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Painstaking clean-up of Scottish Viking hoard unlocks new secrets 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 14 1138
The mystery of Harappan script: An enigma from the ancient world 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 897
Two-Horned 'Rook' Might Be the Oldest Chess Piece on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 1087
300,000 years ago, nine human species lived on Earth. Did homo sapiens exterminate the others? 12 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 18 1991
Greece's Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 21 1966
Universality and diversity in human song 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 991
Jewelry made from HUMAN TEETH found in the ruins of 9000-year-old Turkish city, 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 900
Physicists Just Created the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe in History 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 10 1151
Before We Find Aliens, Humans Need to Figure Ourselves Out, Anthropologist Says 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1160
Japan team finds 143 stunning new images in Nazca Lines of Peru 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 15 1257
The technology of enchantment 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 926
Archaeologists find ancient site older than Machu Picchu 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 38 4817
Bolivia, before the Spanish invasion, had "floating gardens," too, like Mexico. 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1107
'Stone age seafarers' depicted in newly discovered rock art in Sweden 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 24 2412
The Reinvention of Humanity by Charles King review - a revolution in anthropology 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 972
Centuries-Old 'Witch Marks' in Hidden Cave Can Finally Be Seen ... in 3D 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 13 1326
Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting pits 3 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 11 1285
Drone-mounted lasers reveal ancient settlement off Florida coast 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 1078
Meet Erika the Red: Viking women were warriors too, say scientists 5 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 1557
Drone images provide new insights into lost Bolivian civilisation - video 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 892
Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan' 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 875
Archaeologists Uncover 17th-Century Mexican Tunnel Decorated With Mysterious Aztec Carvings 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1085
Hoard of golden treasure stumbled upon by metal detectorist revealed to be most important Anglo-Saxo 2 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 13 1186
New scientific evidence proves Naxos was inhabited 200,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 8 1135
Neanderthals were master fire-starters, cave chemistry suggests 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 936
Ancient Greece just got tens of thousands of years more ancient 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 901
Flint flake tool partially covered by birch tar adds to evidence of Neanderthal complex thinking 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 834
Ancient City of 'Mahendraparvata' Hidden Beneath Cambodian Jungle 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 9 1205
7,000-year-old fortress wall uncovered in southern Turkey 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 15 2010
Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of speech 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1030

Anthropology Continued...

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Neanderthal, Denisovan DNA Found Near Autism Genes in Modern Humans 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 8 1259
Why Neanderthals Could Outsprint Humans 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1178
LOST CITY DISCOVERED HIGH UP IN REMOTE COLOMBIAN MOUNTAINS WHERE LEGEND OF EL DORADO WAS BORN 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 17 1470
Egypt boasts biggest ancient mummy find in over a century 1 nitpicker Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 1041
Game Over: These Monkeys Just Crushed Humans on a Computer Game 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1292
Study shows ancient Mayas had greater environmental impacts than previously believed 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1007
Ancient Industrial Area Found in Egypt's Valley of the Monkeys 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1068
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 841
La Guajira's desert and its legendary Wayuu people 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 2103
Uncovering secrets of mystery civilization in Saudi Arabia 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 27 3443
Researcher fired lasers from planes and discovered ancient Maya farms 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1077
Early humans stored bone marrow like tins of soup 400,000 years ago 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 9 1418
Tulsa searches for mass graves from 1921 Tulsa race massacre 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1694
Great Apes Have Just Passed A Complex "Theory Of Mind" Test 8 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 35 2206
Found: Milk Residue That Proves Ancient Europeans Used Cute-as-Heck Baby Bottles 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 11 1494
Mysterious Megastructures of the Elusive Tripolye Culture Unearthed in Ukraine 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1131
"How Long have we been in the Anthropocene?" 2 ellenrr Sep 2019 Oct 2019 4 1545
Ancient Egyptian Temple from Reign of King Ptolemy IV Unearthed Along Nile River 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1366
Scientists find that tin found in Israel from 3,000 years ago comes from Cornwall 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 17 1494
Neanderthals weren't the strong, strapping cavepeople we imagine 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 11 1354
Plan revealed for a 'Neolithic Landscapes of the Dead' chambered tomb trail on Orkney 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1289
This is what mysterious ancient humans might have looked like 0 jpak Sep 2019 Sep 2019 13 1686
Homo heidelbergensis: The Answer to a Mysterious Period in Human History? 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 10 1400
Archaeologists unearth mass graves from Mongol invasion of Russia 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 1258
'Mindless growth': Robust scientific case for degrowth is stronger every day 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1350
Treasure trove of artifacts discovered near this Colorado city 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 1261
This Ancient Belt Buckle Retrieved from 'Russian Atlantis' Looks Like a Bedazzled iPhone Case 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 11 1526
Mysterious Indus Valley People Gave Rise to Modern-Day South Asians 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 1285
'Lovers of Modena' skeletons holding hands were both men 3 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 1482
Idaho Site Shows Humans Were in North America 16,000 Years Ago 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1278

Anthropology Continued...

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Thrumster dig uncovers broch era village 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 10 1145
Study by anthropology scholar examines ancient DNA to reveal history of Central and South Asian popu 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1098
Over 250 Neanderthal Footprints Reveal Clues to the Ancient Humans' Social Lives 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1191
The odd world distribution of ancient Haplogroup X Mitochondrial DNA 6 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2016 Sep 2019 10 9673
Oldest Evidence of North American Settlement May Have Been Found in Idaho 0 left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 1512
Over 250 Archaeologists Show Evidence Humans 'Transformed' Earth Long Before 1900s 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2019 Sep 2019 12 2714
Ancient Skeletons with Alien-Like Heads Unearthed in Croatia 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Sep 2019 11 1941
Toothless Druid Woman's Face Comes Alive in Wax, Wrinkles and All 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Sep 2019 31 2229
Mesoamerican Sculptures Reveal Early Knowledge of Magnetism 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1225
A Warming Climate Threatens Archaeological Sites in Greenland 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1376
Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought. 0 elleng Aug 2019 Aug 2019 12 1645
3.8-million-year-old skull discovered in Ethiopia identified as ancestor of 'Lucy' 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1213
Peru: skeletons of 227 victims unearthed at world's largest child sacrifice site 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1284
First Neolithic City Was So Overcrowded People Started Trying to Kill Each Other 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2019 Aug 2019 6 2202
Humans migrated to Mongolia much earlier than previously believed 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Aug 2019 8 1168
Mural from 3,800 years ago unveiled by Peru archaeologists 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Aug 2019 16 2208
Xalapa Museum of Anthropology 1 Judi Lynn May 2019 Aug 2019 3 1359
Bronze age meals in the marshes - seasoned with parasitic worms 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 1384
'Reconstruction' begins of stone age lands lost to North Sea 3 nitpicker May 2019 Aug 2019 6 1601
Ancient DNA help scientists study human evolution: 'It's like a time capsule' 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2019 Aug 2019 15 1567
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