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Study of over 1,000 sites suggests inequality emerged long after agriculture 0 cbabe 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 6 269

Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Sunday 8 475

Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Sunday 10 414

American man who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India 10 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Sunday 14 841

Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 8 403

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 7 336

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 6 347

European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 9 456

Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 337

Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 452

6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 29 941

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 12 402

Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 361

The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 15 311

Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 11 310

Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 3 Apr 6 15 476

Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 29 Mar 29 6 373

A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 9 504

The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 12 514

Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 15 590

Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 14 494

2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 22 Mar 22 11 562

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 19 788

Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 26 606

An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 15 616

'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 15 Mar 18 6 444

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 3 456

2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine 3 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 43 1498

Human Presence in Europe Dates Back 1.4 Million Years, Stone Tools Reveal 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 9 361

'Indigenous Whispers' project aims to honor Miami's Native American heritage with historical trail 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 1 237

Anthropology Continued...

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Crucial Feature of Human Language Emerged More Than 135,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 11 395

Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 13 529

New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 6 378

Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 muriel_volestrangler Mar 11 Mar 11 12 565

Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 9 389

Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 4 281

Yup'ik masks: Carvings depicting distorted spirits' faces dreamed up by shamans in Alaska 2 Judi Lynn Mar 3 Mar 3 11 489

The World's Largest Pyramid Site Isn't in Egypt and It's Twice the Size. 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2 Mar 2 28 1146

20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 35 1376

An Egyptian Temple Reborn 1 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 11 379

Lidar Reveals Sacred Roads Near Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 5 431

'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough 0 Judi Lynn Mar 1 Mar 1 20 571

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 2239

Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Feb 26 Feb 26 10 595

How old is Norse mythology? 3 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 9 626

Archaeologists may have found second tomb of mysterious Egyptian pharaoh 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 7 454

The Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 11 569

1,300 Years Old Medieval Flush Toilet Discovered in South Korea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 6 454

Cave Bones in Britain Point to a 4,000-Year-Old Massacre So Brutal It May Have Included Cannibalism 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 7 650

First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's 3 Wicked Blue Feb 19 Feb 22 7 713

Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language 0 Wicked Blue Feb 20 Feb 20 7 2389

Are We Still Primitive? How Ancient Survival Instincts Shape Modern Power Struggles 4 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 8 545

Malta's Megalithic Structures Among the Oldest and Most Mysterious 4 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 34 1110

Archaeologist assures that spiritual tourism in Egypt's archaeological sites is not 'demonic' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 7 407

Ancient remains found in Co Derry bog 'likely to belong to young woman' who lived 2,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 15 927

Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon that aligns with the winter solstice 0 Judi Lynn Feb 19 Feb 19 8 395

Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Orange Peels to Pine to Incense 0 Onthefly Feb 18 Feb 18 1 331

Gruesome evidence of cannibalism in Poland 18,000 years ago 5 Judi Lynn Feb 15 Feb 15 6 553

Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols 2 Judi Lynn Feb 15 Feb 15 11 665

Archaeologists Uncover a 3,800-Year-Old Hexagonal Pyramid--Unlike Anything Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Feb 13 Feb 13 11 754

Anthropology Continued...

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Massive Ancient Greek Defensive Wall Unearthed in Croatia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 8 475

People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 5 575

Ancient Europeans ate the brains of their dead enemies 18,000 years ago, researchers discover 6 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 5 550

Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks 0 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 13 589

The Silurian Hypothesis Suggests An Advanced Civilization Lived On Earth Before Humans 3 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 7 665

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 8 Feb 8 8 492

Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition 2 SheltieLover Feb 5 Feb 5 9 638

1.5 Million-Year-Old Hand Axes and Seven Paleolithic Sites Discovered in Iraq's Western Desert 4 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 11 656

Taking a class on Native American Religions this Semester @ ASU... Both North/South Americas!!! So Aawesome! 4 FirstLight Jan 2025 Feb 3 3 512

Norway's Viking Societies Found to Be More Violent Than Denmark's 2 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 6 593

Warriors of the Roman Period May Have Used Narcotics Before Battle 1 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 3 547

Oldest Evidence of Human-Caused Lead Pollution Dates from Over 5,000 Years Ago, Around the Aegean Sea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 0 405

4,800-Years-Old Neolithic Relics Discovered in Tibet 0 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 3 3 436

66-million-year-old vomit fossil discovered in Denmark 2 Wicked Blue Jan 27 Jan 28 1 579

Aboriginal message sticks are a fascinating insight into a complex system of written communication 1 Judi Lynn Jan 26 Jan 26 5 509

'Cannons and Castles' (Orgueil, Jersey) Series 18 Episode 8 Time Team 0 Ptah Jan 25 Jan 25 2 413

Karahantepe will shed light on the mysteries of the Prehistoric period 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 24 47 1794

New evidence may reveal the source of mercury in the tomb of the First Emperor 3 Judi Lynn Jan 23 Jan 24 8 878

Archaeologists find 4,100 years old tomb of Egyptian doctor to the Pharaohs 1 speak easy Jan 18 Jan 18 6 599

Scientists Discover Celtic Society Where Men Left Home to Join Their Bride's Community 1 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 18 15 674

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