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,…
Category: Research News
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.
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…
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…
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…