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Into the unknown mountains of Cambodia: rare birds, rice wine, and talk of tigers

Howie Nielsen 14 Mar 2013

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

Traditional belief in mythical beasts help protect forests

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2012

Madagascar originally colonized by small group of Indonesians

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Prehistoric Peruvians enjoyed popcorn

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2012

Giant snakes commonly attacked modern hunter-gatherers in Philippines

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2011

Evidence mounts that Maya did themselves in through deforestation

Jeremy Hance 8 Dec 2011

Scientists confirm ancient Egyptian knowledge: Nile crocodile is two species

Jeremy Hance 20 Sep 2011

Better protection of cultural heritage sites could generate $100B in poor countries

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2010

Kesenjangan adat istiadat tradisional antara muda versus tua di Tana Toraja Indonesia

Oleh Tina Butler, Tina Butler 19 Jun 2010

Destructive farming practices of early civilization may have altered climate long before industrial era

Jeremy Hance 31 Aug 2009

New Amazonian reserve saves over a million acres in Peru

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2009

Examining monkey tools: archaeology expands to include non-human primates

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Aug 2009

African pygmies diverged from other humans 60,000 years ago

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2009

Chocolate has been a delicacy north of Mexico for a thousand years

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2009

European conquest of the Americas may have driven global cooling

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2008

Rural depopulation to have biodiversity impacts

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2008

Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Aug 2008

Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2008

Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Amazon conservation Team wins “Innovation in conservation Award” for path-breaking work with Amazon tribes

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2007

New theory on the evolution of pygmies

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2007

A comprehensive look at the use of animals in Brazilian medicine

Jeremy Hance 10 Dec 2007

Amazon rainforest children to get medicinal plant training from shamans

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2007

Missing link between humans and apes possibly discovered

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Chocolate first used more than 3100 years ago

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Climate change drove human evolution

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2007

Crop domestication originated in compost piles

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2007

Failing water supply destroyed lost city of Angkor Wat

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2007

Asians played larger role in colonization of Europe than Africans

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2007

Killers of renowned anthropologist sentenced in Brazil

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2007

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