: Prehistoric Man in Northern Europe . Gene Feldman.

Symbolism in prehistoric man.

The aptitude for symbolization, characteristic of man, is revealed not only in artistic representations and funerary practices. It is exhibited by every manifestation of human activity or representation of natural phenomena that assumes or refers to a meaning. We can recognize functional symbolism (tool-making, habitative or food technology), social symbolism, (language and social communication...

Prehistoric Man in the High Country: The Archaeology of the Northern Tetons

The prehistoric and preindustrial deforestation of Europe

Humans have transformed Europe’s landscapes since the establishment of the first agricultural societies in the mid-Holocene. The most important anthropogenic alteration of the natural environment was the clearing of forests to establish cropland and pasture, and the exploitation of forests for fuel wood and construction materials. While the archaeological and paleoecological record documents th...

Bluetongue in northern Europe.

This publication was also sponsored by the European Commission (Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General), the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp the Notre-Dame de la Paix University Faculties of Namur, the Federal Public Service of Public Health, Food Chain Security and Environment, Brussels and the Federal Agency for the...

Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I reveals distinct domains of prehistoric gene flow in europe.

To investigate which aspects of contemporary human Y-chromosome variation in Europe are characteristic of primary colonization, late-glacial expansions from refuge areas, Neolithic dispersals, or more recent events of gene flow, we have analyzed, in detail, haplogroup I (Hg I), the only major clade of the Y phylogeny that is widespread over Europe but virtually absent elsewhere. The analysis of...