[image: Lake Suigetsu, Japan, also known as the “lake of miracles” by geologists globally] IMAGE: THE CALM LAKE HAS AN ABIOTIC AND UNDISTURBED LAKE BOTTOM THAT FAVORED THE ACCUMULATION OF ANNUALLY LAYERED SEDIMENTS FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS.view more CREDIT: PROFESSOR TAKESHI NAKAGAWA FROM RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY The development of agriculture was a landmark feat for modern humans. It marked the beginning of a sedentary lifestyle and development of “civilizations.” However, the environmental factors that drove this revolutionary change in how humans lived have been debated ... read more
New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn't really happen. You probably know this story, or a version of it: On Easter Island, the people cut down every tree, perhaps to make fields for agriculture or to erect giant statues to honor their clans. This foolish decision led to a catastrophic collapse, with only a few thousand remaining to witness the first European boats landing on their remote shores in 1722. But did the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island... read more
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL Volume 90% VIDEO: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY HAS DISCOVERED A CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC BROKE OUT IN THE EAST ASIA REGION MORE THAN 20,000 YEARS AGO, WITH TRACES OF THE OUTBREAK EVIDENT IN THE GENETIC MAKEUP... view more CREDIT: QUT Genome study reveals East Asian coronavirus epidemic 20,000 years ago An international study has discovered a coronavirus epidemic broke out in the East Asia region more than 20,000 years ago, with traces of the outbreak evident in the genetic makeup of people from that area. Profe... read more
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HEADQUARTERS Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL [image: IMAGE] IMAGE: GEOGRAPHICAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF NEWLY SAMPLED INDIVIDUALS view more CREDIT: IVPP A joint research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sequenced the ancient genomes of 31 individuals from southern East Asia, thus unveiling a missing piece of human prehistory. The study was published in *Cell* on June 24. Prof. FU's team used DNA capture techniques to retrieve ancien... read more
[image: IMAGE] IMAGE: THE VIEW OF TE KAIWHAKATERE O TE RAKI LOOKING OUTWARD ACROSS THE ROSS ICE SHELF.view more CREDIT: © A SHORT SCAN OF MĀORI JOURNEYS TO ANTARCTICA / *JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND* Indigenous Māori people may have set eyes on Antarctic waters and perhaps the continent as early as the 7th century, new research published in the peer-reviewed *Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand*shows. Over the last 200 years, narratives about the Antarctic have been of those carried out by predominantly European male explorers. However, this new study un... read more
[image: IMAGE] IMAGE: NINE EXAMPLES OF DOMESTICATED *BRASSICA RAPA*, A SINGLE SPECIES THAT HUMANS HAVE BRED INTO ROOT VEGETABLES LIKE TURNIPS, LEAFY GREENS LIKE BOK CHOY AND OIL SEEDS.view more CREDIT: ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX MCALVAY Delicious to some, but a bitter bane to others' taste buds, vegetables like broccoli rabe, bok choy and turnips are a dinner staple ---and picky eater conflict --- around the world. It all likely started in the mountains near present-day Afghanistan, where humans first domesticated turnips 3,500 to 6,000 years ago, according to a new study recently ... read more
[image: IMAGE] IMAGE: THE EXCAVATION SITE SU-RE IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE MOUNT EVEREST-CHO OYU MASSIF (ON THE LEFT) IN THE SO-CALLED TINGRI GRABEN AT AN ELEVATION OF 4,450 METERS.... view more CREDIT: LUKE GLIGANIC Stone tools have been made by humans and their ancestors for millions of years. For archaeologists these rocky remnants - lithic artefacts and flakes - are of key importance. Because of their high preservation potential they are among the most common findings in archaeological excavations. Worldwide, numerical dating of these lithic artefacts, especially w... read more
Study sheds light on population history of northern east Asia
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HEADQUARTERS Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL [image: IMAGE] IMAGE: GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF NEWLY SAMPLED AND PUBLISHED POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN EAST ASIA view more CREDIT: MAO ET AL., 2021 A study led by research groups of Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. ZHANG Hucai from Yunnan University covers the largest temporal transect of population dynamics in East Asia so far and offers a clearer picture of th... read more
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