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DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton reveals a hidden ancient fusion

Buried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome that ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

The Fertile Crescent, explained

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University ...
Science Daily

Prehistoric genomes from the world's first farmers in the Zagros mountains reveal different Neolithic ancestry for Europeans and South Asians

Populations in the ancient Fertile Crescent are the ancestors of modern day South Asians but not of Europeans, new research shows. The earliest farmers from the Zagros mountains in Iran, i.e., the ...
The Aspen Times

The ‘Fertile Crescent’ of Preserved Land in the Midvalley

As a steady stream of vehicles whooshed by on Highway 82 one recent morning, Two Roots Farm workers buzzed around at a variety of tasks in an enclave tucked behind the old Emma schoolhouse. The ...
Scientific American

Climate Change Has Worsened Drought in the Fertile Crescent

CLIMATEWIRE | The Middle East's Fertile Crescent is experiencing one of the most severe droughts in its history — and climate change has made it worse. Rising temperatures, driven by human greenhouse ...