

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Teeth from individuals among the Viking Age population of Varnhem in Västergötland, Sweden, are clinically examined by Carolina Bertilsson a...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Plague from Egypt: topos or reality?

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Fortress in Alexandria, Egypt From Alexandria and Pelusium, goods and people traveled from Egypt to the entire Mediterranean region. Did epi...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes

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analysed the distribution of the portion of DNA inherited from Neanderthals in the genomes of humans (Homo sapiens) over the last 40,000 yea...
Monday, October 2, 2023

Climate and human land use both play roles in Pacific island wildfires past and present

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SMU fire scientist Christopher Roos Photo Credit: Courtesy of  Southern Methodist University It’s long been understood that human settlement...
Friday, September 29, 2023

New study shows signs of early creation of modern human identities

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SapienCE researchers have publiched a new study which provides vital information about how and when we may have started developing modern hu...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Hunting anything that flies

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Pillar from Göbekli Tepe depicting a vulture with its wings spread.  Photo Credit: © Nadja Pöllath / SNSB-SPM Birds were an important source...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

New insights into the origin of food sharing among humans

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Chimpanzees Gremlin and son Grendel, begging for food, at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Minnesota A...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Romantic Love in Humans May Have Evolved From Same-Sex Friendship

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Two adolescent male chimpanzees, Barron, 15, and PeeWee, 9, grooming. Photo Credit: Aaron Sandel. Romantic heterosexual relationships in hum...