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Sardinia's Ancient Giant Statues Inspired by People with Acromegaly, Study Claims 2 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 5 385

Researchers Used 3D Tech to Rebuild the Parthenon's Lighting and Discovered It Was Nothing Like We Imagined 4 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 19 857

Study: Neanderthals invented their own tech, didn't copy others 0 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 20 553

The Bristol zookeeper who has cradled gorillas and has rebuilt a rainforest 0 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 8 293

Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought 0 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 5 246

Discovery of Ancient Lost Settlement on Scotland's Isle of Skye Rewrites Early Human History 3 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 11 773

A 3,600-Year-Old Reed Boat Provides Clues to Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia 0 Judi Lynn Wednesday Wednesday 2 625

Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man 6 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 71 2633

'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women' 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 15 374

Mystery stone circle reveals 'ultimate adventure story' of human presence in Europe 1 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 388

DNA Links Modern Picuris Pueblo Tribe to Ancestors Who Lived in Chaco Canyon Hundreds of Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 14 531

Archaeologists unearth tree-lined walkway that led to ancient Egyptian fortress in Sinai Desert News By Owen Jarus publi 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 489

Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary 2 Judi Lynn May 4 May 5 22 687

These Extraordinary Archaeological Sites Are a Portal to Ancient Egypt 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 417

Battle Irrevocably Destroyed Ancient Chinese Cypress Forest 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 427

The Overlooked Greek Foundations of Roman Law 3 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 8 433

AI helping researchers, laypeople discover archaeological sites in Japan mountains 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 9 284

Dark personalities more prevalent in less democratic countries, massive study shows 5 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 425

Phaistos: The Palatial Mountain Fortress of Minoan Crete 2 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 16 511

Hidden Message Discovered On 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Obelisk In Paris 9 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 42 1653

These 400,000-Year-Old Mammoth Tusks Carved by Early Humans May Be the Oldest Evidence of Prehistoric Intelligence 1 Judi Lynn Apr 28 Apr 28 10 580

Rare 3,500-Year-Old Chariot Wheel Discovered at Golf Course in Scotland 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 10 510

Unopened Victorian soft drink bottle found at dig 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 11 517

Across China: Tech meets culture -- China's digital renaissance of ancient heritage 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 1 210

New Evidence of Phoenician Origins Emerges 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 15 447

Ice Age Humans Were Experts at Wielding Fire, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 9 370

Danish slave ships wreckage found off coast of Costa Rica, museum confirms 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 7 322

Archaeologists discover 'miracle' in ancient Egyptian tomb 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 25 1307

Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 5 507

Searching for the Origins of Sutton Hoo Time Team Part 1 50:30 1 Ptah Apr 21 Apr 26 6 363

Anthropology Continued...

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First Human Figurine of the Mesolithic Era (Circa 9000 Years Old) Discovered in Azerbaijan's Damjili Cave 5 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 22 730

Sophistication of Bronze Age settlement revealed 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 505

The forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation 0 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 483

The fossil skull found by an Australian that rocked the world 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 17 886

Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 27 855

Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals 0 Judi Lynn Apr 19 Apr 19 14 539

Study of over 1,000 sites suggests inequality emerged long after agriculture 0 cbabe Apr 16 Apr 16 6 418

Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Apr 13 8 623

Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 13 10 534

American man who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India 10 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 13 14 1050

Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 8 513

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 7 433

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 6 444

European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 9 573

Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 464

Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 568

6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 29 1109

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 6 Apr 6 12 518

Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 453

The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 15 398

Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 11 405

Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 3 Apr 6 15 584

Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 29 Mar 29 6 469

A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 9 634

The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 12 636

Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 15 733

Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 14 612

2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 22 Mar 22 11 656

The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of 7 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 19 954

Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 26 716

Anthropology Continued...

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An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 15 723

'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 15 Mar 18 6 574

Researchers use AI to unearth a 5,000-year-old civilization beneath the world's largest desert. But how? 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 3 532

2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine 3 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 43 1632

Human Presence in Europe Dates Back 1.4 Million Years, Stone Tools Reveal 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 9 475

'Indigenous Whispers' project aims to honor Miami's Native American heritage with historical trail 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 1 313

Crucial Feature of Human Language Emerged More Than 135,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 11 492

Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 13 613

New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 6 455

Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 muriel_volestrangler Mar 11 Mar 11 12 651

Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 9 469

Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 4 356

Yup'ik masks: Carvings depicting distorted spirits' faces dreamed up by shamans in Alaska 2 Judi Lynn Mar 3 Mar 3 12 621

The World's Largest Pyramid Site Isn't in Egypt and It's Twice the Size. 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2 Mar 2 29 1297

20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 35 1482

An Egyptian Temple Reborn 1 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 11 467

Lidar Reveals Sacred Roads Near Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 5 507

'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough 0 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 20 652

An ancient human lineage roamed Europe's frozen tundra for nearly 80 generations. Then they died out. 13 Judi Lynn Feb 26 Feb 26 69 2502

Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Feb 26 Feb 26 10 686

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