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Supercomputer Simulates Neanderthal Extinction, Finds Humans Were to Blame for Our Ancient Relatives 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1040
Humans Colonized Polynesia Much Earlier Than Previously Thought 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 7 1097
Extinction: Maybe Cro-Magnon Wiped Out Neanderthals After All 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 995
The Ancient Practice of Child Labor Is Coming to Light 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1061
Corn connects many generations of Maya 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1225
4,000-year-old Skeleton in Crouching Position Leaves Archaeologists Puzzled 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 3 1128
Snapshots of human anatomy, locomotion, and behavior from Late Pleistocene footprints at Engare Sero 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 3 1155
Drowned Paleo-Agulhas Plain was an Eden for Early humans 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 8 1292
Hitting the Books: Uncovering ancient civilizations with a plane and a prayer 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1058
Scotland: 'Mind-blowing' ancient settlement found on hilltop 5 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 23 2166
Experts restore sphinxes in legendary Egypt's Karnak complex 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 18 1629
Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge 0 Jim__ May 2020 May 2020 9 1295
Two 'warrior women' from ancient Mongolia may have helped inspire the Ballad of Mulan 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 1156
Our species might have reached Europe earlier than thought 5 left-of-center2012 May 2020 May 2020 4 1598
Ancient DNA reveals staying power of early people of the Andes 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1391
In Groundbreaking Find, Three Kinds of Early Humans Unearthed Living Together in South Africa 9 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 40 3440
Stone Tools Show How Humans Survived a Supervolcano Eruption 74,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 8 1240
Well worth the time reading, for anyone unacquainted with ancient (3,000 B.C.) S.American societies. 12 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 May 2020 5 4644
The possessive investment in guns: towards a material, social, and racial analysis of guns 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1095
New technologies virtually reconstruct the pre-hispanic city of Tingambato 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1128
Rediscovering a path to the Milky Way through archaeology 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 4 1179
Historic statue unearthed at Cambodia's Angkor 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1021
Genomic history of ancient Andean civilisations analysed 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1037
Demographic expansion of several Amazonian archaeological cultures by computer simulation 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 959
INAH archaeologists locate a Post-Classical Mayan village in Mahahual, Quintana Roo 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 0 933
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 910
Ancient Mongol warrior women may have inspired legend of Mulan 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1068
Study: Amazonian Regions were Agricultural Landscapes Some 10,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 May 2020 4 1162
The personal stories of 3 enslaved Africans, as told by their bones 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1277
World's oldest human DNA found in 800,000-year-old tooth of a cannibal 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 May 2020 5 1244

Anthropology Continued...

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4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park 3 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 14 1284
How Medieval People Tried to Dance Away the Plague 4 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 9 1143
During tough times, ancient 'tourists' sought solace in Florida oyster feasts 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 906
Deformed 'alien' skulls offer clues about life during the Roman Empire's collapse 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 15 1669
Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1444
World's oldest string of yarn shows Neanderthals were smarter than we thought 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1633
Speed Bump. (comic) 0 JohnnyRingo Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1630
Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1018
'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts 1 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1767
Skulls from the Yucatn Peninsula a Clue to Early American Settlers 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1097
LONDON might be 3,000 years older than previously believed. 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 12 1188
Discover Ozbaki hill that goes down 9,000 years in history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 5 1221
Humans Have Been Taking Out Insurance Policies for at Least 30,000 Years 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1212
A REAL-LIFE ATLANTIS EXISTED IN FLORIDA, AND IT WAS RULED BY FISH 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1600
Humans living in Amazon 10,000 years ago cultivated plants, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1352
Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2328
Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1910
Legendary 'Tree of Life' in New Mexico's Ancient Past Might Not Be What We Thought 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 16 1827
3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1511
EXCAVATION OF 3,400-YEAR-OLD BALLCOURT REWRITES THE ORIGIN OF AN ANCIENT, BRUTAL GAME 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1353
SOMEONE IN MEXICO HAD AN ANCIENT MAYAN KINGDOM BURIED IN THEIR BACKYARD 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 1628
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 13 1477
Archaeologists to dig up secrets of Roman amphitheatre in Kent 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1342
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 35 2349
Guatemala find reveals early Mayan writing 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1331
Bones Unearthed in English Church Likely Belong to Seventh-Century Saint 3 left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1459
Humans domesticated horses - new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1433
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest 'white road' in the Yucatan 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1323
'Astounding new finds' suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 40 4612
Hello kitty! Leopard face reconstructed from ancient Egyptian sarcophagus 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1079

Anthropology Continued...

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Humans get some of their knack for killing each other from the primate family tree, a new study says 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1924
Archaeologists use laser tech to reveal secrets of 100-km Maya road 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1244
Rice fossils show Cambodians' rice production dates back early Neolithic period 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 1152
New study results consistent with dog domestication during Ice Age 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1373
Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1222
World's oldest art under threat from cement mining in Indonesia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1105
Experts Discover a 'Shrine' of 15,000-Year-Old Animal Carvings and Mysterious Symbols in a Spanish C 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 44 4509
Ancient Humans in the Sahara Desert Were Feasting on Fish 10,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 10 1678
Ancient engraving of warrior with 'elaborate hairstyle' and 'pronounced butt' discovered in Scotland 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1535
Mass grave shows how Black Death devastated the countryside 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 14 1523
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 5 1138
What Mongolia's Dairy Farmers Have to Teach Us About the Hidden History of Microbes 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 12 1522
The earliest farmers of northwest China exploited grain-fed pheasants not chickens 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 8 1243
Researchers revise timing of Easter island's societal collapse 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 11 2074
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 963
Scientists find evidence of 'ghost population' of ancient humans 5 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 11 1739
Did We Kill Off Another Species of Humans Ten Thousand Years Ago? 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1945
ANCIENT HUMAN IQ CAN'T BE MEASURED IN THE BRAIN, BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE -- STUDY 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 15 1471
How Ancient Poop Debunked Myth of Native American Lost Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Feb 2020 14 1667
Museum of Natural History: Human Population 1 RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1471
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