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Huge Roman fort in Northumberland to be excavated in lottery-backed project 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 671
Chimpanzee nut cracking leaves telltale marks on stones, providing clues to human evolution 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 674
Mysterious ancient humans may have given people of Papua New Guinea an immune advantage 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 780
Earliest known evidence of Maya calendar in Guatemala 1 wnylib Dec 2022 Dec 2022 7 1217
Early Clovis points found in Michigan 0 wnylib Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 1080
Emperor king's top secret assassination letter finally decrypted after 500 years 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 897
EUROPE'S OLDEST MAP DATES BACK OVER 4,000 YEARS INTO THE BRONZE AGE 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 1163
How different the world would look now if Neanderthals had won 16 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 14 2135
An exceptional collection of stucco masks is preserved in the archaeological zone of Tonin, Chiapas 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 7 1026
Neanderthals Cooked Surprisingly Complex Meals 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 18 1090
Archaeologists Find 1,900-Year-Old Snacks in Sewers Beneath the Colosseum 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 999
Southeast Alaska village of Kake welcomes artifacts -- some over 200 years old -- back home 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 734
5,000-yr-old house ruins found in central China 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 858
Homo naledi may have lit fires in underground caves at least 236,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 933
Gold coin proves 'fake' Roman emperor was real 12 Wicked Blue Nov 2022 Dec 2022 35 3163
8 billion people: how different the world would look if Neanderthals had prevailed 9 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 1534
THE DEADLIEST MINING DISASTERS IN HISTORY 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 931
It turns out that chimpanzees and gorillas can form lasting friendships 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 1102
The Hero in the Labyrinth The Pioneering Work of Joseph Campbell 7 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 1276
This 2,000-Year-Old Inscription Changes Our Understanding of the Basque Language 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 11 1039
Child Who Lived 8,000 Years Ago May Have Been Buried With a Wolf 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 14 1123
THE COUNTRY OF SCOTLAND HAS OVER 400 DIFFERENT WAYS TO TALK ABOUT SNOW 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 969
Good intentions and missed opportunities: The educational experiences of young refugees 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 686
Jacques Ellul And The Idols Of Transhumanism - Analysis 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 786
Auckland Museum returns four taonga to Aboriginal people 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 715
Soon After Dinosaur Decimation, Our Primate Ancestors Began Pouncing on Prey 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 781
ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXPLORE MYSTERIOUS UNDERWATER CAIRNS AT LAKE CONSTANCE 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 1315
Cave yields Neanderthals find Fossilised bone fragments of a father, teenage daughter and other rela 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 11 1020
Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 18 1123
Cool leaf! Study records chimp showing off object in human-like way 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 1127

Anthropology Continued...

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Fossilized Fish Teeth Could Be Earliest Evidence of Cooking 2 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 1167
Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered - on a head-lice comb 2 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 8 1367
Did Ancient Humans Use Echolocation? 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 1344
Book Review: A Psychologist Plumbs the Cultural Roots of Emotion 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 936
Neanderthals: how a carnivore diet may have led to their demise 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 994
Ancient peoples in South America had both Denisovan and Neanderthal DNA -- and we have no clue how it 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 11 1446
Two Elko Residents Sentenced To Prison For Graffiti At Sacred White River Narrows Petroglyph Site 14 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 20 2545
Archaeologists discover nearly 3,000-year-old rock carvings in ancient city in Iraq 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 948
ANCIENT WATER SYSTEM UNCOVERED AT ROMAN STABIAE 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 864
100 years after Tutankhamun discovery new finds reveal more of ancient Egypt's secrets 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 24 1673
Human exceptionalism imposes horrible costs on other animals 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 819
Anthropologists Find New Ways Female Bones Are Permanently Altered After Giving Birth 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 1047
The Woman Who Saved Native Song 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 794
Rare medieval script discovered on stone carved by Scotland's 'Painted People' 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 17 1423
Prehistoric DNA Reveals Two Groups Migrated to the U.K. After the Last Ice Age 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 32 1650
Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden 3 sl8 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 7 1469
Russian asylum seekers who took a boat to Alaska are Indigenous Siberians. 6 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 1625
Neanderthal family life revealed by ancient DNA from Siberian cave 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 15 1627
This Interactive Map Shows Which Indigenous Lands You Live On 28 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 39 5066
Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1840
Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 1092
Neanderthals and modern humans may have copied each other's tools 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1254
Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1454
Neanderthal DNA might be linked to smoking, drinking, sleeping patterns in modern humans: study 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1293
'Rare' Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria 9 Wicked Blue Oct 2022 Oct 2022 9 1808
Ancient Amazonians, unknown until recently, built towering mounds and reshaped the landscape 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1846
What Do Stonehenge and Japanese Stone Circles Have in Common? 11 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 14 2013
Artificial Islands Around British Isles Were Used by Elites for Ancient Parties to Show Wealth and P 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Oct 2022 4 1732
Viking Women Were Power Weavers Whose Textiles Provided Vital Trade Across Europe, Researchers Say 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 1509
Study of Buddhist monks suggests celibacy can have surprising evolutionary advantages 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1701

Anthropology Continued...

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Beads show European trade in African interior used Indigenous routes 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 881
See the striking facial reconstruction of a Paleolithic woman who lived 31,000 years ago 9 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 44 4406
Artificial islands surrounding British Isles were used for ancient parties, archaeologists find 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 1021
A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin -- this time tracing back to 1000 B.C. 8 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 19 2272
Archaeologists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Structure Older Than Stonehenge or Pyramids of Giza 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 14 1523
What's the world's oldest civilization? 10 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 32 3307
Can we talk about modern Social Anthropology here? 14 Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 2367
Brochs: The mysterious circular symbols of Scotland 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 26 2280
Indigenous Sea Gardens Fed Communities, Preserved Ecosystems 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 8 1187
Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 1039
Chinese researchers discover world's earliest synthesized lead white cosmetics 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1174
twitter thread: example of architecture from every single country 5 BootinUp Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1538
Human Skin Didn't Always Fear The Sun, Not Until A Huge Change 10,000 Years Ago 6 Warpy Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 2277
World's Oldest Evidence of Surgical Amputation Lay Hidden For 31,000 Years 0 Warpy Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 1324
Indigenous Americans ruled democratically long before the U.S. did 5 DBoon Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 1552
"Ancient Civilizations of North America" free on Amazon Prime until 9/30/22....... 13 Jade Fox Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 3129
DNA STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON 'MISSING LINK' IN BIRTH OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES 10 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 10 2273
RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT 1,000-YEAR-OLD PAINTINGS EXCAVATED IN SUDAN 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Sep 2022 5 1112
Vast paleogenetic study reveals insights on migration, farming and language development 1 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1384
Scientists Amazed to Find 1,400-Year-Old Folding Chair in Woman's Grave 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 1242
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