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• Rethinking the social structure of ancient Eurasian nomads

  Michael Frachetti The main focus of his research is on the dynamic strategies of pastoral nomadic societies living in the steppe region, mountains, and deserts of Central and Eastern Eurasia. His work centres primarily on pastoralism in the Bronze Age ( 3500-1000BC), which is intricately tied to questions of social and economic interaction between regional populations across Central Asia at that time. (...)

• Right-handedness prevailed 500,000 years ago

  Source: University of Kansas. Right-handedness is a distinctively human characteristic, with right-handers outnumbering lefties nine-to-one. But how far back does right-handedness reach in the human story? Researchers have tried to determine the answer by looking at ancient tools, prehistoric art and human bones, but the results have not been definitive. Now, David Frayer, professor of anthropology at the (...)
• 27 January 2011 – Tajikistan toughens marriage rules between foreigners and Tajik women
• 14 January 2011 – Effective use of power in the Bronze Age societies of Central Europe
• 1 December 2010 – Kurds decide to speak Kurdish in Turkey’s public sphere
• 28 November 2010 – Chinese villagers descended from Scythians
• 8 November 2010 – Beer lubricated the rise of civilization, study suggests
• 1 November 2010 – Kalash’s “uncrowned queen” at centre of funds probe
• 3 November 2009 – Lack of continuity between Neolithic hunter-gatherers and contemporary Scandinavians
• 28 October 2009 – Oldest known granaries predate agriculture
• 11 September 2009 – Yazidis face marriage crisis
• 10 July 2009 – New insights into Iran’s past: landlord villages of the Tehran plain