Sentences with phrase «early population»

Dmanisi team members, among others, contend that the Georgian fossils belong to a single early population of H. erectus or to a single sub-subspecies, Homo erectus ergaster georgicus.

(This effect was not lost on early population control adherents.

Unlike earlier populations, Middle Paleolithic toolmakers followed a set of steps to prepare chunks of rock, or cores, before pounding off sharp tools, or flakes.

Yet, despite the economic and cultural importance of Himalayan trade routes, little was known about the region's peopling and early population history.

Early populations from Europe and the Near East were not just farming, though.

These suggest a complex history that may represent early gene flow across Eurasia or an early population structure that eventually led to Europeans and Asians.

The difference is that these early populations of our species had developed the ability to invent new tools, like sewing needles that were useful in producing warm, body - hugging clothing.

The team believes the earlier population increases resulted from the first peopling by modern humans of vast continents, where plenty of resources were available.

As such, the discovery of the Xuchang skulls and the resulting assessment of the fossils dramatically increases information about the region's early population.

Ireland «s early population may have come to the country from as far away as the Middle East and Eurasia, a genetic study has found.

The blood type O individuals of these early populations would not fare well in today's world of processed foods, harvested grains and dairy products because that is not what their bodies were designed to use as fuel.

The earliest populations were «hunter - gatherers» and, as such, they did not harvest grains or consume dairy products.

Again, our early populations were probably low, and there's evidence the rate of cultural innovation is partly a function of population size.

[ANDY REVKIN says: The earlier population estimates for the total range of western lowland gorillas (less than 100,000 before the Ebola outbreaks) are in the print story (see link).