Researchers from the University of Potsdam in Germany looked at ancient DNA from between four people that lived between 8,800 and 5,400 years ago.
They used a technique which laser samples enamel and makes isotope measurements
Psychology and behavioral economics have experimentally identified a laundry list of common biases that cause people to act against their own apparent interests. One of these biases -- the mere fact of possessing something raises its value to its owner -- is known as the "endowment effect." A new interdisciplinary study has delved into whether this bias is truly universal, and whether it might have been present in humanity's evolutionary past.
Today's practice of leaving babies to cry, keeping them in buggies and car seats for long periods and not allowing them the freedom to roam outdoors is raising a dysfunctional generation, a psychologist claims.
A genetic study of some of western Europe’s last Stone Age hunter-gatherers has revealed a possible strategy in to avoid inbreeding.
Anthropologist James Suzman has lived with one of the last groups of hunter-gatherers. And it's made him rethink his perspective on the Western lifestyle.
Germany-based Nepalese documentary photographer Ram Paudel recently released a fascinating photo project that explores the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe
Westerners are often looking for short, intense workouts. A new study points out a different path to fitness.
A genetic study of some of western Europe’s last Stone Age hunter-gatherers has revealed a possible strategy in to avoid inbreeding.
The population history of Europe is complex and its very north has not yet been comprehensively studied at a genetic level. Here, Mittnik et al. report genome-wide data from 38 ancient individuals from the Eastern Baltic, Russia and Scandinavia to analyse gene flow throughout the Mesolithic and Bronze Age.
Researchers looked at the genomes of several hundred people who lived before, during and after the last ice age
Genetic sequencing conducted by Cambridge University suggests a group of ancient hunter-gatherers are a 'fourth strand' in Europe's ancient lineage.
Distribution maps of autosomal DNA in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Samples from the Tanzanian Hadza group included species previously unknown to science.
Blood relations and kinship were not all-important for the way hunter-gatherer communities lived during the Stone Age in Western Europe. A new genetic study, conducted at several well-known French Stone Age burial sites, shows that several distinct families lived together. This was probably a deliberate system for avoiding inbreeding.
Slavery is an ignominious fact of history. Historically it was also well-nigh universal. I know you've heard otherwise, but its universality is simply
Check out this site for interesting facts about the Abenaki tribe. Food, clothing, homes, weapons and culture of the Abenaki people. Interesting facts about the Abenaki nation of the Northeast woodland group.
Explore the science-backed insights on the paleo diet. Uncover its benefits, myths, and decide if going 'caveman' aligns with modern nutritional wisdom.
The goddess Gerd, the mistress of the fertility god Frey. Gerd is a giantess who Frey deeply desires and eventually persuades to meet with him in a barley field. A number of meanings have been applied to the myth. Gerd's name means 'fenced enclosure' and is related to the modern English word 'garden'. She is shown her representing the transition from hunter-gatherer living to agriculture.
Westerners have a less-diverse gut microbiome compared to hunter-gatherers, but how and why these microbe collections diverged has largely remained a mystery. Now, researchers reporting February 25 in Cell Reports describe an intermediate gut microbiome from the Central African Republic's Bantu community, a traditional population that incorporates some westernized lifestyle practices. The discovery offers insight into what factors may drive our microbiome differences, which are thought to be linked to metabolic disorders in western populations.
Professor Tim Spector, from King's College London, has called for westerners to adopt a more traditional diet after spending three days eating with tribes people in Tanzania.
With more than 200,000 members living in Canada, The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations in North America.
Anthropologist James Suzman has lived with one of the last groups of hunter-gatherers. And it's made him rethink his perspective on the Western lifestyle.
The elegant and mysterious design of hieroglyphics have captured our imagination for thousands of years. They remained undeciphered and silent for centuries until the Rosetta Stone was discovered in the 18th century, and we could finally hear the voices of the ancient Egyptians. This list includes interesting facts about Egyptian hieroglyphs covering everything from their
Alexander Immel et al. performed genome-wide analyses of 42 individuals from a collective burial in Niedertiefenbach, Germany from the Wartberg Culture. The authors find that this population had a large hunter-gatherer ancestry component and a distinct HLA pool, which indicates immune defenses against viral pathogens.
THOMAS TJAPALTJARRI (Tamlik) TITLE: TINGARI ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 69CM X 69CM THOMAS HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED REF#TT287 DOB: c1964, Lake Mackay, Gibson Desert, Western Australia Language: Pintupi Dreaming’s: Tingari Thomas and his family were a group of nine family members who lived a traditional hunter gatherer life in the Gibson Desert until 1984. Named the ‘Pintupi Nine’, ‘The Lost Tribe’ or the ‘The Last Nomads’ by the press they were not happy with being called the Lost Tribe as they were not lost, just separated from family who were relocated into existing aboriginal settlements away from the conducting missile testing in the Western Desert Area but the Pintupi Nine were overlooked. The Pintupi Nine consisted of two mothers, Nanyanu and Papalanyanu along with four brothers, Warlimpirrnga, Walala, Tamlik (Thomas) and Yari Yari and three sisters; Yardi, Yikultji and Tjakaria. Unfortunately, their father passed away. Several years after emerging from the desert Thomas, Warlimpirrnga, Walala, Yukultji and Yalti started painting. Thomas paints Tingari Stories using traditional dot style to create simplistic geometric designs which is a technique shared with other Pintupi artists such as George Ward Jungurrayi. Aboriginal artists often create paintings that consist of multiple layers of meanings. Often those meanings are not shared with outsiders (the uninitiated). The Tingari Cycle from what we understand is a series of sacred and mythological ceremonies describing the journeys of their ancestors in Tjkurrpa (dreamtime). Thomas’s works have been exhibited locally and internationally and can be found in private and public galleries world-wide. This painting was purchased directly from Thomas and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.
Old Walter Tjampitjinpa was one of the founding members of the Western desert Aboriginal art movement. In the early part of his career he painted on
Check out this site for interesting facts and information about the Coeur d'Alene tribe. Food, clothing, homes, weapons and culture of the Coeur d'Alene Plateau Native Indians. Information and interesting facts about the Coeur d'Alene nation.
Old Walter Tjampitjinpa was one of the founding members of the Western desert Aboriginal art movement. In the early part of his career he painted on
Populations of hunter-gatherers weathered Ice Age in apparent isolation in Caucasus mountain region for millennia, later mixing with other ancestral
This book is a story about a personal search for the 'natural' and for living 'in nature'. The author is an ethnobotanist who has studied foraging practices in many parts of the world, including Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, China and Laos, as well as experimented with living as a primitive hunter-gatherer in his land in the Polish Carpathians. He describes his own experiences, the lives of various hunter-gatherer groups reported by scientific literature, and stories of friends who are also in search of closer contact with nature. This book is probably the most comprehensive attempt to capture the journey to being 'natural' performed by so many members of rich Western societies. The best way to do this subject justice is neither to resort to a completely informal or to a completely formal scientific form. The book thus is reminiscent of a pile of scattered notes, a silva rerum, a diary. Some chapters are strictly scientific, even with citations and footnotes, some are the kind of stories you would hear an elder tells round a bonfire. Primitive hunter-gatherers mix with survivalists, hippies, naturists, lovers of psychedelia, suburban hunters, mushroom pickers, beggars, post-modern foragers, scientists, health-food freaks and people walking around shopping malls. | Author: Lukasz Luczaj | Publisher: Independently published | Publication Date: January 01, 2020 | Number of Pages: 218 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1713423995 | ISBN-13: 9781713423997
