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Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed 24 erronis 10 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 51 1703

Runes found in Canadian wilderness baffle archaeologists 24 Judi Lynn 18 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 95 2855

This Is The Oldest Kingdom In The World 2 Judi Lynn 17 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 37 920

Were Poland's first rulers actually from Scotland? 0 Judi Lynn 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 12 341

'Very rare' Viking grave uncovered in Denmark by accident 1 Judi Lynn 18 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 19 458

Arrowheads unearthed at Becin ancient site 0 Judi Lynn 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 13 370

Ancient DNA reveals new clues about the incredible journey of dogs in the Americas 0 Judi Lynn 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 11 361

DNA confirmed a Pueblo tribe's ties to Chaco Canyon 0 Judi Lynn 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 8 311

Ice Age cave find upends what we know about Australia's first people 0 Judi Lynn 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 14 343

Discovery of 2,000-Year-Old Massive Shoe Reveals the Goliath of Roman Warriors 10 Judi Lynn Sunday Monday 15 604

700,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Cave in Iran 3 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 36 857

Scientists uncover 35,000-year-old seafaring culture in the Philippine Islands 1 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 9 313

Massive Fields Where Native American Farmers Grew Corn, Beans and Squash 1,000 Years Ago Discovered in Michigan 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 16 433

Ancient Boat Coffins Unearthed in the Desert Reveal Secrets of a Forgotten Civilization 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 11 349

Young Woman with Cone-Shaped Skull Suffered Fatal Blow 6,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 7 409

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 8 219

Researchers Used 3D Tech to Rebuild the Parthenon's Lighting and Discovered It Was Nothing Like We Imagined 5 Judi Lynn May 14 Jun 10 21 1109

Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 23 623

Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America's coldest places 0 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 9 410

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 21 608

Research Reveals That Ancient Trade Routes Delivered Domestic Cats to China 0 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 11 323

Archaeologists Find Grisly Evidence of Medieval Public Punishment 0 Judi Lynn Jun 8 Jun 8 12 469

'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture 0 WhiteTara May 27 May 27 8 433

Uncovered Medieval Tattoos Flesh Out a Misunderstood Practice 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 8 624

Versatile Call Combinations in Chimpanzees May Shed Light on the Evolution of Human Language 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 3 402

Archaeologists Found Evidence of Ancient Psychedelic Rituals in Peru 2 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 11 519

Astonishing secret city built 5,000 years ago by lost civilisation discovered underneath empty desert 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 11 708

Oxford team catalogues chimpanzee forest first aid 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 3 339

Scientists Identify Evidence of Ambush 17,000 Years Ago News 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 9 519

Lost City of the Samurai 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 8 448

Anthropology Continued...

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A 5,000-year-old fire altar has been discovered in the oldest center of civilization in South America 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 12 580

Archaeologists Found 11,500-Year-Old Tools That Reveal an Incredible Human Adventure 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 14 565

A Sunken Land of Life and Intelligence: The Lost World of Homo Erectus Resurfaces After 140,000 Years 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 28 941

South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds 2 Judi Lynn May 24 May 24 7 512

Sardinia's Ancient Giant Statues Inspired by People with Acromegaly, Study Claims 2 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 5 571

Study: Neanderthals invented their own tech, didn't copy others 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 715

The Bristol zookeeper who has cradled gorillas and has rebuilt a rainforest 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 430

Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 5 380

Discovery of Ancient Lost Settlement on Scotland's Isle of Skye Rewrites Early Human History 3 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 11 959

A 3,600-Year-Old Reed Boat Provides Clues to Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 2 764

Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man 6 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 73 2920

'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 16 553

Mystery stone circle reveals 'ultimate adventure story' of human presence in Europe 1 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 524

DNA Links Modern Picuris Pueblo Tribe to Ancestors Who Lived in Chaco Canyon Hundreds of Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 15 712

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 10 806

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 23 834

These Extraordinary Archaeological Sites Are a Portal to Ancient Egypt 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 560

Battle Irrevocably Destroyed Ancient Chinese Cypress Forest 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 583

The Overlooked Greek Foundations of Roman Law 3 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 8 603

AI helping researchers, laypeople discover archaeological sites in Japan mountains 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 9 418

Dark personalities more prevalent in less democratic countries, massive study shows 5 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 636

Phaistos: The Palatial Mountain Fortress of Minoan Crete 2 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 16 721

Hidden Message Discovered On 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Obelisk In Paris 9 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 42 1925

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 10 729

Rare 3,500-Year-Old Chariot Wheel Discovered at Golf Course in Scotland 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 10 662

Unopened Victorian soft drink bottle found at dig 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 11 654

Across China: Tech meets culture -- China's digital renaissance of ancient heritage 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 1 345

New Evidence of Phoenician Origins Emerges 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 15 607

Ice Age Humans Were Experts at Wielding Fire, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 9 491

Danish slave ships wreckage found off coast of Costa Rica, museum confirms 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 7 455

Anthropology Continued...

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Archaeologists discover 'miracle' in ancient Egyptian tomb 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 25 1504

Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 5 710

Searching for the Origins of Sutton Hoo Time Team Part 1 50:30 1 Ptah Apr 21 Apr 26 6 550

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 1004

Sophistication of Bronze Age settlement revealed 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 685

The forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation 0 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 624

The fossil skull found by an Australian that rocked the world 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 17 1051

Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 27 1036

Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals 0 Judi Lynn Apr 19 Apr 19 14 708

Study of over 1,000 sites suggests inequality emerged long after agriculture 0 cbabe Apr 16 Apr 16 6 546

Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2025 Apr 13 8 856

Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 13 10 704

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 1366

Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 8 656

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 7 3239

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 6 562

European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 9 713

Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 643

Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 743

6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 29 1283

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