human migration

Key to migration of prehistoric man

harminka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:03:36 -0500

The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology believes on the basis of findings at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov archaeological site in Israel.

Y chromosome study sheds light on Athapaskan migration to southwest US

harminka — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:58:36 -0500

A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the southwestern United States.

New research forces U-turn in population migration theory

harminka — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:27:43 -0500

Research led by the University of Leeds has discovered genetic evidence that overturns existing theories about human migration into Island Southeast Asia (covering the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysian Borneo) - taking the timeline back by nearly 10,000 years.

New statistical method reveals surprises about our ancestry

harminka — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:02:04 -0500

A statistical approach to studying genetic variation promises to shed new light on the history of human migration.

Mummy lice found in Peru may give new clues about human migration

harminka — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:54:32 -0600

Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of America’s earliest humans, a new University of Florida study suggests.

Migrants of China stay put in Guangdong

seher — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:53:42 -0600

More than 12.5 million migrant workers have been persuaded to stay in Guangdong province for Spring Festival, the local labor department said yesterday.

New ideas about human migration from Asia to Americas

harminka — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:20:42 -0500

Questions about human migration from Asia to the Americas have perplexed anthropologists for decades, but as scenarios about the peopling of the New World come and go, the big questions have remained. Do the ancestors of Native Americans derive from only a small number of “founders” who trekked to the Americas via the Bering land bridge? How did their migration to the New World proceed? What, if anything, did the climate have to do with their migration? And what took them so long?

Ecology in an era of globalization

harminka — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:00:54 -0500

In a special issue, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment explores ecology in an era of globalization, looking at the impacts of human migration, production systems, and invasive species on ecosystems and people throughout North, Central, and South America. Scientists from throughout the Americas gathered last year in Merida Mexico and held a conference on this very topic. The following are highlights from the meeting, including more extensive work done since the event.