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Confronting the Confounding Cosmic Mind of Homo Sapiens 10 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 15 1242
An Ancient Puzzle Posed 2,500 Years Ago Now Has an Ingenious Solution 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 974
New Views of Neanderthal Are Reshaping Prehistory 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 872
Ancient Humans May Have Sailed The Mediterranean 450,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 16 927
Our top ancient archaeological discoveries of 2022 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 17 1035
Ukrainian troops uncover ancient Roman settlement while digging trenches in Kherson Oblast 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 11 866
11 ancient sites that are mysteriously aligned with the sun on the winter solstice, in photos. 10 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 35 2661
Homo Sapiens May Not Have Been the First Species to Use Fire 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 10 974
A Milanese friar mentions North America in 1345 text, 150 years before Columbus 12 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 25 2140
Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist 14 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 32 2817
Archaeologists identify 4,000-year-old shaman's toolkit near Stonehenge 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 28 1288
Oldest scene in world: 11,000-year-old wall relief near Gbeklitepe 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 15 984
Coloured portraits of mummies unearthed in EgyptArchaeologists Have Unearthed the First Full-Color P 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 700
Medieval ship found in Norway's biggest lake 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 11 848
Huge Roman fort in Northumberland to be excavated in lottery-backed project 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 526
Chimpanzee nut cracking leaves telltale marks on stones, providing clues to human evolution 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 506
Mysterious ancient humans may have given people of Papua New Guinea an immune advantage 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 637
Earliest known evidence of Maya calendar in Guatemala 1 wnylib Dec 2022 Dec 2022 7 976
Early Clovis points found in Michigan 0 wnylib Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 895
Emperor king's top secret assassination letter finally decrypted after 500 years 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 764
EUROPE'S OLDEST MAP DATES BACK OVER 4,000 YEARS INTO THE BRONZE AGE 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 863
How different the world would look now if Neanderthals had won 16 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 14 1261
An exceptional collection of stucco masks is preserved in the archaeological zone of Tonin, Chiapas 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 7 874
Neanderthals Cooked Surprisingly Complex Meals 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 18 891
Archaeologists Find 1,900-Year-Old Snacks in Sewers Beneath the Colosseum 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 798
Southeast Alaska village of Kake welcomes artifacts -- some over 200 years old -- back home 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 582
5,000-yr-old house ruins found in central China 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 688
Homo naledi may have lit fires in underground caves at least 236,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 760
Gold coin proves 'fake' Roman emperor was real 12 Wicked Blue Nov 2022 Dec 2022 35 2429
8 billion people: how different the world would look if Neanderthals had prevailed 9 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 1107

Anthropology Continued...

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THE DEADLIEST MINING DISASTERS IN HISTORY 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 753
It turns out that chimpanzees and gorillas can form lasting friendships 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 740
The Hero in the Labyrinth The Pioneering Work of Joseph Campbell 7 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 752
This 2,000-Year-Old Inscription Changes Our Understanding of the Basque Language 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 11 830
Child Who Lived 8,000 Years Ago May Have Been Buried With a Wolf 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 14 886
THE COUNTRY OF SCOTLAND HAS OVER 400 DIFFERENT WAYS TO TALK ABOUT SNOW 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 738
Good intentions and missed opportunities: The educational experiences of young refugees 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 540
Jacques Ellul And The Idols Of Transhumanism - Analysis 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 620
Auckland Museum returns four taonga to Aboriginal people 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 547
Soon After Dinosaur Decimation, Our Primate Ancestors Began Pouncing on Prey 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 646
ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXPLORE MYSTERIOUS UNDERWATER CAIRNS AT LAKE CONSTANCE 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 1105
Cave yields Neanderthals find Fossilised bone fragments of a father, teenage daughter and other rela 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 11 797
Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 18 990
Cool leaf! Study records chimp showing off object in human-like way 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 929
Fossilized Fish Teeth Could Be Earliest Evidence of Cooking 2 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 859
Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered - on a head-lice comb 2 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 8 1150
Did Ancient Humans Use Echolocation? 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 854
Book Review: A Psychologist Plumbs the Cultural Roots of Emotion 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 701
Neanderthals: how a carnivore diet may have led to their demise 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 750
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 1146
Two Elko Residents Sentenced To Prison For Graffiti At Sacred White River Narrows Petroglyph Site 14 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 20 1592
Archaeologists discover nearly 3,000-year-old rock carvings in ancient city in Iraq 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 718
ANCIENT WATER SYSTEM UNCOVERED AT ROMAN STABIAE 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 624
100 years after Tutankhamun discovery new finds reveal more of ancient Egypt's secrets 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 24 1405
Human exceptionalism imposes horrible costs on other animals 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 596
Anthropologists Find New Ways Female Bones Are Permanently Altered After Giving Birth 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 841
The Woman Who Saved Native Song 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 612
Rare medieval script discovered on stone carved by Scotland's 'Painted People' 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 17 1169
Prehistoric DNA Reveals Two Groups Migrated to the U.K. After the Last Ice Age 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 32 1405
Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden 3 sl8 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 7 1253

Anthropology Continued...

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Russian asylum seekers who took a boat to Alaska are Indigenous Siberians. 6 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 1106
Neanderthal family life revealed by ancient DNA from Siberian cave 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 15 1237
This Interactive Map Shows Which Indigenous Lands You Live On 28 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 39 3864
Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1565
Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 866
Neanderthals and modern humans may have copied each other's tools 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1038
Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1274
Neanderthal DNA might be linked to smoking, drinking, sleeping patterns in modern humans: study 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1082
'Rare' Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria 9 Wicked Blue Oct 2022 Oct 2022 9 1233
Ancient Amazonians, unknown until recently, built towering mounds and reshaped the landscape 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1509
What Do Stonehenge and Japanese Stone Circles Have in Common? 11 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 14 1424
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 1388
Viking Women Were Power Weavers Whose Textiles Provided Vital Trade Across Europe, Researchers Say 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 1197
Study of Buddhist monks suggests celibacy can have surprising evolutionary advantages 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1419
Beads show European trade in African interior used Indigenous routes 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 688
See the striking facial reconstruction of a Paleolithic woman who lived 31,000 years ago 9 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 44 3984
Artificial islands surrounding British Isles were used for ancient parties, archaeologists find 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 846
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 1781
Archaeologists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Structure Older Than Stonehenge or Pyramids of Giza 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 14 1327
What's the world's oldest civilization? 10 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 32 2713
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