history
Gender-based division of labor 4,000 years ago
15.02.2021
A study of dental wear of 106 individuals of the Argaric culture buried in Castellón Alto (Granada, Spain) shows evidence of gender-based division of labour as early as 4,000 year agoThe evidence indicates that only women of the at El Argar culture used their anterior teeth to make threads and stringsThe study provides a better […]
The genome of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian wheat
14.08.2020
A study published in Nature Plants sequenced the genome of a 3000-year old wheatThe study was conducted by an international team of researchers including the University College London, the Natural History Museum (London) and the Centre of Research in Agricultural GenomicsThe research may pave the way towards more pest-resistant and cold-resistant wheat varieties The interconnection of […]