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A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim 9 Judi Lynn Saturday Sunday 15 859
This Is The Face Of "Dragon Man", Modern Humans' Closest Relative 4 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 16 546
Researcher: The people who painted these rock paintings were neither primitive nor naked 1 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 20 662
Xinhua Silk Road: Museum showcasing culture of China's largest prehistoric stone city opens to public 3 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 7 338
The iconic Viking halls probably had stylish glass windows 0 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 8 254
Archaeologists 'surprised' by 6,500-year-old Stone Age site near Arctic 3 Judi Lynn Friday Saturday 28 845
People in Europe Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years Before It Disappeared From Their Diets 0 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 10 337
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancels meet with Greek PM over Elgin Marbles row BBC News 2 xocetaceans Nov 27 Nov 27 1 439
5:06 / 10:01 The Sound of Ancient Languages. Full Version. You Haven't Seen Anything Like This Before! 22 Judi Lynn Nov 27 Nov 27 19 1305
Long before they became a Thanksgiving staple, turkeys were revered by ancient Indigenous communities 2 Judi Lynn Nov 24 Nov 24 5 432
Archaeologists Discover Traces of Ancient Jalula 1 Judi Lynn Nov 24 Nov 24 8 491
Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA revea 2 Judi Lynn Nov 23 Nov 24 8 459
Greeks Are Descendants of the Mycenaeans, DNA Study Confirms 5 Judi Lynn Nov 23 Nov 24 7 555
World's Oldest War Weapons Factory Existed 7,200 Years Ago In Israel 0 Judi Lynn Nov 24 Nov 24 7 361
Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps 8 Judi Lynn Nov 20 Nov 21 18 698
some cool images of Tenochtitlan 5 Kali Nov 18 Nov 21 12 442
Satellites spy remnants of hidden Bronze Age settlement in Serbia 1 Judi Lynn Nov 20 Nov 20 17 564
Hunter-gatherer approach to childcare suggests that the key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers 4 eShirl Nov 17 Nov 18 6 423
Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas 9 sl8 Nov 11 Nov 14 11 639
Oxyrhynchus Papyri - Huge treasure trove of paper (papyrus) documents from ancient garbage dump 0 barbaraann Nov 8 Nov 8 15 912
Scotland's 'oldest' tartan found in Highlands bog 7 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Nov 6 20 1498
Large-scale warfare occurred in Europe '1,000 years earlier than previously thought' 4 Eugene Nov 2 Nov 5 5 808
Extraordinarily Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Octagonal Sword Unearthed In Germany 8 Judi Lynn Jun 2023 Nov 2 32 3244
Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge Neolithic tomb 5 Judi Lynn Oct 22 Nov 2 11 738
Uncovering a lost landscape 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2 Nov 2 4 398
ANCIENT 'FEAT OF ENGINEERING' NEARLY 1,000 YEARS OLDER THAN THE PYRAMIDS FOUND ON REMOTE NORTH SEA ISLAND 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2 Nov 2 26 1271
Nearly 500,000 Dirhams were buried in Viking-Age Scandinavia, study findsA new study reveals that silver coins from the 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2 Nov 2 9 794
Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo Sapiens 2 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Nov 1 16 580
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 2 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Nov 1 7 497
1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion 5 Judi Lynn Oct 10 Oct 31 13 530

Anthropology Continued...

