Scientists have shown that at the Anzick site in Montana – the only known Clovis burial site – the skeletal remains of a young child and the antler and stone …read more Source:: Science
Tag: early
The headache of adapting to the cold, literally
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•A common genetic variant implicated in migraine headaches may have proliferated because it helped early humans adapt to cold weather in northern climates. …read more Source:: Science
Spear point study offers new explanation of how early humans settled North America
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•Careful examination of numerous fluted spear points found in Alaska and western Canada prove that the Ice Age peopling of the Americas was much more complex than previously believed. …read more Source:: Science
Study reshapes understanding of climate change’s impact on early societies
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•A new study linking paleoclimatology — the reconstruction of past global climates — with historical analysis shows a link between environmental stress and its impact on the economy, political stability, …read more Source:: Science
How fever in early pregnancy causes heart, facial birth defects
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•Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as cleft lip or palate. Exactly how …read more Source:: Science
Supersonic gas streams left over from the Big Bang drive massive black hole formation
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•A super-computer simulation by an international team of researchers has shown the formation of a rapidly growing star from supersonic gas streams in the early universe left over from the …read more Source:: Science
Physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe
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•‘Primordial black holes,’ believed to have formed shortly after the Big Bang, might explain how heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium came to be, physicists report. …read more Source:: Science
Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution
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•Newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the test. The footprints are approximately 5.7 million years old and were made at …read more Source:: Science
Primordial asteroids discovered
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•Astronomers recently discovered a relatively unpopulated region of the main asteroid belt, where the few asteroids present are likely pristine relics from early in solar system history. The team used …read more Source:: Science
Bitcoin study shows value of exclusive access for early adopters
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•Delaying access for the tech-savvy can stifle spread of new products, experiment with students shows. …read more Source:: Science