Gene Mutations Associated With Nearsightedness Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130502131710.htm -Science Daily

People have long taken for granted that glasses and contact lenses improve vision for nearsightedness, but the genetic factors behind the common condition have remained blurry. Now researchers at Duke Medicine are closer to clearing this up…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

Scientists find ancient fossils in Panama

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/84a49e96673a31bda5ef5f4502fe4673/scientists-find-ancient-fossils-in-panama - Science Daily

PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. and Panamanian paleontologists have discovered fossils of several species that lived in Panama more than 20 million years ago…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

Ancient DNA Reveals Europe's Dynamic Genetic History

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Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

Towards the Origin of America's First Settlers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417092013.htm - Science Daily

Professor Daniel Turbón, a co-author of the study, is expert on on molecular and forensic anthropology and the origin and evolution of hominids. (Credit: Image courtesy of Universidad de Barcelona)

The international scientific community faces the exciting challenge of discovering the origin of America's first settlers. A new publication shapes some alternatives to the hypothesis of a single migration movement, as a model to describe the origin of America's population…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

Scientists Provide a More Accurate Age for the El Sidrón Cave Neanderthals

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A study has been able to accurately determine the age of the Neanderthal remains found in the El Sidrón cave (Asturias, Spain) for which previous studies had provided inexact measurements. The application of a pre-treatment to reduce contamination by modern carbon has managed to lower the margin of error from 40,000 to just 3,200 years…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

New Light Shed On Ancient Egyptian Port and Ship Graveyard

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407150740.htm - Science Daily

New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, will be discussed at an international conference at the University of Oxford…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

New Clues in the Search to Rediscover the Mysterious Maya Blue Formula

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Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas. (Credit: Darij & Ana, Creative Commons license)

The recipe and process for preparing Maya Blue, a highly-resistant pigment used for centuries in Mesoamerica, were lost. We know that the ingredients are a plant dye, indigo, and a type of clay known as palygorskite, but scientists do not know how they were 'cooked' and combined together...CLICK LINK TO READ MORE...

Anthropologist Finds Evidence of Hominin Meat Eating 1.5 Million Years Ago: Eating Meat May Have 'Made Us Human'

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A skull fragment unearthed by anthropologists in Tanzania shows that our ancient ancestors were eating meat at least 1.5 million years ago, shedding new light into the evolution of human physiology and brain development...CLICK LINK TO READ MORE...

Ancient Road Found at Maya Village Buried by Volcanic Ash 1,400 Years Ago- Science Daily

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