anthropology
Remains of female hunter suggest ancient humans valued gender equality ꦇ
A recent discovery from an ancient Peruvian burial ground sugg💃est▨s that prehistoric women were no strangers to hunting.
To heal America's wounds, we need to recall that we belong to one another
Mother Tereಞsa said that “if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” That’s all too true of America to🍎day. A global...
Baboon moms carry their dead babies for up to 10🤪 🧸days
Baboon mothers living in the wild have been🎀 observed carrying their dead infants for as lo𓃲ng as 10 days, according to scientists. A new study by University College London and...
Ruins of ancient Mayan pa📖lace discovered in Me♐xico
Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed the remains of a huge Mayan pala🍌ce that's estimated to be more than 1,000 years old. Located in the city of Kuluba, which is about...
Sexy '50 Shades' of medieval times revealed for first time
Fragme♚nts from a sexed-up m🅠edieval poem, which researchers are calling the "50 Shades of Grey" of its day, were just rediscovered after more than 700 years. The manuscript pages dating...
419-million-year-old fossilized forest discov𓂃ered in China
The fossilized remai🌺ns of a 419-million-year-old forest have been found in China, giving researchers new insigh🌞ts into a time when life began to emerge from the sea. The site, which...
Did prehist🌠oric supernovas force humans to stand on their own two fe♊et?
Lightning isn't just an awesome weather phenomenon. New research suggests a spectacular show of strikes may have played a pivotal role in human evolution. A paper published in the Journaไl...
Modern farmers work harder than cavemen did: study 🐻𒀰
Most would consider themselves lucky to have been born in the modern age -- unthreatened by food scarcity a🦂nd saber-toothed tigers. But a new anthropological study b൲ased in the Philippines...
Bodies of 600 who disappeared during Aꦐrgentina’s military dictatorship wait to be 🍌identified
The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has been working since 1984 to recover the bodies of more than 1,400 people forcibly disappeared durin🏅g Argentina’s military dictatorship. The genetic profiles of the...
Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline
CORSCIA - French archaeologists have unearthed an Etruscan tomb containing a skeleton and dozens of artifacts in Corsica, a rare dis🏅covery that could shed neꦕw light on the wealthy civilization...
Aztec war sacrifices found in Mexico may💦 point to elusive royal tomb 🐭
MEXICO CITY - A t🐠rove of Aztec sacrifices, including a richly adorned𓄧 jaguar dressed as a warrior and recently discovered in downtown Mexico City, could lead archaeologists to the most...
How we๊ speak was shaped by our ancestors giving up raw meat
WASHINGTON — The way most of us speak today is shaped in part by how long ago 🔜our ancestors gave up chew༺ing tough, raw meat. It’s widely known that languages...
Brazil launches h𝓰igh-risk expedition to keep rival isolated t🎀ribes from clashing
Brazilian a🤪nthropologists are looking for members of an uncontacted Amazon tribe to steer them clear of a rival indigenous tribe and avoid a bloody clash of cudgels against arrows.
🍌 Prehistoric ꦯsailors may be responsible for Stonehenge
Stonehenge is perhaps the most famous rock structure in the world and the mystery surrounding its formation has stumped humanity for generations. Now, a new study suggests that it, along... 🤪
⛦ Neanderthals wiped themselves out throug🐻h inbreeding
Neanderthals couldn't stop sleeping with their family members – and it may have spelled their demise 40,000 years ago. Rampant inbreeding left many of the ancient human-lik𒐪e creatures with physical...
Amelia Earhart 'wreck site' possibly discovered in Papua New Guinea
Researchers say that a site in Papua New Guinea may contain the long-lost rema🌸ins of Amelia Earhart’s plane. Wreckage off the coast off Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, may offer...
Scottish stones thought to be ancient actually from the '90s
♎ This is about as much of an artifact as the Spice Girls. A stone circle in Scotland -- which sparked a rush of inte✅rest last year when it was said...
Burning Man is now the subject of a $100K Swis𒐪s study ༒
RENO, Nev. — Nevada's Burning Man counter-cultu𒆙re festival has inspired spin-off events around the world that are now being studied by Swiss government anthropologists and sociologists. The Swiss National Science...
♚ Early humans hooked up with Neanderthals all theꩲ time
Early humans had sex with Neanderthals and other primitiv﷽e cousins far more often than thought in a world of debauchery, according to a new study. Researchers found that interbreeding happened...
Ancient man survived by being🐟 a total mean girl
Early man was a total mean girl. — Gossipy, cliquey, exclusionary — these are some of the traits our human ancesto𝓀rs developed to thrive over the last 6 million years, argues...