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Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 3759
The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1072
European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 9 1377
Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1327
Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1479
6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 29 1908
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 1099
Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1053
The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 996
Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 1002
Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 1278
Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1219
A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1678
The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1435
Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1768
Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 14 1329
2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1337
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 2286
Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 26 1388
An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1584
'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1573
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 1094
2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 43 2520
Human Presence in Europe Dates Back 1.4 Million Years, Stone Tools Reveal 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1175
'Indigenous Whispers' project aims to honor Miami's Native American heritage with historical trail 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 890
Crucial Feature of Human Language Emerged More Than 135,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1031
Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 1213
New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1002
Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1220
Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1044

Anthropology Continued...

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Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 846
Yup'ik masks: Carvings depicting distorted spirits' faces dreamed up by shamans in Alaska 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1322
The World's Largest Pyramid Site Isn't in Egypt and It's Twice the Size. 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 29 2486
20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 35 2396
An Egyptian Temple Reborn 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1054
Lidar Reveals Sacred Roads Near Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1069
'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 20 1261
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 4258
Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1474
How old is Norse mythology? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1443
Archaeologists may have found second tomb of mysterious Egyptian pharaoh 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 987
The Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1126
1,300 Years Old Medieval Flush Toilet Discovered in South Korea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1046
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 1213
First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's 3 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1864
Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language 0 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 2965
Are We Still Primitive? How Ancient Survival Instincts Shape Modern Power Struggles 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1455
Malta's Megalithic Structures Among the Oldest and Most Mysterious 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 34 2084
Archaeologist assures that spiritual tourism in Egypt's archaeological sites is not 'demonic' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1013
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 1619
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 1022
Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Orange Peels to Pine to Incense 0 Onthefly Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1049
Gruesome evidence of cannibalism in Poland 18,000 years ago 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1609
Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1551
Archaeologists Uncover a 3,800-Year-Old Hexagonal Pyramid--Unlike Anything Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1359
Massive Ancient Greek Defensive Wall Unearthed in Croatia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1125
People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1334
Ancient Europeans ate the brains of their dead enemies 18,000 years ago, researchers discover 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1672
Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 13 1198
The Silurian Hypothesis Suggests An Advanced Civilization Lived On Earth Before Humans 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1560

Anthropology Continued...

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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 1048
Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition 2 SheltieLover Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1360
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 1942
Taking a class on Native American Religions this Semester @ ASU... Both North/South Americas!!! So Aawesome! 4 FirstLight Jan 2025 Feb 2025 3 1394
Norway's Viking Societies Found to Be More Violent Than Denmark's 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1393
Warriors of the Roman Period May Have Used Narcotics Before Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1212
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 1161
4,800-Years-Old Neolithic Relics Discovered in Tibet 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1088
66-million-year-old vomit fossil discovered in Denmark 2 Wicked Blue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1311
Aboriginal message sticks are a fascinating insight into a complex system of written communication 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1148
'Cannons and Castles' (Orgueil, Jersey) Series 18 Episode 8 Time Team 0 Ptah Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 930
Karahantepe will shed light on the mysteries of the Prehistoric period 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 47 2824
New evidence may reveal the source of mercury in the tomb of the First Emperor 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1736
Archaeologists find 4,100 years old tomb of Egyptian doctor to the Pharaohs 1 speak easy Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1204
Scientists Discover Celtic Society Where Men Left Home to Join Their Bride's Community 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 15 1362
Echoes Near Stone Age Rock Art Suggest Rituals Were Common Practice 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1131
Society centered around women in UK during Iron Age: Scientists 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1159
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE CUNEIFORM TABLETS UNEARTHED IN NORTHERN IRAQ 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 967
Lost City of Qabra Mentioned in Babylonian Inscriptions May Have Been Found 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1051
Ancient, engraved stones may have been buried to summon the sun 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 900
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