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Zanzibar's baobab trees used to be a valued part of society - drone images help prove it 1 Judi Lynn 21 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 18 385

Archaeologists discover what could be world's oldest boomerang in Europe 4 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 5 368

80,000-year-old tools found in Sharjah's Jebel Faya reveal 210,000 years of human settlement 0 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 10 385

Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed 27 erronis Jun 18 Jun 19 65 2598

Runes found in Canadian wilderness baffle archaeologists 24 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 98 3594

This Is The Oldest Kingdom In The World 2 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 38 1104

Were Poland's first rulers actually from Scotland? 0 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 13 464

'Very rare' Viking grave uncovered in Denmark by accident 1 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 20 602

Arrowheads unearthed at Becin ancient site 0 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 13 505

Ancient DNA reveals new clues about the incredible journey of dogs in the Americas 0 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 11 488

DNA confirmed a Pueblo tribe's ties to Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 8 437

Ice Age cave find upends what we know about Australia's first people 0 Judi Lynn Jun 18 Jun 18 14 465

Discovery of 2,000-Year-Old Massive Shoe Reveals the Goliath of Roman Warriors 10 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 16 15 828

700,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Cave in Iran 3 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 15 37 964

Scientists uncover 35,000-year-old seafaring culture in the Philippine Islands 1 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 15 9 401

Massive Fields Where Native American Farmers Grew Corn, Beans and Squash 1,000 Years Ago Discovered in Michigan 0 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 15 16 536

Ancient Boat Coffins Unearthed in the Desert Reveal Secrets of a Forgotten Civilization 0 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 15 12 429

Young Woman with Cone-Shaped Skull Suffered Fatal Blow 6,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 15 7 504

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jun 15 Jun 15 8 288

Researchers Used 3D Tech to Rebuild the Parthenon's Lighting and Discovered It Was Nothing Like We Imagined 5 Judi Lynn May 14 Jun 10 21 1191

Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 23 724

Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America's coldest places 0 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 9 485

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 21 704

Research Reveals That Ancient Trade Routes Delivered Domestic Cats to China 0 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 11 385

Archaeologists Find Grisly Evidence of Medieval Public Punishment 0 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 12 555

'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture 0 WhiteTara May 27 May 27 8 494

Uncovered Medieval Tattoos Flesh Out a Misunderstood Practice 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 8 686

Versatile Call Combinations in Chimpanzees May Shed Light on the Evolution of Human Language 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 3 459

Archaeologists Found Evidence of Ancient Psychedelic Rituals in Peru 2 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 11 587

Astonishing secret city built 5,000 years ago by lost civilisation discovered underneath empty desert 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 11 778

Anthropology Continued...

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Oxford team catalogues chimpanzee forest first aid 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 3 392

Scientists Identify Evidence of Ambush 17,000 Years Ago News 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 9 579

Lost City of the Samurai 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 8 504

A 5,000-year-old fire altar has been discovered in the oldest center of civilization in South America 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 12 641

Archaeologists Found 11,500-Year-Old Tools That Reveal an Incredible Human Adventure 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 14 615

A Sunken Land of Life and Intelligence: The Lost World of Homo Erectus Resurfaces After 140,000 Years 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 28 995

South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds 2 Judi Lynn May 24 May 24 7 569

Sardinia's Ancient Giant Statues Inspired by People with Acromegaly, Study Claims 2 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 6 629

Study: Neanderthals invented their own tech, didn't copy others 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 763

The Bristol zookeeper who has cradled gorillas and has rebuilt a rainforest 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 482

Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 5 425

Discovery of Ancient Lost Settlement on Scotland's Isle of Skye Rewrites Early Human History 3 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 11 1023

A 3,600-Year-Old Reed Boat Provides Clues to Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 2 816

Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man 6 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 73 3014

'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women' 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 16 619

Mystery stone circle reveals 'ultimate adventure story' of human presence in Europe 1 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 574

DNA Links Modern Picuris Pueblo Tribe to Ancestors Who Lived in Chaco Canyon Hundreds of Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 15 781

Archaeologists unearth tree-lined walkway that led to ancient Egyptian fortress in Sinai Desert News By Owen Jarus publi 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 919

Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary 2 Judi Lynn May 4 May 5 23 897

These Extraordinary Archaeological Sites Are a Portal to Ancient Egypt 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 611

Battle Irrevocably Destroyed Ancient Chinese Cypress Forest 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 635

The Overlooked Greek Foundations of Roman Law 3 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 8 664

AI helping researchers, laypeople discover archaeological sites in Japan mountains 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 9 470

Dark personalities more prevalent in less democratic countries, massive study shows 5 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 704

Phaistos: The Palatial Mountain Fortress of Minoan Crete 2 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 16 789

Hidden Message Discovered On 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Obelisk In Paris 9 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 42 2007

These 400,000-Year-Old Mammoth Tusks Carved by Early Humans May Be the Oldest Evidence of Prehistoric Intelligence 1 Judi Lynn Apr 28 Apr 28 10 788

Rare 3,500-Year-Old Chariot Wheel Discovered at Golf Course in Scotland 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 10 723

Unopened Victorian soft drink bottle found at dig 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 11 705

Across China: Tech meets culture -- China's digital renaissance of ancient heritage 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 1 390

Anthropology Continued...

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New Evidence of Phoenician Origins Emerges 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 15 655

Ice Age Humans Were Experts at Wielding Fire, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 9 539

Danish slave ships wreckage found off coast of Costa Rica, museum confirms 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 7 499

Archaeologists discover 'miracle' in ancient Egyptian tomb 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 25 1578

Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 5 774

Searching for the Origins of Sutton Hoo Time Team Part 1 50:30 1 Ptah Apr 21 Apr 26 6 616

First Human Figurine of the Mesolithic Era (Circa 9000 Years Old) Discovered in Azerbaijan's Damjili Cave 5 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 22 1084

Sophistication of Bronze Age settlement revealed 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 746

The forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation 0 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 678

The fossil skull found by an Australian that rocked the world 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 17 1115

Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 27 1098

Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals 0 Judi Lynn Apr 19 Apr 19 14 762

Study of over 1,000 sites suggests inequality emerged long after agriculture 0 cbabe Apr 16 Apr 16 6 602

Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Apr 13 8 932

Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 13 10 760

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 1480

Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 8 706

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 7 3295

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 6 607

European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 9 782

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