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First Dogs in the Americas Arrived from Siberia, Disappeared after European Contact

First Dogs in the Americas Arrived from Siberia, Disappeared after European Contact

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A study reported in the journal Science offers an enhanced view of the origins and ultimate fate of the first dogs in the Americas. The dogs were not domesticated…

Jul 6, 2018Comments Off on First Dogs in the Americas Arrived from Siberia, Disappeared after European ContactRead More

Study Reveals 10,000 Years of Genetic Continuity in Northwest

Study Reveals 10,000 Years of Genetic Continuity in Northwest

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A study of the DNA in ancient skeletal remains adds to the evidence that indigenous groups living today in southern Alaska and the western coast of British…

Apr 4, 2017Comments Off on Study Reveals 10,000 Years of Genetic Continuity in NorthwestRead More

Decades-Old Amber Collection offers New Views of an Ancient World

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists are searching through a massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago, and the effort is yielding fresh insights…

Jul 30, 2014Comments Off on Decades-Old Amber Collection offers New Views of an Ancient WorldRead More

Study of Pipestone Artifacts Overturns a Century-Old Assumption

CHAMPAIGN, lll. — In the early 1900s, an archaeologist, William Mills, dug up a treasure-trove of carved stone pipes that had been buried almost 2,000 years earlier. Mills was the…

Dec 19, 2012Comments Off on Study of Pipestone Artifacts Overturns a Century-Old AssumptionRead More