In a paper due to be published in the June 29th edition of ‘Science’, Tom Dillehay, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University, claims to have found the oldest evidence yet of preceramic horticulture, specifically from the Ñanchoc Valley; here are some details of the discoveries from EurekAlert!
Anthropologists working on the slopes of the Andes [...]
June 28, 2007
Earliest-known Evidence Of Peanut, Cotton And Squash Farming Found
June 28, 2007
Dig At Ruins On Uist And Brora Uncovered By Storm
This from BBC News, which details the discovery and subsequent archaeological excavation of two ‘Iron Age round houses’ dating back 2,000 years at Baile Sear, revealed by the erosional effects of a particularly heavy storm back in 2005, on the Hebridean island of North Uist. Other finds include what are thought to be salt pans [...]
June 28, 2007
Human-like Altruism Shown In Chimpanzees
Here’s a report on a paper published recently in PLoS Biology, namely Spontaneous Altruism By Chimpanzees And Young Children, in which it is shown that human children and chimpanzees display similar levels of altruism, a study which has raised questions once more about what makes humans different from all other animals, particularly those to whom [...]
