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Forgetting may provide a surprising evolutionary benefit, experts say 8 Judi Lynn Tuesday Wednesday 17 912

150,000-year-old rock-shelter in Tajikistan sheds light on early human expansion 0 Judi Lynn Tuesday Tuesday 11 388

Mysterious cave drawings found in Amazon reveal 'amazing insights' into ancient human life 1 Judi Lynn Tuesday Tuesday 14 452

Researchers Discover Enormous Ancient Cities Hidden in Uzbekistan's Mountains 3 erronis Nov 6 Tuesday 11 168

Scientists Found a 'Yellow Brick Road' at The Bottom of The Pacific Ocean 5 Judi Lynn Nov 7 Nov 8 9 281

Drone footage reveals lost city beneath Trkiye's Lake Van 5 Judi Lynn Nov 4 Nov 5 41 1133

Archaeologists discover lost cities that mysteriously 'disappeared.' It changes the history of civilization 7 Judi Lynn Nov 4 Nov 4 53 1542

This Ancient Paw Print on a Pottery Fragment in Jerusalem Is the Oldest Known Evidence of a Cat Kneading 1 Judi Lynn Nov 4 Nov 4 12 462

Australian Aboriginals Have Been Baking Bread for 34,000 Years 0 Judi Lynn Nov 4 Nov 4 12 333

Pandemic brings surprising changes to our urban habits 1 Judi Lynn Nov 4 Nov 4 11 414

Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old fort city hidden under Saudi oasis 0 Judi Lynn Nov 4 Nov 4 9 315

TY so much Judi and anyone who posts! 4 mntleo2 Oct 29 Nov 1 14 311

Valeriana: Everything We Know About Mexican 'Lost City' 0 Judi Lynn Nov 1 Nov 1 10 130

Men concerned about masculinity are less forgiving 2 Judi Lynn Oct 22 Oct 29 5 517

Sorry for the interruption. I'll just park this here for a while. I only saw it for the first time a moment ago. 12 Judi Lynn Oct 23 Oct 23 70 2522

An Ice Age Infant's 17,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals He Had Dark Skin and Blue Eyes 6 Judi Lynn Oct 22 Oct 23 17 834

World's early mega-settlements mysteriously collapsed -- this might be why 0 Judi Lynn Oct 22 Oct 22 17 673

Hidden Tomb Containing 12 Skeletons Found Under Petra's Ancient Treasury Building 5 Historic NY Oct 20 Oct 20 11 510

Strange 5,000-Year-Old Underground Structure Discovered In Neolithic Dwelling In Denmark 0 Judi Lynn Oct 20 Oct 20 16 659

Mystery of Ayn Ghazal Statues: Oldest & Most Comprehensive Artifacts Ever Found of Unknown Origins 1 Ptah Oct 16 Oct 16 15 473

Archaeologists found an ancient Egyptian observatory 3 Judi Lynn Oct 13 Oct 14 17 679

How the Swastika, an Ancient Symbol of Good Fortune Used Around the World, Became the Nazi Logo 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 13 5 423

Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fills a major gap in history 0 Judi Lynn Oct 13 Oct 13 9 513

Octopuses seen punching fish that don't cooperate on hunting trips in rare video 3 Judi Lynn Oct 13 Oct 13 8 564

Ancient Scandinavians likely used animal skin boats to hunt and trade, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Oct 13 Oct 13 6 437

Opinion: When dogs recall toys, and horses plan ahead, are animals so different from us? 10 Judi Lynn Sep 21 Oct 9 26 1006

'Humongous' fort found in Wales may disprove theory of Celtic-Roman peace 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Oct 3 9 716

Bottlenose dolphins 'smile' to say it's time to play 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 6 438

Scientists find a new Neanderthal population that stayed completely isolated for 50,000 years 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 36 1542

4 Caves Where You Can See Ancient Cave Art in the U.S. 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 11 509

Anthropology Continued...

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Mary Sully's Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 11 554

Cahokia: One of the 1st cities in North America 7 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 28 17 611

Remains of 5,000-year-old farming society as large as ancient Troy discovered in Morocco 0 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 10 413

Mysterious white substance smeared on 3,600-year-old mummies is world's oldest cheese 6 Bayard Sep 26 Sep 26 10 450

Incredible classical Indian dancers you may find amazing! 10 Judi Lynn Sep 24 Sep 26 11 628

Viking-Era Overnight Shelter Identified in Norway 1 Judi Lynn Sep 25 Sep 25 11 484

A Prehistoric Tool Discovery May Have Just Rewritten Human History 6 Judi Lynn Sep 25 Sep 25 22 1135

