microrobert
05-31-2012, 02:58 PM
Hereditary inequality dates back to the Stone Age
Hereditary inequality began over 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era, with new evidence showing that farmers buried with tools had access to better land than those buried without.
The research, carried out by archaeologists from the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford and Durham, is published in PNAS today [28 May].
By studying more than 300 human skeletons from sites across central Europe, Professor Alex Bentley and an international team of colleagues funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council uncovered evidence of differential land access among the first Neolithic farmers – the earliest such evidence yet found.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8537.html
Hereditary inequality began over 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era, with new evidence showing that farmers buried with tools had access to better land than those buried without.
The research, carried out by archaeologists from the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford and Durham, is published in PNAS today [28 May].
By studying more than 300 human skeletons from sites across central Europe, Professor Alex Bentley and an international team of colleagues funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council uncovered evidence of differential land access among the first Neolithic farmers – the earliest such evidence yet found.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8537.html