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Rainforest Discovery Reveals Early Humans in Rainforest 150,000 Years Ago, Rewriting Human Evolution History 3 Judi Lynn Thursday Friday 28 652
Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface . . . 3 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 17 553
Something Was Very Wrong With The Inca Empire -- DNA Just Proved It 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday Thursday 18 917
How a 4,000-year-old city defied history's 'rules' by becoming more equal as it became more successful 0 erronis Tuesday Tuesday 22 561
Artifact: The Rolodex 3 Kali Apr 23 Sunday 5 554
Glad to see Judi Lynn is back! 10 mntleo2 May 3 May 4 63 1267
A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 26 Apr 26 14 844
Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find 2 Judi Lynn Apr 10 Apr 22 5 867
220,000-Year-Old Quarry Site in South Africa Studied 4 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 16 967
Roman sanctuary unearthed beneath Frankfurt may have a dark past involving ritual human sacrifice 0 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 14 655
Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old Kingdom 4 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 15 1098
Archaeologists Discovered an Ancient Projectile Inscribed With a Threatening Message 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 9 945
Iran Attacked Its Arab Neighbors -- Their DNA Explains Why 5 Warpy Mar 30 Apr 2 3 1013
Ancient Maya Wetlands Reveal Settlement That Thrived Amid "Collapse" 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 30 1387
Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 13 819
Judi Lynn hasn't been here for a month. 12 Easterncedar Mar 28 Mar 28 49 2190
Archaeologists Found 23,000-Year-Old Footprints That Rewrite the Story of Humans in America 17 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Mar 28 62 3544
PBS Secrets of the Dead: Sunken 4th Century Basilica (full documentary 55:35) 0 eShirl Mar 19 Mar 19 6 880
Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans 3 erronis Feb 28 Mar 9 5 1240
Humanity's oldest geometries, engraved on ostrich eggs 0 erronis Feb 25 Feb 25 6 906
(Archaeology with Flint Dibble): A New History of the Ancient Maya with Dr David Stuart 0 eShirl Feb 24 Feb 24 6 842
Archaeologists Believed Every Statue on This Island Had Been Found, Until One Emerged from a Lakebed 1 Judi Lynn Feb 23 Feb 24 15 1175
18,000-Year-Old Evidence of Human Brain Consumption Found in Poland's Maszycka Cave 7 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 23 13 1329
Archaeologists Launch 'Virtual Museum' To Ukraine's Ancient Heritage 2 Judi Lynn Feb 23 Feb 23 11 973
1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 23 14 1066
Ancient Greece's Deadliest Secret: Did a Hallucinogenic Fungus Power the Eleusinian Mysteries? 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 23 33 1453
Ancient Skies, Ancient Wisdom 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 23 14 1034
How Sumerians in Mesopotamia Perfected Asphalt-Like Materials 4,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 813
Extraordinary Discovery at Ness of Brodgar, Scotland: New 3D Scans Could Rewrite Neolithic History 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 19 1249
Championships Mark the Rebirth of a Dynamic Art Form 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 928

Anthropology Continued...

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New Research Reveals How Londoners Used Death Data to Survive the Great Plague 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 16 1125
"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older--and not Denisovans 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 21 1233
Mystery of Armenia's Giant 6,000-Year-old 'Dragon Stones' is Finally Solved 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 27 1381
In the 3rd century, the Vikings' ancestors in Norway may have ravaged the North Sea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 23 1206
ASI unearths around 4,000-year-old human settlement in Odisha 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 795
430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 55 2048
Only Humans Have Chins -- and They Emerged as an Evolutionary Accident 12 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 19 1951
At a 'Tea Party' With Scientists, This Ape Showed Some Imagination 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 1198
Book Review: How Sickness Has Transformed Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 994
Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 802
A Closer Look at King Tut's Footwear: The Pharaoh Was Buried With Over 80 Pairs of Sandals Made from Gold and Papyrus 10 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 1505
Ancient Inuits Seafarers Conquered the High Arctic 4000 Years Ago and Built Villages There Their travels shape the ecosy 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 936
Ancient DNA reveals Europe's last hunter-gatherers survived until 2500 BCE 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 905
2,000-Year-Old Iron Age Temple Discovered in Denmark Reveals Powerful Northern European Center 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 1021
DNA Reveals the People Who Replaced Stonehenge's Builders Along With 90% of Britain's Population Came from a Dutch Swamp 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1134
Hunter-gatherers took refuge in European 'water world' for millennia 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1068
Prehistoric discovery in Oregon cave older than Egypt's Great Pyramid rewrites human history 10 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 60 3101
2,000-Year-Old Iron Age Temple Discovered in Denmark Reveals Powerful Northern European Center 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 26 1471
Rules of mysterious ancient board game decoded by AI, scientists say 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 944
A 5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites the story of ancient Egyptian tools 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 875
Archaeologists find 10,000-year-old rock art site in Egypt's Sinai 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 911
Archaeologists Uncovered a Lost City Hidden Beneath the Desert for 1,200 Years 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 1133
Cambridge students unearth Viking-era 'execution pit' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 1028
Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong 1 Eugene Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1087
Oldest known sewn hide and other artifacts from Oregon caves shed light on early clothing in harsh climates 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 987
Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 987
These 500,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Discovered 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 948
In 1940, A Dog Investigated A Hole In A Tree And Discovered A Vast Cave Filled With Ancient Human Artwork 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Jan 2026 46 2288
Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art 2 Bayard Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1348
Giant stone monuments older than Stonehenge were built by an ancient 'water cult', archaeologists say 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Jan 2026 8 1496

Anthropology Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
3 Million Year-Old Tools Found Rewrite History 2 Gaugamela Dec 2025 Dec 2025 13 1512
A Massive Stone Wall Built 7,000 Years Ago Was Found Intact Beneath the Sea Off the Coast of France 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 31 1562
Step inside the lost Native American city that rivalled medieval London 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 21 1649
Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold--not the tropics 7 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Dec 2025 20 3516
"Seeking the Koko' Ta'ay"--Taiwan's Little People, Big Questions 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1189
A New Study Revealed the Secret Origin of One of America's Most Mysterious Monuments 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 1356
Study Finds Golden Retrievers and Humans Share Genes for Anxiety and Intelligence 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Dec 2025 16 1661
Archaeologists in Wisconsin Unearth an Ancient 'Parking Lot' With 16 Dugout Canoes--Including One That's 5,200 Years Old 8 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 27 2300
It Rivaled Ancient Egypt, Then Vanished: New Study Pinpoints Why the Indus Valley Fell 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1517
Archaeologists Uncover Massive 2,250-Year-Old Monument Beneath Ancient Roman City 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1545
Archaeologists Reveal Ancient, Single-Log Boats Used to Navigate Prehistoric England 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 1338
Aologist is racing to preserve Sudan's heritage as war threatens to erase its cultural past 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1166
Native American city that rivalled medieval London 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 15 1354
DNA analysis suggests first Australians arrived about 60,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1086
People Sailed To Australia And New Guinea 60,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1085
Easter Island Statue Construction Wasn't a Top-Down Affair 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 1545
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site 7 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 38 2635
Massive prehistoric structure found near Stonehenge 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 18 1472
Neolithic 'amphitheater' uncovered at Karahantepe archaeological site 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1286
First-of-its-kind 3D model lets you explore Easter Island statues up close 5 erronis Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 1591
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