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Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas 9 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 11 1702
Oxyrhynchus Papyri - Huge treasure trove of paper (papyrus) documents from ancient garbage dump 0 barbaraann Nov 2023 Nov 2023 15 1836
Scotland's 'oldest' tartan found in Highlands bog 7 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Nov 2023 20 2588
Large-scale warfare occurred in Europe '1,000 years earlier than previously thought' 4 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1934
Extraordinarily Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Octagonal Sword Unearthed In Germany 8 Judi Lynn Jun 2023 Nov 2023 32 4553
Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge Neolithic tomb 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 11 1658
Uncovering a lost landscape 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 883
ANCIENT 'FEAT OF ENGINEERING' NEARLY 1,000 YEARS OLDER THAN THE PYRAMIDS FOUND ON REMOTE NORTH SEA ISLAND 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 2182
Nearly 500,000 Dirhams were buried in Viking-Age Scandinavia, study findsA new study reveals that silver coins from the 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 1771
Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo Sapiens 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 16 1295
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 7 1267
1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1465
Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life 16 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 26 3281
A thing puzzled me while watching programs 12 moniss Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 1873
A 24,000-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERY IN A EUROPEAN CAVE LEFT RESEARCHERS STUNNED. NOW THEY'RE CALLING IT THE "MOST IMPORTANT" OF ITS KIND 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 28 2520
'World-class aquifer' enabled ancient African kingdom to thrive in the Sahara for hundreds of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1204
The "missing law" of nature was here all along 0 applegrove Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1142
AI Is Used To Share What Ancient Languages Sounded Like 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1401
The oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula indicates imports began over 5,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1134
Ancient Europeans ate seaweed thousands of years before it became a trendy 'superfood' 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 965
Burial of Dingo Companion Animal Examined in Australia 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 914
Archaeologists found a 'lost 8,000-year-old city' after looking in the English Channel 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1355
21,000-yr-old Footprints in New Mexico may be the oldest evidence of human migration in the Americas 8 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 1681
A group of giant mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago just became the US' newest 13 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Oct 2023 38 4738
SCIENTISTS FIND STRUCTURE FROM BEFORE HOMO SAPIENS EXISTED 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 22 1545
Danish museum says Vikings had stained glass Windows 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1220
Norwegian Archaeologists Are Salvaging Priceless Artifacts From Melting Glaciers--Before It's Too Lat 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 49 3082
When excavators uncovered an 'ancient British city' near Edinburgh Airport 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 19 864
An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It's a glimpse of future tech 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1058
Stonehenge Before the Druids (Long, Long, Before The Druids) 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1023

Anthropology Continued...

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How an ancient society in the Sahara Desert rose and fell with groundwater 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 890
Traces of Colorful Paint Detected on Parthenon Sculptures 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 842
Runestones reveal the power of a Viking queen 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 951
These footprints confirm that humans were in North America several millenia earlier than previously 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 14 1305
Vikings Had Windows, Another Shift Away From Their Image as Barbaric Norsemen, Danish Museum Says 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1113
Researchers say Unangax knowledge can help solve the mystery of Unalaska's ancient bear bones 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 990
Anglo-Saxon Burials Are Challenging Our Understanding of Gender Identity 5 Warpy Oct 2023 Oct 2023 31 2080
Rediscovering the Miracle Plant of Antiquity with Potential Medicinal Properties 1 Wicked Blue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1299
New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows 8 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1592
Rare Neolithic Find: Woodworks Using Stone Tools on 5-Foot Logs From 476,000 Years Ago Found in Afri 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 16 1369
Scientists rediscover human groups that were thought to have died out decades ago 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 11 1047
A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1500
SECRET OF THE ALTAR STONE: STONEHENGE MYSTERY DEEPENS AS NEW DISCOVERY UPENDS 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 1032
Floods reveal long-lost parts of ancient city for first time in thousands of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 968
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 674
Unearthed in Spain: The megalithic complex that could dwarf Stonehenge 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1060
Prehistoric Humans May Have Dug Up Bodies to Make Tools 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 890
See the Face of a Bronze Age Woman Who Lived in Scotland 4,000 Years Ago 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 18 1511
9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave 8 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 1431
Archaeologists unearth never-before-seen language in ancient ruins 18 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 50 3887
2,500-Year-Old Gold Necklaces Revealed After Landslide in Spain 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 14 1031
New study reveals a long history of violence in ancient hunter-gatherer societies 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 7173
New images of 5,000-year-old Highland burial site 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 866
Bronze Age hexagonal 'pyramid' not like anything 'found before in the Eurasian steppe' 4 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1904
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of oldest wooden structure--See Date!! 6 cally Sep 2023 Sep 2023 14 7615
Modelling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 947
Horse's Bridle Recovered From Norway's Glacial Ice 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 810
How Ancient Dart Launchers Changed the Game for Early Female Hunters 10 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 28 2671
Early Humans Crafted Stone Spheroids 1.4 Million Years Ago 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 10 1295
Sunken temple reveals 'treasures and secrets' in mysterious underwater city 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1202

Anthropology Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Archaeologists Discover Previously Unknown Language From Ancient Tablet 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 15 1111
Analyses of a 2,900-year-old iron chisel from Portugal revealed surprisingly high-quality steel 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 998
Indigenous Peoples Still Face Effects of Mass Bison Slaughter 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 14 1661
Unveiling the Enigmatic World of Istanbul's Subterranean Treasures 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1137
LOS GUACHIMONTONES 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 9 1395
'Tall' 1,300-Year-Old Skeleton With Knife Found at Construction Site 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1502
Scotland Claims it's Found 5,000 Year Old Monument on 'par with Stonehenge' on the Isle of Arran 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1480
An archeologist learned about Neanderthals (and ourselves) by digging in one cave for decades 2 70sEraVet Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 1790
Time Team's Return of The ROMANS-Love these videos. 3 Eko Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1280
Archaeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years 3 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1711
I've been watching documentaries on You Tube 9 Marthe48 Aug 2023 Sep 2023 6 2434
10 Viking And Norse Symbols Explained 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 10 1239
Ancient Solar Flare Sheds Light On How Nordic Seafarers Became The Vikings 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 10 1504
Mysterious Skull Challenges Theory of Where Human Ancestors Evolved 3 Warpy Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1147
A Dice Game board from 5th century BC found in western Turkey's Daskyleion 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1332
3,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure Found In Hittite Tunnel Mentioned On Cuneiform Tablets 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 1565
Man filmed himself damaging ancient Eglwysilan monument 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1727
3,000-Year-Old Grass Mats Unearthed in Alaska 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 1017
Big freeze drove early humans out of Europe, scientists reveal - BBC News 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Sep 2023 6 1872
A 2,000-year-old wooden bridge that once linked England and Wales discovered 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 25 1521
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