(CN) — A founder event — the formation of a new population from a small number of ancestral individuals — can be set off by a dramatic reduction of the original group or migration. These events ...

Ancient bones pulled from the soil of central South America are rewriting what I thought I knew about the peopling of the continent. Genetic work on 8,500 year old remains has revealed a distinct ...

The Plant Population Ecology (PPE) section of ESA was formally established in 1994. Diane L. Marshall (University of New Mexico) was the founding member of the PPE section. As recounted by Diane, the ...

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

The Cahokia Mounds along the Mississippi River in Illinois is the site of the largest pre-Colombian Native American city built in the United States. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, painting by ...

An international team of researchers from Germany, Georgia, Armenia, and Norway has analyzed ancient DNA from 230 individuals across 50 archaeological sites from Georgia and Armenia. Within the ...

Hurricane Ian barreled ashore with winds of up to 150 mph on Florida’s Southwest Coast on September 28, 2022. The storm’s powerful winds and torrential rains reduced entire communities to rubble, ...