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Scientists using ancient poop to track human migration
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are pioneering the use of chemicals found in human waste to track the movements of ancient people. According to Time magazine, Dr. Rob D’Anjou and his team used ancient fecal matter recovered from the Arctic Lake Liland in Norway to piece together a…
Ancient skull discovery pushes back clock on early human migration
CHICAGO — An ancient skull discovered in a cave in Laos has pushed back the clock on human migration to Southeast Asia by as much as 20,000 years, a study published Monday has found. The skull discovered in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos is the oldest modern human fossil…
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