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First Human Figurine of the Mesolithic Era (Circa 9000 Years Old) Discovered in Azerbaijan's Damjili Cave 5 Judi Lynn Yesterday 22 hrs ago 22 481

Sophistication of Bronze Age settlement revealed 1 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 12 337

The forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation 0 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 11 343

The fossil skull found by an Australian that rocked the world 1 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 17 720

Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 27 688

Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals 0 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 13 380

Study of over 1,000 sites suggests inequality emerged long after agriculture 0 cbabe Wednesday Wednesday 6 331

Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Apr 13 8 498

Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 13 10 430

American man who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India 10 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 13 14 897

Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 8 428

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 7 347

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 6 360

European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 9 473

Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 355

Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 465

6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 29 972

There Might Be Something Human in the Way Bonobos Communicate--Their Calls Share a Key Trait With Our Language, Study Sug 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 12 421

Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 378

The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 15 325

Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 11 326

Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 3 Apr 6 15 489

Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 29 Mar 29 6 388

A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 9 526

The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 12 528

Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 15 614

Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 14 515

2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 22 Mar 22 11 581

The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of 7 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 19 803

Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 26 626

Anthropology Continued...

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An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 15 627

'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 15 Mar 18 6 461

Researchers use AI to unearth a 5,000-year-old civilization beneath the world's largest desert. But how? 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 3 466

2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine 3 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 43 1517

Human Presence in Europe Dates Back 1.4 Million Years, Stone Tools Reveal 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 9 379

'Indigenous Whispers' project aims to honor Miami's Native American heritage with historical trail 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 1 252

Crucial Feature of Human Language Emerged More Than 135,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 11 412

Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 13 547

New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 6 391

Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 muriel_volestrangler Mar 11 Mar 11 12 581

Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 9 398

Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 4 289

Yup'ik masks: Carvings depicting distorted spirits' faces dreamed up by shamans in Alaska 2 Judi Lynn Mar 3 Mar 3 12 501

The World's Largest Pyramid Site Isn't in Egypt and It's Twice the Size. 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2 Mar 2 29 1166

20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 35 1393

An Egyptian Temple Reborn 1 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 11 388

Lidar Reveals Sacred Roads Near Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 5 440

'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough 0 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 20 580

An ancient human lineage roamed Europe's frozen tundra for nearly 80 generations. Then they died out. 13 Judi Lynn Feb 26 Feb 26 69 2275

Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Feb 26 Feb 26 10 611

How old is Norse mythology? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 9 637

Archaeologists may have found second tomb of mysterious Egyptian pharaoh 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 7 463

The Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 11 581

1,300 Years Old Medieval Flush Toilet Discovered in South Korea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 6 464

Cave Bones in Britain Point to a 4,000-Year-Old Massacre So Brutal It May Have Included Cannibalism 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 7 661

First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's 3 Wicked Blue Feb 19 Feb 22 8 730

Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language 0 Wicked Blue Feb 20 Feb 20 7 2405

Are We Still Primitive? How Ancient Survival Instincts Shape Modern Power Struggles 4 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 8 559

Malta's Megalithic Structures Among the Oldest and Most Mysterious 4 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 34 1131

Archaeologist assures that spiritual tourism in Egypt's archaeological sites is not 'demonic' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 7 418

Anthropology Continued...

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Ancient remains found in Co Derry bog 'likely to belong to young woman' who lived 2,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 15 943

Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon that aligns with the winter solstice 0 Judi Lynn Feb 19 Feb 19 8 404

Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Orange Peels to Pine to Incense 0 Onthefly Feb 18 Feb 18 1 340

Gruesome evidence of cannibalism in Poland 18,000 years ago 5 Judi Lynn Feb 15 Feb 15 6 573

Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols 2 Judi Lynn Feb 15 Feb 15 11 683

Archaeologists Uncover a 3,800-Year-Old Hexagonal Pyramid--Unlike Anything Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Feb 13 Feb 13 11 766

Massive Ancient Greek Defensive Wall Unearthed in Croatia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 8 486

People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 5 581

Ancient Europeans ate the brains of their dead enemies 18,000 years ago, researchers discover 6 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 5 576

Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks 0 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 13 606

The Silurian Hypothesis Suggests An Advanced Civilization Lived On Earth Before Humans 3 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 7 687

Evidence of Humans Using Lava Tubes as 'Pit Stops' Found, Experts Say This "Could Fill In Gaps in the Archaeological Rec 0 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 8 505

Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition 2 SheltieLover Feb 5 Feb 5 9 655

1.5 Million-Year-Old Hand Axes and Seven Paleolithic Sites Discovered in Iraq's Western Desert 4 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 11 680

Taking a class on Native American Religions this Semester @ ASU... Both North/South Americas!!! So Aawesome! 4 FirstLight Jan 2025 Feb 3 3 528

Norway's Viking Societies Found to Be More Violent Than Denmark's 2 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 6 604

Warriors of the Roman Period May Have Used Narcotics Before Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 3 561

Oldest Evidence of Human-Caused Lead Pollution Dates from Over 5,000 Years Ago, Around the Aegean Sea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 0 413

4,800-Years-Old Neolithic Relics Discovered in Tibet 0 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 3 447

66-million-year-old vomit fossil discovered in Denmark 2 Wicked Blue Jan 27 Jan 28 1 591

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