Tag Archive for 'Europe'

This colorized scanning electron micrograph shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis, gram-positive bacteria that cause tuberculosis. Image credit: Ray Butler / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scientists Describe 7,000-Year-Old Case of Tuberculosis in Europe

Oct 31, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Hungary and the United Kingdom says tuberculosis was present in Europe as early as 7,000 years ago. This colorized scanning...

Handprints at the El Castillo cave, Spain. Image credit: University of Cantabria.

Paleolithic Cave Painters in Europe were Mostly Women, Researcher Says

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

Anthropologist Prof Dean Snow from Pennsylvania State University analyzing ochre-stenciled handprints in Paleolithic caves in France and Spain has determined...

This photograph shows soldiers of the Eight nations alliance in 1900. British and also American soldiers are taller than continental European and Asian soldiers. Left-to-right: Britain, United States, Australian, British India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.

European Men Grow Four Inches in Century, Says Researcher

Sep 4, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study by Prof Timothy Hatton from the University of Essex and the Australian National University in Canberra, the average height of...

Around 4600 BC prehistoric Europeans acquired pigs whose coat might have looked similar to that of this modern-day Bentheimer pig (Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes).

Mesolithic Europeans Owned Domestic Pigs as Early as 6600 Years Ago

Aug 28, 2013 by News Staff

European hunter-gatherers began farming pigs around 4600 BC, according to an international team of researchers led by Dr Ben Krause-Kyora from the Christian-Albrechts...

Europeans Used Spices at least 7000 Years Ago, Study Shows

Aug 22, 2013 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from UK, Denmark, Germany and Spain have found evidence of the use of spices in European cuisine around 5,000 BC. Garlic mustard...

Left: Neolithic hulled barley grain from Koufovouno (Amy Bogaard et al). Right: partial ear of naked barley from Hornstaad-Hoernle, south-west Germany (Ian Cartwright / Oxford University)

European Neolithic Farmers Used Fertilizers 8,000 Years Ago, Study Shows

Jul 16, 2013 by News Staff

According to an international team of researchers led by Dr Amy Bogaard from the University of Oxford, Europe’s first farmers manured and watered...

This image shows phylogenetic network of 39 prehistoric mitochondrial genomes sorted into two groupings - Early Neolithic, left, and Mid-to-Late Neolithic, right. Node colors represent archaeological cultures. LBK - Linear Pottery Culture (Paul Brotherton et al)

DNA Study Reveals Genetic History of Europe

Apr 24, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA recovered from human remains dating from up to 5,500 BC to reconstruct the first detailed genetic...

Farming Arrived in Europe with Asian Migrants, Isotopic Study Reveals

Feb 13, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Strontium isotope data from the Danube Gorges in the north-central Balkan show Europe’s first farmers were immigrants. “One of the big questions...

First European Cheese May Have Been Made Around 5,000 BC

Dec 13, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists led by University of Bristol’s biogeochemist Prof Richard Evershed say they have evidence that humans in prehistoric Europe were making cheese...

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