Environmental History

Europe Was Not Covered By Dense Forest Before The Arrival Of Modern Humans

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European landscape

Europe Was Not Covered By Dense Forest Before The Arrival Of Modern Humans For decades, we believed that outside ice ages Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans. Now, a new study shows that there was far more open and semi-open vegetation than conventionally expected. Textbooks on biology and … Read more

Researchers Successfully Extract Ancient DNA From 2,900-Year-Old Clay Brick

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Clay Brick

Researchers Successfully Extract Ancient DNA From 2,900-Year-Old Clay Brick For the first time, researchers have been able to extract DNA fragments from an ancient clay brick, demonstrating how these building blocks from times long past could be used to catalog flora found in the environment at the time. When this brick was made some 2,900 years ago … Read more