The Lemurs: Our Primate Cousins Face Impending Doom
Posted On Monday, March 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Department of Anthropology, Geisel School of Medicine, IUCN, Madagascar, Splendid isolation
“Splendid isolation” is what the British labeled their foreign policy in the late 19th century, and it is also how Kathleen Muldoon describes the island of Madagascar as the ancestral lemurs found it more than 65 million years ago. The 309,000-square-mile island was devoid of predators or any other animal ...
Did Lucy Walk On The Ground Or Stay In The Trees?
Posted On Friday, February 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Faculty, International, Joseph Blumberg, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Research, Science
Much has been made of our ancestors “coming down out of the trees,” and many researchers view terrestrial bipedalism as the hallmark of “humanness.” After all, most of our living primate relatives—the great apes, specifically—still spend their time in the trees. Humans are the only members of the family devoted ...
Aztec Conquest Altered Genetics Among Early Mexico Inhabitants, New DNA Study Shows
Posted On Friday, February 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under TEXAS Tags: Aztec conquest in Mexico, Aztec empire, College of Liberal Arts, Deborah Bolnick, Department of Anthropology, DNA research, Jaime Mata-Miguez, Otomi people, The missing Otomi people, Xaltocan
AUSTIN, Texas — For centuries, the fate of the original Otomí inhabitants of Xaltocan, the capital of a pre-Aztec Mexican city-state, has remained unknown. Researchers have long wondered whether they assimilated with the Aztecs or abandoned the town altogether.
According to new anthropological research from The University of Texas at Austin, ...