Archaeologists discover southern army fought at 'Europe's oldest battle' 4 erronis Sep 24 Sep 25 16 613

Madagascar's enigmatic rock-cut architecture suggests Zoroastrian origins 0 Judi Lynn Sep 25 Sep 25 6 366

Five Thousand Years Ago, Africa Had A Major Civilization We Forgot 4 Judi Lynn Sep 25 Sep 25 9 581

Cave of Swimmers: 9,000-year-old rock art of people swimming in what's now the arid Sahara 4 Judi Lynn Sep 24 Sep 24 12 632

Man buried with large stones on his chest to prevent him from 'rising from the grave' unearthed in Germany 3 Bayard Sep 23 Sep 23 11 813

Did Roman gladiators really fight to the death? 2 Bayard Sep 23 Sep 23 11 758

Scientists Just Used Really Old Satellites to Find 3,000-Year-Old Underground Aqueducts 4 Judi Lynn Sep 20 Sep 22 16 647

Creative Structures Built By Neanderthals Is Upending Our Understanding of the Species 19 Judi Lynn Sep 20 Sep 21 18 1205

The Surprising Ways Inventions And Ideas Spread In Ancient Prehistory - OpEd 5 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 21 9 609

Human-built 5600-year-old submerged bridge found inside cave stuns scientists 8 Judi Lynn Sep 20 Sep 20 61 2441

Singing Lemurs Share Ancient Musical Heritage with Humans 9 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Sep 20 27 1042

New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory, scientists say 4 Judi Lynn Sep 15 Sep 15 14 642

Madagascar's Enigmatic Rock-Cut Architecture may have been of Zoroastrian origin 0 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 14 428

Wild gorillas eat the same tree bark used by traditional healers, which can inhibit the growth of E. coli 0 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 3 457

Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests 3 sinkingfeeling Sep 12 Sep 12 7 396

Clovis people used Great Lakes camp annually about 13,000 years ago, researchers confirm 6 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 19 834

Stone Age mass grave contains mostly adult males who were related 1 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 4 496

Archeological excavation of Terracotta Warriors delivers fruitful, illuminating outcomes 5 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 10 16 568

Crushing the Longtime Myth of Masada 0 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 10 19 777

V World Nomad Games: USA Kokpar team lands in Astana 0 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 10 5 323

Ancient Greek History Rewritten by a Quarter Million Years 1 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 10 16 525

Archaeologists discover 'gore' trench at Waterloo field hospital site 0 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 10 9 556

Archaeologists unearth a 3,500-year-old shopping list 3 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 9 563

Anthropology Continued...

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Archaeologists Found a 3,000-Year-Old Fort in the Desert--and It Holds Evidence of a Pharaoh 2 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 8 676

Archaeologists uncover new evidence of Merlin legend in Scotland 2 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 10 640

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 0 151

James C. Scott, the Ambivalent Anarchist 0 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 2 348

Norway's Viking Societies Found to Be More Violent Than Denmark's 0 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 8 502

Archaeologists Dove Beneath the Nile and Found a Surprise: Traces of Ancient Pharaohs 0 Judi Lynn Sep 9 Sep 9 5 429

We Now Know Exactly Where In The World Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up 28 Judi Lynn Sep 8 Sep 9 55 3031

'Amazing' Viking-age treasure travelled half the world to Scotland, analysis finds 1 sl8 Sep 1 Sep 9 24 728

DNA reveals inbreeding, smallpox and violent ends among cave-dwelling Christians in medieval Spain 8 Judi Lynn Sep 3 Sep 9 4 732

Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Military Camp Hiding at 7,000 Ft 0 agalisgv Sep 9 Sep 9 10 555

Scientists solved mysterious origin of Stonehenge's Altar Stone: Scotland 7 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Sep 5 18 952

What Can Archaeologists Discover In This Abandoned Tudor Copper Mine? 0 Eko Aug 31 Aug 31 5 540

Retiree Finds 3,000-Year-Old Spearhead in Wisconsin 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 30 12 662

Humans were living near West Papua at least 55,000 years ago, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Aug 26 Aug 26 6 450

3 Hours Of Walking Around Historic Britain 0 Eko Aug 25 Aug 25 3 604

Archaeologists Found the Lost 'Book of the Dead' Buried in an Egyptian Cemetery 5 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 57 2160

Early science and colossal stone engineering in Menga, a Neolithic dolmen (Antequera, Spain) 0 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 9 503

Ancient plant artefact reveals humanity's epic journey to Australia 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 469

Human bones in Spain likely those of mediaeval bishop behind popular pilgrimage, study shows 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 526

Unveiling the ancient Maya's relationship to animals and nature 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 487

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