Sentences with phrase «prehistoric human societies»

Despite extensive archaeological and anthropological evidence for its occurrence, most scientists believe that cannibalism was only an irregular feature of prehistoric human societies.

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Prehistoric human populations of hunter - gatherers in a region of North America grew at the same rate as farming societies in Europe, according to a new radiocarbon analysis involving researchers from the University of Wyoming and the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Prehistoric human populations of hunter - gatherers in the region that is now Wyoming and Colorado grew at the same rate as farming societies in Europe, according to a new radiocarbon analysis involving University of Wyoming researchers.

This is consistent with recent findings that AMY2B copy number is highest in modern dog populations originating from geographic regions with prehistoric agrarian societies, and lowest from regions where humans did not rely on agriculture for subsistence34 and supports the claim that the expansion occurred after initial domestication (possibly after the migration of dingoes to Australia 3,500 — 5,000 years ago) 34.

«We are creating a prehistoric climate in which human societies will face huge and potentially catastrophic risks,» said Bob Ward, policy director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics.