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New understanding of Kenyan paleoenvironments opens window on human evolution within the space
Curiosity in human evolution has stimulated new geological work within the southern rift valley of Kenya. A brand new article presents the outcomes of greater than 15 years of area analysis on advanced strata representing the final 500,000 years of … Continue reading
Towards finish of Ice Age, human beings witnessed fires bigger than dinosaur killers
About 12,800 years in the past, because of fragments of a comet, people noticed an astonishing 10 % of the Earth’s land floor, or about 10 million sq. kilometers, consumed by fires. Geology News — ScienceDaily
New approach measures early human butchering practices
Researchers have found that statistical methods and 3-D imaging can be used to accurately measure animal bone cut marks made by prehistoric human butchery, and to help answer pressing questions about human evolution. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News … Continue reading
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Scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earth’s history, scientists suggest
The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists. Geology News — ScienceDaily
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Scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earth’s history, scientists suggest
The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
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Database of earthquakes triggered by human activity is growing, with some surprises
The Human-Induced Earthquake Database (HiQuake), the world’s most complete database of earthquake sequences proposed to have been triggered by human activity, now includes approximately 730 entries, according to a report. Geology News — ScienceDaily
When ancient fossil DNA isn’t available, ancient glycans may help trace human evolution
Researchers have discovered a new kind of glycan (sugar chain) that survives even in a 4-million-year-old animal fossil from Kenya, under conditions where ancient DNA does not. While ancient hominin fossils are not yet available for glycan analysis, this proof-of-concept … Continue reading
Acts of God, human influence and litigation
Nature Geoscience 10, 616 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo3019 Authors: Sophie Marjanac, Lindene Patton & James Thornton Developments in attribution science are improving our ability to detect human influence on extreme weather events. By implication, the legal duties of government, business and others … Continue reading
Newly Found 5.7 Million-year-old Human Footprints Fossil May Challenge History of Human Evolution
A trail of 5.7 million-year-old fossil footprints discovered in Crete could upend the widely accepted theories on early human evolution. The new prints have a distinctly human-like form, with a similar big toe to our own and a ‘ball’ in … Continue reading
Human bones in south Mexico: Stalagmite reveals their age as 13,000 years old
A prehistoric human skeleton found on the Yucatán Peninsula is at least 13,000 years old and most likely dates from a glacial period at the end of the most recent ice age, the late Pleistocene. A German-Mexican team of researchers … Continue reading