: Prehistoric European Art . Walter Torbrugge.

PREHISTORIC PORTO RICAN PICTOGRAPHS By J. WALTER FEWKES

Not the least significant of the many survivals of a prehistoric race in the West Indies are rude pictures cut in rocks and called pictographs or petroglyphs.' A study of their forms, geographical distribution, and meaning is an important aid to our knowledge of the origin and development of Antillean culture; it affords valuable data bearing on the migration of the race and points the way back...

Prehistoric Art of the Alaskan Eskimo

Recording Prehistoric Rock-art: A Three Dimensional Approach

The Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project (NADRAP), a three year English Heritage funded project formally completed in July 2008, set out to pilot a meth­ odology for creating an index of around 1,500 known rock art panels located across two counties of the north-east of England. Principally using around 60 volunteers recruited from the local community, this would provide a georeferenced d...

Walter Ricciardi: vision, inspiration and leadership in European public health.

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A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages

The origins of Ashkenazi Jews remain highly controversial. Like Judaism, mitochondrial DNA is passed along the maternal line. Its variation in the Ashkenazim is highly distinctive, with four major and numerous minor founders. However, due to their rarity in the general population, these founders have been difficult to trace to a source. Here we show that all four major founders, ~40% of Ashkena...