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An overview of the latest research outputs from the global tropics. Please get in touch with us if you are interested in adding a summary of your latest research news to Pantropica.

Multidisciplinary research reveals prehistoric human management of a resilient tropical forest-mangrove landscape in Vietnam
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Multidisciplinary research reveals prehistoric human management of a resilient tropical forest-mangrove landscape in Vietnam

Posted on July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 by Rachael Holmes

Southeast Asia harbours the world’s most diverse and extensive mangroves, and northern Vietnam hosts a large proportion of the region’s mangrove plants. These habitats can…

From the First Farmers to the Spanish Empire: 4000 years of animal and plant introductions to the Philippine Archipelago
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From the First Farmers to the Spanish Empire: 4000 years of animal and plant introductions to the Philippine Archipelago

Posted on July 17, 2020January 19, 2021 by Noel Amano

The Philippine Archipelago is home to some of the world’s richest biodiversity, including some 20,000 plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world.…

Revisiting the Milpa Cycle and the Myth of Mayan Collapse in Anabel Ford’s “The Maya Forest”
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Revisiting the Milpa Cycle and the Myth of Mayan Collapse in Anabel Ford’s “The Maya Forest”

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 by Maximillian Findley

The Collapse of the Classic Maya, like the collapse of Rapa Nui’s society, has almost become a byword for environmental degradation. The theory, rapidly summarized,…

Genomic history and ecology of the geographic spread of rice
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Genomic history and ecology of the geographic spread of rice

Posted on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 by Robert Patalano

Recent research published by Gutaker et al. in Nature Plants reconstructs the history of rice dispersal in Asia using whole-genome sequences of more than 1,400…

Discovery of Oldest Bow and Arrow Technology in Eurasia
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Discovery of Oldest Bow and Arrow Technology in Eurasia

Posted on June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 by Patrick Roberts

New archaeological research demonstrates earliest projectile technology in the tropical rainforests of Sri Lanka The origins of human innovation have traditionally been sought in the…

New Book: ‘Tropical Forests in Prehistory, History, and Modernity’
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New Book: ‘Tropical Forests in Prehistory, History, and Modernity’

Posted on June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 by Patrick Roberts

In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with ‘nature’ and ‘wilderness’, battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the unrelenting industrial and…

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finestone_emmaEmma Finestone@finestone_emma·
4 Mar

Check out our newest episode of #ArchaeoChats with guest Dr. Emmanuel Ndiema, Head of Archaeology at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi @museumsofkenya. I was especially excited for this episode and @endiema did not disappoint! Link to watch below:

https://youtu.be/2QGVXApSNVc

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RobertPatalanoRobert Patalano@RobertPatalano·
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There is a new episode of #ArchaeoChats with Dr. Emmanuel Ndiema (@endiema) of the @museumsofkenya. Remember you can now listen to the podcast on ⚓ (https://anchor.fm/archaeochats) and continue to watch the interviews on @YouTube or at the @MPI_SHH website (https://www.shh.mpg.de/1861599/archaeochats).

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RobertPatalanoRobert Patalano@RobertPatalano·
26 Feb

Its #FieldworkFriday again! Here is a markup of bed displacement due to faulting at Oldupai's Second Fault. On the left (hanging wall), all beds except Naisiusiu are exposed, on the right (foot wall), only the Bed I lavas and Beds I-III are visible. Mount Lemagrut in the back.

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MPI_SHHMPI-SHH Jena@MPI_SHH·
25 Feb

Rainforests in Australia Were Shaped by Millennia of Aboriginal Land Management - In a new paper, an intl. team of scientists join with Traditional Owners of Queensland’s Wet Tropics to demonstrate the region's ecological, biological, and cultural heritage https://buff.ly/3ssAvsI

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RobertPatalanoRobert Patalano@RobertPatalano·
15 Feb

This is a great paper led by @PatrickLee246 on the Maasai of Oldupai Gorge! Paleoanths dig at Oldupai to uncover humanity's past. Maasai dig at Oldupai to withstand drought and have a future. Rarely are these two topics addressed together. Check it out!

https://sciencetechnologystudies.journal.fi/article/view/80516#.YCqMrvUGYPQ.twitter

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