Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of ‘art’, ‘language’, or technological ‘complexity’. More recently, scholars have begun …read more Source:: Science
Tag: Southeast Asia
Immigration to the United States changes a person’s microbiome
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•Researchers new evidence that the gut microbiota of immigrants and refugees rapidly Westernize after a person’s arrival in the United States. The study of communities migrating from Southeast Asia to …read more Source:: Science
Many more species at risk from Southeast Asia tree plantations, study finds
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•As more of Southeast Asia’s forests are cleared for tree plantations, a study finds that 42 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species endemic to the region’s forests face a …read more Source:: Science
Remains of rice and mung beans help solve a Madagascan mystery
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•Researchers have helped discover why the inhabitants of Madagascar speak Malagasy, a language otherwise unique to Southeast Asia and the Pacific — a region located at least 6,000 km away. …read more Source:: Science
Fossilized lizard, 99 million years old, is a clue to ‘lost ecosystem’
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•(Reuters) – A fossilized lizard found in Southeast Asia preserved in amber dates back some 99 million years, Florida scientists have determined, making it the oldest specimen of its kind …read more Source:: UKScienceNews