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Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 989
Neanderthals and modern humans may have copied each other's tools 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1170
Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1363
Neanderthal DNA might be linked to smoking, drinking, sleeping patterns in modern humans: study 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1201
'Rare' Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria 9 Wicked Blue Oct 2022 Oct 2022 9 1614
Ancient Amazonians, unknown until recently, built towering mounds and reshaped the landscape 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1687
What Do Stonehenge and Japanese Stone Circles Have in Common? 11 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 14 1793
Artificial Islands Around British Isles Were Used by Elites for Ancient Parties to Show Wealth and P 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Oct 2022 4 1606
Viking Women Were Power Weavers Whose Textiles Provided Vital Trade Across Europe, Researchers Say 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 1353
Study of Buddhist monks suggests celibacy can have surprising evolutionary advantages 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1557
Beads show European trade in African interior used Indigenous routes 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 807
See the striking facial reconstruction of a Paleolithic woman who lived 31,000 years ago 9 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 44 4220
Artificial islands surrounding British Isles were used for ancient parties, archaeologists find 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 948
A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin -- this time tracing back to 1000 B.C. 8 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 19 2076
Archaeologists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Structure Older Than Stonehenge or Pyramids of Giza 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 14 1440
What's the world's oldest civilization? 10 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 32 3011
Can we talk about modern Social Anthropology here? 14 Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 2082
Brochs: The mysterious circular symbols of Scotland 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 26 2076
Indigenous Sea Gardens Fed Communities, Preserved Ecosystems 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 8 1080
Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 960
Chinese researchers discover world's earliest synthesized lead white cosmetics 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1096
twitter thread: example of architecture from every single country 5 BootinUp Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1347
Human Skin Didn't Always Fear The Sun, Not Until A Huge Change 10,000 Years Ago 6 Warpy Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 2104
World's Oldest Evidence of Surgical Amputation Lay Hidden For 31,000 Years 0 Warpy Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 1231
Indigenous Americans ruled democratically long before the U.S. did 5 DBoon Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 1352
"Ancient Civilizations of North America" free on Amazon Prime until 9/30/22....... 13 Jade Fox Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 2743
DNA STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON 'MISSING LINK' IN BIRTH OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES 10 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 10 1964
RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT 1,000-YEAR-OLD PAINTINGS EXCAVATED IN SUDAN 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Sep 2022 5 990
Vast paleogenetic study reveals insights on migration, farming and language development 1 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1265
Scientists Amazed to Find 1,400-Year-Old Folding Chair in Woman's Grave 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 1144

Anthropology Continued...

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Who were the Vandals, the 'barbarians' who sacked Rome? 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 9 1090
Rival teams of male dolphins form the animal world's biggest social networks, long-running study fin 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 12 2467
Study: Vikings were not the first to settle the Faroe Islands 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 881
Bodies Found In Medieval Well Probably Victims Of An Anti-Semitic Massacre 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 901
Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1086
Scythian arrowheads and Bronze Age dwelling uncovered in Ukraine 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 712
The last person who touched this three-bladed arrowhead was a Viking 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 17 1488
Centuries-old tools reveal how the Chikasha people fought off conquistadors 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 943
Cornwall's ancient village with underground tunnels that nobody can explain 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 1237
Oldest human-made structure in the Americas is older than the Egyptian pyramids 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 1481
Creation of linguistic landscapes using ancient and contemporary Mayan writing 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1039
Chief Justice overturns drilling approval at Aboriginal heritage site 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 1243
Traces of settlement dating back over 9,000 years discovered in Turkiye 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1155
People Produced Beer in German Stonehenge Over 4,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 795
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 759
Glacier archaeologists find a 1300-year-old arrow in melting ice 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 31 2002
Map may prove 'Welsh Atlantis' rooted in fact, say academics 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 27 1852
'Spanish Stonehenge' dating back 7,000 years emerges as water levels recede 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 24 1950
Urartian chamber tomb, water channel discovered in Trkiye's Van 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 853
New discoveries at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 11 753
Archaeologists find ice age footprints of earliest North Americans 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 11 1059
The incredible case of the only known individual whose parents were two different species 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 30 2092
'Plaza' in ancient city of Cahokia near today's St. Louis was likely inundated year-round 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 17 1471
Enormous Underground City Uncovered in Turkey 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 1301
How Breaking Bad and an Infamous Economist Can Explain the Viking Age 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1274
40,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Cave Chamber Discovered in Gibraltar 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 18 1271
Temple Dedicated to the Sun God Unearthed in Egypt 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 1290
Historic secrets unearthed by archaeologists before the sea claims them 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 10 1056
Horned helmets came from Bronze Age artists, not Vikings 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 12 1167
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1087

Anthropology Continued...

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Archaeologists discover Ice Age human footprints in the Utah desert --may be more than 12,000 years o 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 11 1154
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 601
Ancient Maya installed gemstones in their teeth. It wasn't just fashion. 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1006
Floors of ancient Greek luxury villa were laid with recycled glass 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 801
Archaeologists unearths Unique Tomb of 6th Century BC Egyptian Commander at the archaeological area 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 883
1.4 Million-Year-Old Fossil Hints Modern Human Faces Were Present Earlier Than Thought 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 21 1844
Scientists Think They've Found a Huge Goddess-Worshiping Lost City In Iraq 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 8 1111
Underwater archaeologists discover ancient Greek shipwreck in sunken city 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1100
5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1099
HOW ANCIENT EGYPTIANS USED EYESHADOW AS A FORM OF PROTECTION 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 9 1154
A Strange Fossil in South China Reveals an Intriguing Link With The First Americans 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1174
How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 840
Norse traded walrus ivory in Kyiv, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 717
A rare 3,300-year-old bronze helmet reaching the present from the Hittite Empire era 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1011
How Ancient Humans Evolved to Meditate to Deal With Stress 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 729
How Did Ancient Aztecs Use the Haunting Aztec Death Whistle? 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 859
8,200-year-old burials in Russia contain pendants crafted from human bone 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 987
Archaeologists Unearthed Third Greatest Fire Temple Existing in Ancient Iran's Sassanid Era 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1005
Spanish archeologists may have found the oldest human fossil in Europe last Friday 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 14 1153
Mysterious 'lord of the universe' deity from ancient Palmyra finally identified 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 965
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