Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumRace to save Alaskan Arctic archaeology (BBC)
By Nick Crumpton
BBC News, Aberdeen
A recently discovered 500-year-old Alaskan settlement is rapidly disappearing into the Bearing Sea.
The exquisitely preserved frozen site provides a spectacular insight into the Yup'ik Eskimo culture.
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen are using isotope analyses on recovered Eskimo hair to investigate how humans adapted to rapid climate change in the Arctic village.
The research was discussed at the British Science Festival.
The Yup'ik culture was one of the last contacted Eskimo societies, but prevailed over an area three times the size of Scotland.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19521091
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