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How Medieval People Tried to Dance Away the Plague 4 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 9 924
During tough times, ancient 'tourists' sought solace in Florida oyster feasts 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 794
Deformed 'alien' skulls offer clues about life during the Roman Empire's collapse 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 15 1388
Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1237
World's oldest string of yarn shows Neanderthals were smarter than we thought 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1394
Speed Bump. (comic) 0 JohnnyRingo Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1520
Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 888
'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts 1 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1429
Skulls from the Yucatn Peninsula a Clue to Early American Settlers 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 922
LONDON might be 3,000 years older than previously believed. 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 12 1027
Discover Ozbaki hill that goes down 9,000 years in history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 5 1048
Humans Have Been Taking Out Insurance Policies for at Least 30,000 Years 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1063
A REAL-LIFE ATLANTIS EXISTED IN FLORIDA, AND IT WAS RULED BY FISH 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1425
Humans living in Amazon 10,000 years ago cultivated plants, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1163
Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1848
Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1669
Legendary 'Tree of Life' in New Mexico's Ancient Past Might Not Be What We Thought 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 16 1520
3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1279
EXCAVATION OF 3,400-YEAR-OLD BALLCOURT REWRITES THE ORIGIN OF AN ANCIENT, BRUTAL GAME 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1181
SOMEONE IN MEXICO HAD AN ANCIENT MAYAN KINGDOM BURIED IN THEIR BACKYARD 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 1434
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 13 1330
Archaeologists to dig up secrets of Roman amphitheatre in Kent 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1133
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 35 2052
Guatemala find reveals early Mayan writing 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1180
Bones Unearthed in English Church Likely Belong to Seventh-Century Saint 3 left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1260
Humans domesticated horses - new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1231
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest 'white road' in the Yucatan 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1191
'Astounding new finds' suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 40 4349
Hello kitty! Leopard face reconstructed from ancient Egyptian sarcophagus 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 949
Humans get some of their knack for killing each other from the primate family tree, a new study says 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1571

Anthropology Continued...

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Archaeologists use laser tech to reveal secrets of 100-km Maya road 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1091
Rice fossils show Cambodians' rice production dates back early Neolithic period 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 986
New study results consistent with dog domestication during Ice Age 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1154
Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1095
World's oldest art under threat from cement mining in Indonesia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 984
Experts Discover a 'Shrine' of 15,000-Year-Old Animal Carvings and Mysterious Symbols in a Spanish C 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 44 4137
Ancient Humans in the Sahara Desert Were Feasting on Fish 10,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 10 1507
Ancient engraving of warrior with 'elaborate hairstyle' and 'pronounced butt' discovered in Scotland 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1327
Mass grave shows how Black Death devastated the countryside 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 14 1300
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 5 989
What Mongolia's Dairy Farmers Have to Teach Us About the Hidden History of Microbes 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 12 1344
The earliest farmers of northwest China exploited grain-fed pheasants not chickens 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 8 1087
Researchers revise timing of Easter island's societal collapse 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 11 1735
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 838
Scientists find evidence of 'ghost population' of ancient humans 5 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 11 1404
Did We Kill Off Another Species of Humans Ten Thousand Years Ago? 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1619
ANCIENT HUMAN IQ CAN'T BE MEASURED IN THE BRAIN, BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE -- STUDY 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 15 1337
How Ancient Poop Debunked Myth of Native American Lost Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Feb 2020 14 1443
Museum of Natural History: Human Population 1 RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1319
2,000-Year-Old Monolith Engravings Recorded in Peru 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 6 1196
Neanderthals may have been shallow free divers, suggests a new study 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 6 1121
Ancient Cave Filled With 10,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings Accidentally Discovered By Egyptologists In 8 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 25 2632
Mysterious Footprints Indicate Neanderthals Climbed a Volcano Right After It Erupted 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 30 2441
Australian bushfires may have damaged thousands of Aboriginal sites 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1117
Ancient Vesuvius eruption turned victim's brain to a glassy rock in rare, poorly understood process 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 5 1068
Anthropologists confirm existence of specialized sheep-hunting camp in prehistoric Lebanon 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 7 1074
Mysterious 'Ghost Tribe' discovered as scientists recover Stone Age DNA 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 12 1266
14th-Century Steam Bath Found in Mexico City 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 1 1087
50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 1552
Peru's Pachacamac Idol Analyzed 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 1299

Anthropology Continued...

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How Did Humans Come to the Americas? 2 left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 Jan 2020 5 1162
Who Decided to Put 60 Seconds in a Minute? 2 left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1366
Oldest Temple in the world: Over 11,000 years old Gbekli Tepe in Turkey shows the artistic genius o 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Jan 2020 12 1626
Easter Island's Monoliths Made the Crops Grow 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 25 3241
Mexico City gold was Aztec loot Spanish abandoned as they fled in 1520, tests show 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 1178
How Did Cahokian Farmers Feed North America's Largest Indigenous City? 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1152
Early humans revealed to have engineered optimized stone tools at Olduvai Gorge 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1080
Monkeys smashing nuts with stones hint at how human tool use evolved 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1060
Ancient rock art at Carnarvon Gorge destroyed after walkway explodes in bushfire 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 7 1063
Early Humans May Have Scavenged More than They Hunted 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 1008
Viking runestone may allude to extreme winter, study says 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 1184
A handful of recent discoveries have shattered anthropologists' picture of where humans came from, a 14 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 27 2959
Chimps Have Been Caught Throwing Rocks at Trees And Yelling For No Apparent Reason 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1232
Discovery of ancient Egyptian beads sheds new light on historic trade routes 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 1017
Seafaring South Americans began settling Greater Antilles 5,800 years ago 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1047
Demon Drawing Spotted on Assyrian Clay Tablet 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 1225
Archaeologists Excavate 200 More Chinese Terracotta Warriors 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1299
Subtle Ancient Footprints Come to Light 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 991
Ancient copper smelting ruins discovered in SW China 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 941
Divers to retrieve Bronze Age artefacts from Swiss lake 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 882
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