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Stone Age Cave Symbols May All Be Part of a Single Prehistoric Proto-Writing System 11 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 31 3223
Ancient civilization sacrificed more than 100 of their children to stop bad weather, say archaelogis 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 1181
'A big jump': People might have lived in Australia twice as long as we thought 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1381
Maya ritual cave 'untouched' for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 15 1883
History's largest child sacrifice was a response to devastating weather, archaeologists say 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1432
Mystery of human skull defleshed and boiled by ancient farmers 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1388
Researchers uncover evidence of Indigenous aquaculture 3,500 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1134
This Is How Different Cultures Grieve With Food 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 1437
Searching for the ships Cortés burned before destroying the Aztecs 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1058
Ming Dynasty Skeletons Reveal Secrets of Foot-Binding 13 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Mar 2019 8 3488
A 2,000-year-old tattoo needle still has ink on the tip 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 1161
Human Generosity Study Shows Altruistic Societies Better Survive Hard Times 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1308
Students build woven pavilion to shade archaeologists in Peru's desert 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1299
Inca Ritual Baths Fed by Waterfall Reveals More of Its Secrets 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1286
Did Bronze Age Europeans Keep Foxes As Pets? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1139
Researchers Reaffirm Remains in Viking Warrior Tomb Belonged to a Woman 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 24 1850
The ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1251
Isotopes found in bones suggest Neanderthals were fresh meat eaters 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1216
Archaeologists discover Incan tomb in Peru 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 27 2841
Skeletons of elite members of mysterious ancient civilisation found 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1649
Skeleton of Teen Girl Found Buried Next to Mysterious Pyramid in Egypt 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1216
Seven moral rules found all around the world 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1697
Maya bones bring a lost civilization to life 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1125
Prehistoric Sailors May Be Responsible for Stonehenge, Other Megaliths 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1355
Underwater Archaeologists Find Surprising Artifacts from Major Roman Naval Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1529
Siberian Cave Findings Shed Light on Extinct Human Species 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Feb 2019 11 2198
DNA reveals early mating between Asian herders and European farmers 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1468
Indigenous Brazilians And Environmental Protection - Analysis 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1046
Mighty Warrior's Medieval Sword Pulled Triumphantly ... from Denmark Sewer 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 9 1602
A taste for fat may have made us human, says study 4 Kali Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1424

Anthropology Continued...

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The Lost World of the Maya is Finally Emerging From the Jungle 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1511
You Can Now Look At The Faces Of Some Of Britain's Earliest Inhabitants 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 16 1741
Homo sapiens or Denisovans? Who made stunning cave jewellery and artefacts up to 48,000 years ago? 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1262
MEET THE HOMO ERECTUS: WHAT OUR ANCESTORS ATE, LOOKED LIKE, AND MORE 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 7 1163
How seeing snakes in the grass helped primates to evolve 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1082
Vikings brought leprosy to Ireland 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1197
Archaeologists Have Discovered a Lost Metropolis in South Africa 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 11 1568
Neanderthals and Denisovans Shared a Siberian Cave for Thousands of Years, New Research Suggests 0 jpak Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1158
Clever, tech-savvy Neanderthals 'were long-distance killers' 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 8 1600
How capable were early hominins of crossing water? 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1321
Artificial Intelligence identifies unknown human ancestor 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 26 2770
Easter Island statues: mystery behind their location revealed 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 18 2523
11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1109
Human's ancient relative found in China has modern dental growth 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1096
New Heiltsuk website explores 6,000-year-old village 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1248
Rare Ancient Peruvian Death Mask Found Off Florida Coast 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 8 1266
Humans burdened cattle 6000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1003
3,000-Year-Old Tomb of King Tut Finally Restored 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 18 3122
The ancient tombs of Colombia's Tierradentro 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1295
Ancient Argyll glen hailed as Britain's answer to Egypt's famous Valley of Kings by TV anthropologis 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1694
How ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 11 1866
What happened to the ancient Mayan civilization? 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2018 Jan 2019 8 2870
Did the Vikings Think the Gods Were Watching Them? 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1393
Damage to Ancient Carving of Egyptian Couple Was Meant to Hurt Them in the Afterlife 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1217
Long-Hidden 'Pyramid' Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1538
The Gauls really did embalm the severed heads of enemies, research shows 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1308
A medieval woman's work left blue pigment on her teeth 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1413
Archaeologist debunks the myth of "the nearly naked Bushmen" 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1632
Sino-Egyptian joint archaeological team works to crack password to ancient Egypt 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1260
Decapitated bodies found in Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1355

Anthropology Continued...

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Seagrass Safeguards Human History 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1157
Skulls With 'Surfer's Ear' Suggest Ancient Pearl Divers in Panama 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 15 2301
Egypt uncovers intact 4,400-year-old pharaonic tomb near Giza pyramids 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1583
Archaeologists Identify Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America 3 left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1738
Giant "Ice House" discovered under the streets of Marylebone 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Jan 2019 9 2522
Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1516
'Little Foot' endocast reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1720
Search on for early man skeletons in Mt Kenya as ancient tools found 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1603
Lake Titicaca: Underwater museum brings hope to shores 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 1713
Egypt announces discovery of 4,400-year-old tomb 9 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 46 4108
'Spirits Won't Rest': DNA Links Ancient Bones to Living Aboriginal Australians 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1270
Some people have slightly squashed heads thanks to Neanderthal DNA 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1487
Ancient coloured 'pencil' up to 50,000 years old found in Siberia 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 21 1964
Prehistoric Cave Paintings Show That Ancient People Had Pretty Advanced Knowledge of Astronomy 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1820
We Just Got Evidence of a Mysterious New Species of Early Human Hiding in Plain Sight 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 12 1431
Sentinel Island's 'peace-loving' tribe had centuries of reasons to fear missionary 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1116
Artificial intelligence for studying the ancient human populations of Patagonia 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1034
New archaeological site revises human habitation timeline on Tibetan plateau 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1114
Did a new form of plague destroy Europe's Stone Age societies? 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 11 1168
Hey, that's our stuff: Maasai tribespeople tackle Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1080
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