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Chimpanzees learn to crack nuts faster than humans 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 849
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Tomb Containing Three Generations of Warrior Women Unearthed in Russia 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1008
Denisovan Research Reveals That Early Humans Were More Complex Than We Thought 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1026
Study reveals music's universal patterns across societies worldwide 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 877
Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology combines earthquake science with Indigenous knowledge 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 874
5 Big Archaeology Discoveries to Watch for in 2020 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 5 1218
Giant birds may help scientists finally solve the mystery of the Nazca lines 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 1304
This Cave Contains the Oldest Story Ever Recorded 15 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 42 3984
Surprise: Ancient Inuit Mummy Scans Reveal Possible Heart Disease 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 870
Archaeologists found the burial of Scythian Amazon with a head dress on Don 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 1538
The Irish Pigged Out on Pork in a 'Mammoth' Iron Age Building 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 13 1071
Archaeologists Are Unearthing the Stories of the Past Faster Than Ever Before 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 927
Kulub: Dig uncovers large Mayan palace in Mexico 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 1650
Te Lapa: Mysterious island lights that help Polynesians navigate 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 1534
What Is the Second Greatest Mystery in Anthropology? 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 1416
World's oldest figurative artwork uncovered 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 26 3219
Archaeologists in Greece find 3,500-year-old royal tombs 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 6 1220
Isotope analysis points to prisoners of war, 1,400 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 894
Fossil Whale Shows Transition Stage to Tail-Powered Swimming 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 781
Archaeologists Unearth Beads Made of Human Teeth in Ancient Turkish City 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1040
Scientists discover ancient gum and recover human DNA: 1 Laffy Kat Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 975
What ancient homes looked like, from the Egyptians to the Aztecs 4 mfcorey1 Dec 2019 Dec 2019 22 2710
Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane 0 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 8 1141
Small-scale atlatl artifacts suggest children were taught how to use them 3 Jim__ Dec 2019 Dec 2019 7 1166
Buried Christian (and Pagan) Basilica Discovered in Ethiopia's 'Lost Kingdom' of Aksum 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 7 954
Photos: Carvings Depict Maya Ballplayers in Action 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 1030
Painting in the Americas before European colonization 8 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Dec 2019 42 4709

Anthropology Continued...

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Like Neanderthals, early modern humans used their teeth as tools 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 1322
Time to ditch the harmful myth of the 'noble' hunter-gatherer 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 8 1096
Bones of ape living 12m years ago point to genesis of upright walking 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Dec 2019 5 1317
Unique sled dogs helped the inuit thrive in the North American Arctic 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Dec 2019 2 975
Most Notable Royal Inbreeding Throughout History and the Craziness that Ensued 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1369
Archaeologists tie ancient bones to a revolt chronicled on the Rosetta Stone 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 10 1048
Warrior woman: Ella Al-Shamahi on the female Viking fighters who held their own on the battlefield 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 979
How Dogs and People Ended Up Ruling the World 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1247
Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 24 1946
Ancient Armenian Female Warrior Suffered Hatchet Wounds And Arrow Blow Before Death 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 1539
Painstaking clean-up of Scottish Viking hoard unlocks new secrets 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 14 1169
The mystery of Harappan script: An enigma from the ancient world 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1004
Two-Horned 'Rook' Might Be the Oldest Chess Piece on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 1126
300,000 years ago, nine human species lived on Earth. Did homo sapiens exterminate the others? 12 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 18 2206
Greece's Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 21 2010
Universality and diversity in human song 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1080
Jewelry made from HUMAN TEETH found in the ruins of 9000-year-old Turkish city, 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 936
Physicists Just Created the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe in History 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 10 1225
Before We Find Aliens, Humans Need to Figure Ourselves Out, Anthropologist Says 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1231
Japan team finds 143 stunning new images in Nazca Lines of Peru 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 15 1300
The technology of enchantment 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 984
Archaeologists find ancient site older than Machu Picchu 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 38 5023
Bolivia, before the Spanish invasion, had "floating gardens," too, like Mexico. 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1162
'Stone age seafarers' depicted in newly discovered rock art in Sweden 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 24 2529
The Reinvention of Humanity by Charles King review - a revolution in anthropology 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1029
Centuries-Old 'Witch Marks' in Hidden Cave Can Finally Be Seen ... in 3D 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 13 1366
Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting pits 3 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 11 1356
Drone-mounted lasers reveal ancient settlement off Florida coast 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 1129
Meet Erika the Red: Viking women were warriors too, say scientists 5 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 1645
Drone images provide new insights into lost Bolivian civilisation - video 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 927

Anthropology Continued...

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Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan' 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 913
Archaeologists Uncover 17th-Century Mexican Tunnel Decorated With Mysterious Aztec Carvings 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1178
Hoard of golden treasure stumbled upon by metal detectorist revealed to be most important Anglo-Saxo 2 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 13 1236
New scientific evidence proves Naxos was inhabited 200,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 8 1168
Neanderthals were master fire-starters, cave chemistry suggests 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 974
Ancient Greece just got tens of thousands of years more ancient 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 945
Flint flake tool partially covered by birch tar adds to evidence of Neanderthal complex thinking 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 878
Ancient City of 'Mahendraparvata' Hidden Beneath Cambodian Jungle 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 9 1273
7,000-year-old fortress wall uncovered in southern Turkey 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 15 2160
Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of speech 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1100
Neanderthal, Denisovan DNA Found Near Autism Genes in Modern Humans 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 8 1329
Why Neanderthals Could Outsprint Humans 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1269
LOST CITY DISCOVERED HIGH UP IN REMOTE COLOMBIAN MOUNTAINS WHERE LEGEND OF EL DORADO WAS BORN 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 17 1507
Egypt boasts biggest ancient mummy find in over a century 1 nitpicker Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 1088
Game Over: These Monkeys Just Crushed Humans on a Computer Game 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1350
Study shows ancient Mayas had greater environmental impacts than previously believed 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1041
Ancient Industrial Area Found in Egypt's Valley of the Monkeys 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1112
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 863
La Guajira's desert and its legendary Wayuu people 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 2195
Uncovering secrets of mystery civilization in Saudi Arabia 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2019 Oct 2019 27 3539
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