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History's largest child sacrifice was a response to devastating weather, archaeologists say 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1639
Mystery of human skull defleshed and boiled by ancient farmers 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1520
Researchers uncover evidence of Indigenous aquaculture 3,500 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1266
This Is How Different Cultures Grieve With Food 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 1654
Searching for the ships Cortés burned before destroying the Aztecs 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1193
Ming Dynasty Skeletons Reveal Secrets of Foot-Binding 13 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Mar 2019 8 4004
A 2,000-year-old tattoo needle still has ink on the tip 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 1305
Human Generosity Study Shows Altruistic Societies Better Survive Hard Times 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1492
Students build woven pavilion to shade archaeologists in Peru's desert 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1438
Inca Ritual Baths Fed by Waterfall Reveals More of Its Secrets 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1466
Did Bronze Age Europeans Keep Foxes As Pets? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1339
Researchers Reaffirm Remains in Viking Warrior Tomb Belonged to a Woman 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 24 2195
The ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1390
Isotopes found in bones suggest Neanderthals were fresh meat eaters 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1352
Archaeologists discover Incan tomb in Peru 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 27 3034
Skeletons of elite members of mysterious ancient civilisation found 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1884
Skeleton of Teen Girl Found Buried Next to Mysterious Pyramid in Egypt 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1435
Seven moral rules found all around the world 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1994
Maya bones bring a lost civilization to life 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1303
Prehistoric Sailors May Be Responsible for Stonehenge, Other Megaliths 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1527
Underwater Archaeologists Find Surprising Artifacts from Major Roman Naval Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1728
Siberian Cave Findings Shed Light on Extinct Human Species 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Feb 2019 11 2459
DNA reveals early mating between Asian herders and European farmers 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1623
Indigenous Brazilians And Environmental Protection - Analysis 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1220
Mighty Warrior's Medieval Sword Pulled Triumphantly ... from Denmark Sewer 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 9 1870
A taste for fat may have made us human, says study 4 Kali Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1673
The Lost World of the Maya is Finally Emerging From the Jungle 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 8 1705
You Can Now Look At The Faces Of Some Of Britain's Earliest Inhabitants 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 16 1967
Homo sapiens or Denisovans? Who made stunning cave jewellery and artefacts up to 48,000 years ago? 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1440
MEET THE HOMO ERECTUS: WHAT OUR ANCESTORS ATE, LOOKED LIKE, AND MORE 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 7 1325

Anthropology Continued...

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How seeing snakes in the grass helped primates to evolve 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1230
Vikings brought leprosy to Ireland 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1362
Archaeologists Have Discovered a Lost Metropolis in South Africa 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 11 1856
Neanderthals and Denisovans Shared a Siberian Cave for Thousands of Years, New Research Suggests 0 jpak Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1300
Clever, tech-savvy Neanderthals 'were long-distance killers' 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 8 1890
How capable were early hominins of crossing water? 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1504
Artificial Intelligence identifies unknown human ancestor 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 26 3118
Easter Island statues: mystery behind their location revealed 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 18 2831
11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1296
Human's ancient relative found in China has modern dental growth 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1236
New Heiltsuk website explores 6,000-year-old village 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1563
Rare Ancient Peruvian Death Mask Found Off Florida Coast 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 8 1450
Humans burdened cattle 6000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1231
3,000-Year-Old Tomb of King Tut Finally Restored 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 18 3362
The ancient tombs of Colombia's Tierradentro 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1470
Ancient Argyll glen hailed as Britain's answer to Egypt's famous Valley of Kings by TV anthropologis 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1984
How ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 11 2086
What happened to the ancient Mayan civilization? 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2018 Jan 2019 8 3106
Did the Vikings Think the Gods Were Watching Them? 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1533
Damage to Ancient Carving of Egyptian Couple Was Meant to Hurt Them in the Afterlife 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1396
Long-Hidden 'Pyramid' Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1713
The Gauls really did embalm the severed heads of enemies, research shows 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1446
A medieval woman's work left blue pigment on her teeth 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1604
Archaeologist debunks the myth of "the nearly naked Bushmen" 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1806
Sino-Egyptian joint archaeological team works to crack password to ancient Egypt 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1392
Decapitated bodies found in Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1496
Seagrass Safeguards Human History 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1292
Skulls With 'Surfer's Ear' Suggest Ancient Pearl Divers in Panama 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 15 2555
Egypt uncovers intact 4,400-year-old pharaonic tomb near Giza pyramids 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1747
Archaeologists Identify Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America 3 left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1959

Anthropology Continued...

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Giant "Ice House" discovered under the streets of Marylebone 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Jan 2019 9 2802
Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1698
'Little Foot' endocast reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1958
Search on for early man skeletons in Mt Kenya as ancient tools found 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1781
Lake Titicaca: Underwater museum brings hope to shores 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 1881
Egypt announces discovery of 4,400-year-old tomb 9 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 46 4453
'Spirits Won't Rest': DNA Links Ancient Bones to Living Aboriginal Australians 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1447
Some people have slightly squashed heads thanks to Neanderthal DNA 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1653
Ancient coloured 'pencil' up to 50,000 years old found in Siberia 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 21 2118
Prehistoric Cave Paintings Show That Ancient People Had Pretty Advanced Knowledge of Astronomy 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 2056
We Just Got Evidence of a Mysterious New Species of Early Human Hiding in Plain Sight 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 12 1613
Sentinel Island's 'peace-loving' tribe had centuries of reasons to fear missionary 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1254
Artificial intelligence for studying the ancient human populations of Patagonia 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1171
New archaeological site revises human habitation timeline on Tibetan plateau 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1281
Did a new form of plague destroy Europe's Stone Age societies? 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 11 1325
Hey, that's our stuff: Maasai tribespeople tackle Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1285
This Woman Anthropologist Made First Friendly Contact With Andaman Tribe 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1521
New Excavations at Mayan 'Time Capsule' Village in El Salvador 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 1847
Medieval Skeleton Wearing Leather Thigh-High Boots Found in River Thames 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2018 Dec 2018 12 1567
Algeria the new 'cradle of civilization?' 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Dec 2018 6 1810
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