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Hitting the Books: Uncovering ancient civilizations with a plane and a prayer 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1022
Scotland: 'Mind-blowing' ancient settlement found on hilltop 5 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 23 2088
Experts restore sphinxes in legendary Egypt's Karnak complex 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 18 1590
Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge 0 Jim__ May 2020 May 2020 9 1257
Two 'warrior women' from ancient Mongolia may have helped inspire the Ballad of Mulan 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 1109
Our species might have reached Europe earlier than thought 5 left-of-center2012 May 2020 May 2020 4 1527
Ancient DNA reveals staying power of early people of the Andes 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1314
In Groundbreaking Find, Three Kinds of Early Humans Unearthed Living Together in South Africa 9 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 40 3346
Stone Tools Show How Humans Survived a Supervolcano Eruption 74,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 8 1192
Well worth the time reading, for anyone unacquainted with ancient (3,000 B.C.) S.American societies. 12 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 May 2020 5 4461
The possessive investment in guns: towards a material, social, and racial analysis of guns 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1051
New technologies virtually reconstruct the pre-hispanic city of Tingambato 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1066
Rediscovering a path to the Milky Way through archaeology 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 4 1129
Historic statue unearthed at Cambodia's Angkor 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 984
Genomic history of ancient Andean civilisations analysed 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1003
Demographic expansion of several Amazonian archaeological cultures by computer simulation 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 920
INAH archaeologists locate a Post-Classical Mayan village in Mahahual, Quintana Roo 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 0 888
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 876
Ancient Mongol warrior women may have inspired legend of Mulan 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1008
Study: Amazonian Regions were Agricultural Landscapes Some 10,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 May 2020 4 1110
The personal stories of 3 enslaved Africans, as told by their bones 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1238
World's oldest human DNA found in 800,000-year-old tooth of a cannibal 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 May 2020 5 1199
4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park 3 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 14 1239
How Medieval People Tried to Dance Away the Plague 4 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 9 1079
During tough times, ancient 'tourists' sought solace in Florida oyster feasts 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 869
Deformed 'alien' skulls offer clues about life during the Roman Empire's collapse 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 15 1579
Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1390
World's oldest string of yarn shows Neanderthals were smarter than we thought 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1573
Speed Bump. (comic) 0 JohnnyRingo Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1598
Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 976

Anthropology Continued...

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'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts 1 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1696
Skulls from the Yucatn Peninsula a Clue to Early American Settlers 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1058
LONDON might be 3,000 years older than previously believed. 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 12 1144
Discover Ozbaki hill that goes down 9,000 years in history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 5 1162
Humans Have Been Taking Out Insurance Policies for at Least 30,000 Years 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1170
A REAL-LIFE ATLANTIS EXISTED IN FLORIDA, AND IT WAS RULED BY FISH 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1548
Humans living in Amazon 10,000 years ago cultivated plants, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1296
Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2214
Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1861
Legendary 'Tree of Life' in New Mexico's Ancient Past Might Not Be What We Thought 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 16 1746
3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1458
EXCAVATION OF 3,400-YEAR-OLD BALLCOURT REWRITES THE ORIGIN OF AN ANCIENT, BRUTAL GAME 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1302
SOMEONE IN MEXICO HAD AN ANCIENT MAYAN KINGDOM BURIED IN THEIR BACKYARD 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 1571
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 13 1433
Archaeologists to dig up secrets of Roman amphitheatre in Kent 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1295
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 35 2267
Guatemala find reveals early Mayan writing 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1289
Bones Unearthed in English Church Likely Belong to Seventh-Century Saint 3 left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1404
Humans domesticated horses - new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1373
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest 'white road' in the Yucatan 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1285
'Astounding new finds' suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 40 4543
Hello kitty! Leopard face reconstructed from ancient Egyptian sarcophagus 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1046
Humans get some of their knack for killing each other from the primate family tree, a new study says 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1850
Archaeologists use laser tech to reveal secrets of 100-km Maya road 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1202
Rice fossils show Cambodians' rice production dates back early Neolithic period 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 1106
New study results consistent with dog domestication during Ice Age 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1322
Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1185
World's oldest art under threat from cement mining in Indonesia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1064
Experts Discover a 'Shrine' of 15,000-Year-Old Animal Carvings and Mysterious Symbols in a Spanish C 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 44 4419
Ancient Humans in the Sahara Desert Were Feasting on Fish 10,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 10 1624

Anthropology Continued...

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Ancient engraving of warrior with 'elaborate hairstyle' and 'pronounced butt' discovered in Scotland 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1478
Mass grave shows how Black Death devastated the countryside 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 14 1470
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 5 1093
What Mongolia's Dairy Farmers Have to Teach Us About the Hidden History of Microbes 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 12 1474
The earliest farmers of northwest China exploited grain-fed pheasants not chickens 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 8 1203
Researchers revise timing of Easter island's societal collapse 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 11 2001
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 932
Scientists find evidence of 'ghost population' of ancient humans 5 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 11 1685
Did We Kill Off Another Species of Humans Ten Thousand Years Ago? 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1867
ANCIENT HUMAN IQ CAN'T BE MEASURED IN THE BRAIN, BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE -- STUDY 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 15 1430
How Ancient Poop Debunked Myth of Native American Lost Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Feb 2020 14 1600
Museum of Natural History: Human Population 1 RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1441
2,000-Year-Old Monolith Engravings Recorded in Peru 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 6 1290
Neanderthals may have been shallow free divers, suggests a new study 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 6 1221
Ancient Cave Filled With 10,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings Accidentally Discovered By Egyptologists In 8 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 25 2964
Mysterious Footprints Indicate Neanderthals Climbed a Volcano Right After It Erupted 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 30 2605
Australian bushfires may have damaged thousands of Aboriginal sites 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1259
Ancient Vesuvius eruption turned victim's brain to a glassy rock in rare, poorly understood process 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 5 1226
Anthropologists confirm existence of specialized sheep-hunting camp in prehistoric Lebanon 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 7 1190
Mysterious 'Ghost Tribe' discovered as scientists recover Stone Age DNA 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 12 1387
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