Beyond bones & stones
This volcano in East Africa, called Ol Doinyo Lengai, erupted long ago and produced a mudflow that preserved the biggest collection of ancient human footprints (some shown in the foreground) found in Africa so far. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce Just south of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania is the Engare Sero site which was was originally discovered... Continue Reading →
According to this press release, a new paper reports on the discovery of a 10,000 year old SNP on the Y-chromosomes of men from Tanzania and southern Africa. It will be appearing in PNAS' online early edition tomorrow (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801184105). The SNP is thought to have originated in eastern Africa, "The team analyzed Y chromosomes... Continue Reading →
The Journal of Human Evolution has released a new article in press announcing the discovery of a new archaic Homo sapiens specimen from Lake Eyasi, Tanzania. It is a rather modest paper, with no real ulterior motive underwritten... which I've come to appreciate. In the paper, the authors describe the geochronology and the morphology of... Continue Reading →
Many thanks to Adam James at freelancejournalists.org, for alerting us to this latest development in the fortunes of the Hadzabe tribe of Tanzania, whom it would appear, despite having the odds stacked against them, appear to have pulled off a spectacular victory in their attempt to retain domain over their traditional hunting grounds, which looked... Continue Reading →
