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Archaeologists Say 'Bulgarian Atlantis' Older Than The Pyramids 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2020 Oct 2020 19 1780
Early Humans Were Using Fire 300,000 Years Ago to Forge Superior Stone Tools 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2020 Oct 2020 10 945
Revealing the Age of the Clovis People 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1189
Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 1107
Prehistoric hunters weren't all male. 3 littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 Nov 2020 5 889
7,000 YEARS OLD COPPER AGE KILNS UNEARTHED IN BULGARIA 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2020 Nov 2020 12 1312
THE WORLD'S SECOND LONGEST WALL, KUMBHALGARH FORT, IS RIGHT HERE IN INDIA 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2020 Nov 2020 7 1161
LOST CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA DISCOVERED HIDING BENEATH THICK VEGETATION 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2020 Nov 2020 14 1249
12,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in New Mexico 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2020 Nov 2020 9 1326
Oldest carving in East Asia found. But its maker is a mystery. 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2020 Dec 2020 10 1119
Is Caral, Peru the Oldest City in the Americas? 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2020 Dec 2020 8 1130
2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Temple Unearthed in Pakistan 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 959
8,200-year-old burials in Russia contain pendants crafted from human bone 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 913
Enormous Underground City Uncovered in Turkey 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 1219
The incredible case of the only known individual whose parents were two different species 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 30 2010
Child Who Lived 8,000 Years Ago May Have Been Buried With a Wolf 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 14 926
Stunning Prehistoric Jewelry Reveals 9 Hidden Societies in Ice Age Europe 3 Warpy Jan 2024 Jan 2024 18 1108
Archaeologists unearth a 3,500-year-old shopping list 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 756
PRIMATE STUDY FINDS A SCANDALOUS SIMILARITY TO HUMANS 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2021 Feb 2021 10 1206
Chumash Indians were using highly worked shell beads as currency 2,000 years ago 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2021 Jan 2021 10 1827
Watch: Archaeologists are unearthing the lost world of the Mayan civilisation with lasers in the sky 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 1186
Iron Age Pottery Found on Remote Scottish Island 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 1289
Archaeologists in Turkey Have Discovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2021 Feb 2021 11 1102
Many Ethnic Russians Returning to North but Moscow isn't Counting Them, Anthropologist Says 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1576
Ancient tomb newly discovered on Dingle Peninsula could date back further than the Bronze Age 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2021 Apr 2021 16 1323
Genetic analysis of ancient massacre reveals instance of indiscriminate killing 2 Jim__ Mar 2021 Mar 2021 13 1396
Analysis of 6,200-Year-Old Grave Raises New Questions About Neolithic Massacre 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 995
Early humans still had great ape-like brains... 2 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 6 970
Prehistoric carvings of red deer found in Scottish neolithic tomb 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 2098
Aboriginal Spears Stolen By Captain Cook Will Be Returned To Their True Owners After 251 Years 2 Judi Lynn May 2021 May 2021 5 1088

Anthropology Continued...

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Even 85,000 Years Later, We Can Still See How Early Humans Shaped The Land With Fire 2 Judi Lynn May 2021 May 2021 17 1287
The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world 2 Jim__ May 2021 May 2021 13 1168
THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD SKIN CREAM DISCOVERED IN AN ANCIENT ROMAN TEMPLE 2 Judi Lynn May 2021 May 2021 31 2273
Seeing the garden through the trees: The Indigenous forest gardens of coastal B.C. 2 Judi Lynn May 2021 May 2021 11 1320
Orkney is a prehistoric phenomenon, where Neolithic remains continue to surface 2 Judi Lynn May 2021 May 2021 22 1872
The First Australians grew to a population of millions 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2021 Jun 2021 11 2151
Antarctica was likely discovered 1,100 years before Westerners 'found' it 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1135
4,000-Year-Old 'Snake Staff' Discovered in Finland 2 left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 10 1268
Ancient culture had exchanges with distant societies 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2021 Jul 2021 8 1263
Ancient Roman road found hidden in Bosnian forest 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2021 Jul 2021 28 2131
These Medieval Islamic Tombs in Sudan Were Laid Out Like Galaxies 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1061
Homo Who? A New Mystery Human Species Has Been Discovered in Israel 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2021 Jul 2021 19 1211
Editorial: Jomon World Heritage listing to highlight ancient Japan's deep ties to nature 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2021 Aug 2021 4 1474
Last Meal of History's Most Famous 'Bog Body' Hints at Human Sacrifice 2 Warpy Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1566
Spanish cave paintings confirmed to have been made by the Neanderthals 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 1195
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Sep 2021 17 1154
Viking 'amulet factory' discovery forces rethink of enigmatic artifacts 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 12 1380
Warmest Tent on Earth - Pitching in the Siberian Arctic Winter - Ненецкая палатка чум 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 984
Neanderthals painted stalagmites red 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 807
Men and women of Roman Herculaneum had different diets, new research shows 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Sep 2021 16 1349
5,500-year-old houses, tombs found in Turkey's Arslantepe 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 917
What is the oldest-known archaeological site in the world? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 14 1143
The first Dutch Neanderthal now has a face 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1242
Why societies collapse Jared Diamond 2 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Sep 2021 12 1372
Giant pyramid built by the Maya was made from rock spewed by a volcano 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 16 1161
Medieval Hebrew document could reveal why Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Qumran 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Oct 2021 12 1293
Uncovering the secrets of an ancient Mayan city 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 991
3,500-year-old stone mosaic floor found in Turkey 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 13 1073
Secret cave chamber may be one of the last Neanderthal hideouts 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 27 1297
Researchers Uncovered a Long Hidden Chamber in the Famous Gibraltar Cave 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Oct 2021 25 1318

Anthropology Continued...

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Massive Byzantine-era winery discovered in Israel 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1015
Oldest evidence of humans using tobacco discovered in Utah 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1183
Did Ancient Hebrews Get High During Temple? A New Archaeological Discovery Suggests They Did 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 13 1432
Figures of Babylon: oldest drawing of a ghost found in British Museum vault 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1282
Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity's deep past 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 10 931
Hundreds of Ancient Maya Sites Hidden Under Mexico Reveal a Mysterious Blueprint 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 22 1467
Dogs Have Co-Evolved With Humans Like No Other Species 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1420
5500-year-old pentagon structure found in North China 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 12 1059
Bison in Canada Discover Ancient Petroglyphs, Fulfilling an Indigenous Prophecy 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 63 2680
Vikings' 'blood eagle' torture was horrific -- and may have actually happened 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Feb 2022 6 1018
Ancient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here's what we learned 2 left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 17 1281
Lines written by 'naughty pupils' among 18,000 ancient pottery fragments found in Egypt 2 Wicked Blue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1023
Who were the Scythians? 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1075
An Ornate, 5,000-Year-Old Stone Drum Is the U.K.'s Most Significant Prehistoric Art Find in a Centur 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 938
5,300-Year-Old Skull Offers Earliest Known Evidence of Ear Surgery 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 1131
Controversial rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 1000
Subjected to Painful Experiments and Forgotten, Enslaved 'Mothers of Gynecology' Are Honored With Ne 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 4 711
First Americans: no ice-free entry 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 7 911
Volunteers Uncover Rare, 4,800-Year-Old Stone Circle in England 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 11 929
Pompeii victim had spinal tuberculosis when he died 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 3 681
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