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Kulub: Dig uncovers large Mayan palace in Mexico 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 2175
Te Lapa: Mysterious island lights that help Polynesians navigate 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 1892
What Is the Second Greatest Mystery in Anthropology? 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 1827
World's oldest figurative artwork uncovered 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 26 3742
Archaeologists in Greece find 3,500-year-old royal tombs 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 6 1537
Isotope analysis points to prisoners of war, 1,400 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1200
Fossil Whale Shows Transition Stage to Tail-Powered Swimming 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1074
Archaeologists Unearth Beads Made of Human Teeth in Ancient Turkish City 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1398
Scientists discover ancient gum and recover human DNA: 1 Laffy Kat Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 1278
What ancient homes looked like, from the Egyptians to the Aztecs 4 mfcorey1 Dec 2019 Dec 2019 22 3205
Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane 0 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 8 1396
Small-scale atlatl artifacts suggest children were taught how to use them 3 Jim__ Dec 2019 Dec 2019 7 1627
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Painting in the Americas before European colonization 8 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Dec 2019 42 5526
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Bones of ape living 12m years ago point to genesis of upright walking 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Dec 2019 5 1847
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Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 24 2349
Ancient Armenian Female Warrior Suffered Hatchet Wounds And Arrow Blow Before Death 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 2087

Anthropology Continued...

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Painstaking clean-up of Scottish Viking hoard unlocks new secrets 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 14 1424
The mystery of Harappan script: An enigma from the ancient world 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1530
Two-Horned 'Rook' Might Be the Oldest Chess Piece on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 1399
300,000 years ago, nine human species lived on Earth. Did homo sapiens exterminate the others? 12 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 18 3429
Greece's Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 21 2409
Universality and diversity in human song 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1478
Jewelry made from HUMAN TEETH found in the ruins of 9000-year-old Turkish city, 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1232
Physicists Just Created the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe in History 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 10 1786
Before We Find Aliens, Humans Need to Figure Ourselves Out, Anthropologist Says 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1680
Japan team finds 143 stunning new images in Nazca Lines of Peru 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 15 1629
The technology of enchantment 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1362
Archaeologists find ancient site older than Machu Picchu 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 38 5944
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'Stone age seafarers' depicted in newly discovered rock art in Sweden 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 24 3159
The Reinvention of Humanity by Charles King review - a revolution in anthropology 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1402
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Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting pits 3 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 11 1911
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Meet Erika the Red: Viking women were warriors too, say scientists 5 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 2250
Drone images provide new insights into lost Bolivian civilisation - video 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1217
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