Ancient communities transformed the Amazon thousands of years ago, farming in a way which has had a lasting impact on the rainforest, a major new study shows. Farmers had a more profound effect on the
<p>The Old World farming system arose in the semi-arid Mediterranean environments of southwest Asia. Pioneer farmers settling the interior of the Balkans by the early sixth millennium BC were among the
Trade and social networking helped our Homo sapiens ancestors survive a climate-changing volcanic eruption 40,000 years ago, giving hope that we will be able to ride out global warming by staying interconnected,
<p>How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefits? This paper uses archival data from colonial India to investigate the impact of India’s vast
Geologists studying volcanic activity have uncovered new evidence about the drying up of the Mediterranean Sea 5.96 million years ago We already know that climate change has a hold on the earth's surface
Two seminal books, John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York’s The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth and John Bellamy Foster’s The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet
HYDERABAD: Hayatnagar today is a congested suburb of Hyderabad, notorious for chaotic traffic, high vehicular and dust pollution, poor water quality, and badly maintained roads. Its location on the arterial
<p>Modern wheat, which underlies the diet of many across the globe, has a long history of selection and crosses among different species. Avni et al. used the Hi-C method of genome confirmation capture
Rabat – Deep in the earth at the Jebel Irhoud (100 km west of Marrakech), scientists have discovered a 300,000-year-old human fossil shaking accepted theories of where and when our species evolved. Zoom
Ancient Egyptians grew crops including wheat, barley, and vegetables The Oxford encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt The beginning of agriculture changed human history and has fascinated scholars for centuries.
