Sentences with phrase «archaeological record»

Judging purely the archaeological evidence — the earliest found archaeological records show our ancestors had eaten meat since the dawn of civilization.

The South African archaeological record is so important because it shows some of the oldest evidence for modern behavior in early humans.

In agreement with similar observations of the Milky Way, the Andromeda survey has found a sort of archaeological record of this process — the fossilized remains of devoured galaxies.

We know from archaeological records that our current human species (homo sapiens) originated approximately 200,000 years ago... however, our close cousins (ancestors prior to homo sapiens), such as homo erectus, date as far back as several million years.

For one thing, Greek historians thought the Canaanites originated near the Persian Gulf, whereas archaeological records suggest they arose from farming communities that settled the Levant up to 10,000 years ago.

The sequence analyses, along with archaeological records, were used to calibrate and increase the resolution of the human phylogenetic tree.

Pfeiffer believes the Atacama Desert holds a «rich, early archaeological record remaining to be discovered and analyzed.»

The stone tools mark «a new beginning to the known archaeological record,» say the authors of a new paper about the discovery, published today in the leading scientific journal Nature.

The UW team chose to study hunting weapons from the time of the earliest archaeological record in Alaska (around 10,000 to 14,000 years ago), a time that is less understood archaeologically, and when different kinds of projectile points were in use.

@l4h: archaeological records perform no prophecy.

Today, many experts say, Bosnia's real archaeological record is, at best, neglected — and at worst, endangered.

I think access to archaeological records makes people better informed and, ultimately, better stewards of these sites, which are precious and non-renewable resources,» says McManamon.

As humans migrated out of Africa, shell jewellery started appearing in the European archaeological record from about 50,000 years ago.

But it's in the crowded British Isles — with its densely packed archaeological record and rapid pace of development — where the effect has been particularly profound.

Only materials science methods, in combination with good archaeological records, can distinguish between debris from intentional metal smelting and accidental waste from a destructive fire.»

Though emerging information indicates that Arabia is rich in its Palaeolithic archaeological record, it appears as though population size was not as large and dense compared to other more attractive habitats and regions [65], [66], [67].

Bone tumors are exceptionally rare finds in the evolutionary fossil and archaeological records of human prehistory, with the earliest known instances, before now, dating to 1,000 to 4,000 years ago.

A team of researchers examined the archaeological record that Neolithic European — that is, between 3,000 and 10,000 years — societies left in the years before several different collapses.

But the archaeological record suggests they succumbed to an Incan invasion only a few decades after the sacrifices occurred.

«You simply do not see specific, trans - regional trends in human subsistence in the archaeological record.

To test the theory that the biblical account may have depicted actual events, the researchers studied maps of the region, archaeological records and satellite measurements to find a topographical feature where such an event might have been possible.

But not everyone is convinced that the Bible's account and the archaeological record are easily matched.

While we all take some inspiration from ancient paganisms, there are some groups who are deeply dedicated to studying the primary texts and archaeological records of their chosen cultural framework to try to make their paths as close to their spiritual ancestors as reasonably possible in the modern world — this includes the use of bonfires and occasionally animal sacrifice.

However, the archaeological record does NOT bear out the details contained in the bible.

You note that according to the archaeological record, the cross didn't appear as a Christian symbol until the fifth century.

The bone fragment, which comes from the famous archaeological cave site of Krapina, contains by far the earliest bone tumor ever identified in the archaeological record.

No one knows precisely when the first corn tortillas were made from primitive corn called teosinte that was ground on stone metates, but from the archaeological record it was certainly many thousands of years ago.

While archaeobotanists and archaeologists today have a much clearer picture of the range of foods used by ancient peoples of Mesoamerica in their daily subsistence and dietary practices, the information on the nature, extent, structure, and timing of chili pepper use or consumption in the archaeological record remains scant.

But a range of other rocks appear in the archaeological record, from the yellow ochre goethite to the often - dramatic specular hematite, sometimes called specularite.

«But I think it's very, very hard to demonstrate in any meaningful way consumption in the archaeological record.»

Duarte dug deeper into the archaeological record, eventually publishing a provocative commentary in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

The vast majority of ochre used is no longer part of the archaeological record.»

The archaeological record suggests ochre had some other practical uses, turning up on tools and weapons.

So why are signs of children largely absent from the archaeological record?

Research into lethal wounds found on a human skull may indicate one of the first cases of murder in human history — some 430,000 years ago — and offers evidence of the earliest funerary practices in the archaeological record.

This is congruent with the earliest osteological evidence for the disease in the archaeological records dated to 2000 BC from India.

The Tel Nagila Middle Bronze Age homes — studying household activities and identifying children in the archaeological record.

But Roberts says he doesn't see evidence for such a huge shift in the archaeological record.

Professor Baird, from the University's Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, said: «Intriguingly, while Pınarbaşı was abandoned and its people disappeared from the archaeological record, we believe that the way of life we see at Boncuklu contributed directly to that conducted at the slightly later Neolithic settlement, Çatalhöyük.

The bone fragment, which comes from the famous archaeological cave site of Krapina, contains by far the earliest bone tumor ever identified in the archaeological record.

For more on ancient evidence of children's play, see «Ancient kids» toys have been hiding in the archaeological record.»

An analysis of canine bones from Zhokhov suggests the dogs there were bred to pull sleds, making this the first evidence — by thousands of years — for dog breeding in the archaeological record.

If you look at the archaeological record, a creative explosion shows up in a narrow window, somewhere between 150,000 and roughly 75,000 years ago.

Researchers have tended to overlook the possibility that apparent state «collapses» in the archaeological record involved intentional flights of subjects fed up with war, taxes, epidemics and crop failures, Scott says.