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Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life 16 sl8 Oct 19 Oct 31 26 1654
A thing puzzled me while watching programs 12 moniss Oct 25 Oct 30 0 586
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 20 Oct 30 28 1501
'World-class aquifer' enabled ancient African kingdom to thrive in the Sahara for hundreds of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 24 Oct 24 3 518
The "missing law" of nature was here all along 0 applegrove Oct 24 Oct 24 10 518
AI Is Used To Share What Ancient Languages Sounded Like 5 Judi Lynn Oct 24 Oct 24 5 444
The oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula indicates imports began over 5,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Oct 20 Oct 20 5 559
Ancient Europeans ate seaweed thousands of years before it became a trendy 'superfood' 0 Judi Lynn Oct 20 Oct 20 3 398
Burial of Dingo Companion Animal Examined in Australia 0 Judi Lynn Oct 20 Oct 20 3 327
Archaeologists found a 'lost 8,000-year-old city' after looking in the English Channel 0 Judi Lynn Oct 19 Oct 19 9 730
21,000-yr-old Footprints in New Mexico may be the oldest evidence of human migration in the Americas 8 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 18 12 679
A group of giant mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago just became the US' newest 13 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Oct 17 38 2363
SCIENTISTS FIND STRUCTURE FROM BEFORE HOMO SAPIENS EXISTED 5 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 16 22 675
Danish museum says Vikings had stained glass Windows 5 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 16 8 344
Norwegian Archaeologists Are Salvaging Priceless Artifacts From Melting Glaciers--Before It's Too Lat 3 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 49 2009
When excavators uncovered an 'ancient British city' near Edinburgh Airport 0 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 19 334
An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It's a glimpse of future tech 0 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 9 523
Stonehenge Before the Druids (Long, Long, Before The Druids) 1 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 10 371
How an ancient society in the Sahara Desert rose and fell with groundwater 0 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 7 359
Traces of Colorful Paint Detected on Parthenon Sculptures 0 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 5 297
Runestones reveal the power of a Viking queen 3 Judi Lynn Oct 15 Oct 15 4 238
These footprints confirm that humans were in North America several millenia earlier than previously 2 Judi Lynn Oct 7 Oct 11 14 633
Vikings Had Windows, Another Shift Away From Their Image as Barbaric Norsemen, Danish Museum Says 1 Judi Lynn Oct 8 Oct 8 6 506
Researchers say Unangax knowledge can help solve the mystery of Unalaska's ancient bear bones 0 Judi Lynn Oct 8 Oct 8 3 462
Anglo-Saxon Burials Are Challenging Our Understanding of Gender Identity 5 Warpy Oct 7 Oct 8 31 1259
Rediscovering the Miracle Plant of Antiquity with Potential Medicinal Properties 1 Wicked Blue Oct 6 Oct 6 13 596
New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows 8 Jilly_in_VA Oct 6 Oct 6 10 566
Rare Neolithic Find: Woodworks Using Stone Tools on 5-Foot Logs From 476,000 Years Ago Found in Afri 4 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 16 599
Scientists rediscover human groups that were thought to have died out decades ago 1 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 11 504
A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh 7 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 13 577

Anthropology Continued...

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SECRET OF THE ALTAR STONE: STONEHENGE MYSTERY DEEPENS AS NEW DISCOVERY UPENDS 0 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 12 516
Floods reveal long-lost parts of ancient city for first time in thousands of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 7 438
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 0 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 4 206
Unearthed in Spain: The megalithic complex that could dwarf Stonehenge 1 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 6 429
Prehistoric Humans May Have Dug Up Bodies to Make Tools 0 Judi Lynn Sep 29 Sep 29 5 437
See the Face of a Bronze Age Woman Who Lived in Scotland 4,000 Years Ago 5 Judi Lynn Sep 29 Sep 29 18 775
9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave 8 Judi Lynn Sep 28 Sep 29 13 484
Archaeologists unearth never-before-seen language in ancient ruins 18 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 50 2132
2,500-Year-Old Gold Necklaces Revealed After Landslide in Spain 1 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 14 492
New study reveals a long history of violence in ancient hunter-gatherer societies 1 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 7 6515
New images of 5,000-year-old Highland burial site 1 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 2 267
Bronze Age hexagonal 'pyramid' not like anything 'found before in the Eurasian steppe' 4 Eugene Sep 24 Sep 27 12 1107
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of oldest wooden structure--See Date!! 6 cally Sep 23 Sep 27 14 6587
Modelling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition 0 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 5 475
Horse's Bridle Recovered From Norway's Glacial Ice 0 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 4 293
How Ancient Dart Launchers Changed the Game for Early Female Hunters 10 Judi Lynn Sep 17 Sep 23 28 1616
Early Humans Crafted Stone Spheroids 1.4 Million Years Ago 4 Judi Lynn Sep 16 Sep 23 10 608
Sunken temple reveals 'treasures and secrets' in mysterious underwater city 2 Judi Lynn Sep 23 Sep 23 6 654
Archaeologists Discover Previously Unknown Language From Ancient Tablet 0 Judi Lynn Sep 23 Sep 23 15 651
Analyses of a 2,900-year-old iron chisel from Portugal revealed surprisingly high-quality steel 0 Judi Lynn Sep 23 Sep 23 4 542
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