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Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Apr 2025 8 1844
Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 1691
American man who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India 10 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 14 2800
Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1179
Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 3789
The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1113
European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 9 1421
Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1381
Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1546
6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 29 1949
There Might Be Something Human in the Way Bonobos Communicate--Their Calls Share a Key Trait With Our Language, Study Sug 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 12 1131
Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1094
The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 1028
Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 1031
Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 1315
Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1267
A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1729
The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1500
Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1829
Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 14 1362
2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1368
The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 19 2364
Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 26 1415
An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1625
'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1619
Researchers use AI to unearth a 5,000-year-old civilization beneath the world's largest desert. But how? 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1136
2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 43 2579
Human Presence in Europe Dates Back 1.4 Million Years, Stone Tools Reveal 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1213
'Indigenous Whispers' project aims to honor Miami's Native American heritage with historical trail 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 925
Crucial Feature of Human Language Emerged More Than 135,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1069

Anthropology Continued...

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Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 1246
New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1057
Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1266
Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1087
Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 877
Yup'ik masks: Carvings depicting distorted spirits' faces dreamed up by shamans in Alaska 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1361
The World's Largest Pyramid Site Isn't in Egypt and It's Twice the Size. 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 29 2567
20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 35 2442
An Egyptian Temple Reborn 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1094
Lidar Reveals Sacred Roads Near Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1105
'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 20 1308
An ancient human lineage roamed Europe's frozen tundra for nearly 80 generations. Then they died out. 13 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 69 4351
Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1536
How old is Norse mythology? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1495
Archaeologists may have found second tomb of mysterious Egyptian pharaoh 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1028
The Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1164
1,300 Years Old Medieval Flush Toilet Discovered in South Korea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1094
Cave Bones in Britain Point to a 4,000-Year-Old Massacre So Brutal It May Have Included Cannibalism 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1250
First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's 3 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1921
Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language 0 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 3009
Are We Still Primitive? How Ancient Survival Instincts Shape Modern Power Struggles 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1525
Malta's Megalithic Structures Among the Oldest and Most Mysterious 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 34 2169
Archaeologist assures that spiritual tourism in Egypt's archaeological sites is not 'demonic' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1056
Ancient remains found in Co Derry bog 'likely to belong to young woman' who lived 2,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 15 1661
Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon that aligns with the winter solstice 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1060
Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Orange Peels to Pine to Incense 0 Onthefly Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1081
Gruesome evidence of cannibalism in Poland 18,000 years ago 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1714
Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1601
Archaeologists Uncover a 3,800-Year-Old Hexagonal Pyramid--Unlike Anything Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1395
Massive Ancient Greek Defensive Wall Unearthed in Croatia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1165

Anthropology Continued...

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People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1399
Ancient Europeans ate the brains of their dead enemies 18,000 years ago, researchers discover 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1733
Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 13 1237
The Silurian Hypothesis Suggests An Advanced Civilization Lived On Earth Before Humans 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1611
Evidence of Humans Using Lava Tubes as 'Pit Stops' Found, Experts Say This "Could Fill In Gaps in the Archaeological Rec 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1095
Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition 2 SheltieLover Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1408
1.5 Million-Year-Old Hand Axes and Seven Paleolithic Sites Discovered in Iraq's Western Desert 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 2011
Taking a class on Native American Religions this Semester @ ASU... Both North/South Americas!!! So Aawesome! 4 FirstLight Jan 2025 Feb 2025 3 1472
Norway's Viking Societies Found to Be More Violent Than Denmark's 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1447
Warriors of the Roman Period May Have Used Narcotics Before Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1268
Oldest Evidence of Human-Caused Lead Pollution Dates from Over 5,000 Years Ago, Around the Aegean Sea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 1199
4,800-Years-Old Neolithic Relics Discovered in Tibet 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1122
66-million-year-old vomit fossil discovered in Denmark 2 Wicked Blue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1367
Aboriginal message sticks are a fascinating insight into a complex system of written communication 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1184
'Cannons and Castles' (Orgueil, Jersey) Series 18 Episode 8 Time Team 0 Ptah Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 964
Karahantepe will shed light on the mysteries of the Prehistoric period 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 47 2879
New evidence may reveal the source of mercury in the tomb of the First Emperor 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1796
Archaeologists find 4,100 years old tomb of Egyptian doctor to the Pharaohs 1 speak easy Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1257
Scientists Discover Celtic Society Where Men Left Home to Join Their Bride's Community 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 15 1426
Echoes Near Stone Age Rock Art Suggest Rituals Were Common Practice 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1185
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