[ad_1] IMAGE: The discovery of an extraordinarily well-preserved fossil of the extinct human species Paranthropus robustus suggests rapid evolution during a turbulent period of local climate change, resulting in anatomical changes that … More Credit: Image courtesy of Jesse Martin and David Strait Males of the extinct human species Paranthropus …
Read More »Indian fossils support new hypotheses about the origin of ungulate mammals
[ad_1] IMAGE: View of the reconstruction of the life of Cambaytherium (illustration by Elaine Kasmer) More Credit: Elaine Kasmer New research published today on Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes a fossil family that sheds light on the origin of the perissodactyls, the group of mammals that includes horses, rhinos and …
Read More »Local culinary preferences prompted the acceptance of new staple crops in prehistoric China
[ad_1] IMAGE: The regional variation in Chinese cuisine that exists today reflects some of the basic food choices people made thousands of years ago. View More Credit: Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute The food preparation preferences of Chinese cooks – such as the technological choice of boiling or steaming cereals instead of …
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