A careful measurement of isotope ratios in animals’ teeth could offer a new way to closely track their movements, according to a recent study that showed how the approach would work in Mongolian sheep and goat herds. Tooth enamel … Continue reading
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How an animal’s teeth can reveal where it’s been
Categories: Agriculture | Animal Behavior | Anthropology | Chemistry | Ecology | Journal Club
Tagged archaeology, enamel, forensic science, isotopes, paleoecology, strontium, teeth
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Pollen frozen in a glacier reveals the legacy of human impacts in the heart of the Inca Empire
The Illimani glacier sits between the urban sprawl of La Paz, Bolivia, on one side, and the roads and plantations of the Amazon basin on the other. It was no doubt a very different landscape some 550 years ago, when … Continue reading
Categories: Anthropology | Ecology | Journal Club
Tagged Amazon, Andes, glacier, ice core, Inca, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, pollen analysis
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