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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 3756
The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1070
European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 9 1375
Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1321
Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1474
6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 29 1903
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 1097
Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1051
The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 993
Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 999
Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 1273
Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1215
A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1669
The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1430
Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1763
Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 14 1326
2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1333
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 2275
Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 26 1386
An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1578
'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1566
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 1091
2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 43 2511
Human Presence in Europe Dates Back 1.4 Million Years, Stone Tools Reveal 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1171
'Indigenous Whispers' project aims to honor Miami's Native American heritage with historical trail 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 887
Crucial Feature of Human Language Emerged More Than 135,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1028
Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 1211
New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 998
Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1217
Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1039

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 4 841
Yup'ik masks: Carvings depicting distorted spirits' faces dreamed up by shamans in Alaska 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1315
The World's Largest Pyramid Site Isn't in Egypt and It's Twice the Size. 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 29 2475
20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 35 2392
An Egyptian Temple Reborn 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1049
Lidar Reveals Sacred Roads Near Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1066
'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Mar 2025 20 1239
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 4241
Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1470
How old is Norse mythology? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1436
Archaeologists may have found second tomb of mysterious Egyptian pharaoh 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 982
The Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1124
1,300 Years Old Medieval Flush Toilet Discovered in South Korea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1039
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 1209
First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's 3 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1858
Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language 0 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 2963
Are We Still Primitive? How Ancient Survival Instincts Shape Modern Power Struggles 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1445
Malta's Megalithic Structures Among the Oldest and Most Mysterious 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 34 2073
Archaeologist assures that spiritual tourism in Egypt's archaeological sites is not 'demonic' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1011
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 1617
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 1018
Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Orange Peels to Pine to Incense 0 Onthefly Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1047
Gruesome evidence of cannibalism in Poland 18,000 years ago 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1600
Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1547
Archaeologists Uncover a 3,800-Year-Old Hexagonal Pyramid--Unlike Anything Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1353
Massive Ancient Greek Defensive Wall Unearthed in Croatia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1121
People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1331
Ancient Europeans ate the brains of their dead enemies 18,000 years ago, researchers discover 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1659
Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 13 1196
The Silurian Hypothesis Suggests An Advanced Civilization Lived On Earth Before Humans 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1553

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 1044
Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition 2 SheltieLover Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1354
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 1925
Taking a class on Native American Religions this Semester @ ASU... Both North/South Americas!!! So Aawesome! 4 FirstLight Jan 2025 Feb 2025 3 1387
Norway's Viking Societies Found to Be More Violent Than Denmark's 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1389
Warriors of the Roman Period May Have Used Narcotics Before Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1207
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 1158
4,800-Years-Old Neolithic Relics Discovered in Tibet 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1085
66-million-year-old vomit fossil discovered in Denmark 2 Wicked Blue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1305
Aboriginal message sticks are a fascinating insight into a complex system of written communication 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1145
'Cannons and Castles' (Orgueil, Jersey) Series 18 Episode 8 Time Team 0 Ptah Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 927
Karahantepe will shed light on the mysteries of the Prehistoric period 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 47 2820
New evidence may reveal the source of mercury in the tomb of the First Emperor 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1729
Archaeologists find 4,100 years old tomb of Egyptian doctor to the Pharaohs 1 speak easy Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1201
Scientists Discover Celtic Society Where Men Left Home to Join Their Bride's Community 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 15 1358
Echoes Near Stone Age Rock Art Suggest Rituals Were Common Practice 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1128
Society centered around women in UK during Iron Age: Scientists 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1154
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE CUNEIFORM TABLETS UNEARTHED IN NORTHERN IRAQ 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 965
Lost City of Qabra Mentioned in Babylonian Inscriptions May Have Been Found 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1047
Ancient, engraved stones may have been buried to summon the sun 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 897
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