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'I couldn't believe it was my son who did it': boy, 4, smashes bronze age jar in Israel museum

'I couldn't believe it was my son who did it': boy, 4, smashes bronze age jar in Israel museum


Via: john-russell  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  12 Comments  •  4 months ago

Totem Pole Taken 94 Years Ago Begins 4,000-Mile Journey Home

Totem Pole Taken 94 Years Ago Begins 4,000-Mile Journey Home


Via: hallux  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  5 Comments  •  last year

Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it.

Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it.


Via: hallux  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  25 Comments  •  last year

Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Displaying Objects That Belong to Native American Tribes?

Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Displaying Objects That Belong to Native American Tribes?


Via: hallux  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  5 Comments  •  last year

New Superhenge?

New Superhenge?


Via: ambivalent  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  12 Comments  •  2 years ago

(CNN) Stonehenge, the world-renowned circle of bluestone columns in an isolated field in southwest England, has been shrouded in mystery for centuries. But it seems there's even more to this...
Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?

Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?


By: hal-a-lujah  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  46 Comments  •  2 years ago

I’ve always wondered about this.
Did the First Americans Arrive via Land Bridge? This Geneticist Says No.

Did the First Americans Arrive via Land Bridge? This Geneticist Says No.


Via: thomas  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  64 Comments  •  2 years ago

On my list to read.....
In a Sign of the Times, Experts Across the Smithsonian Have Drafted Its First Institution-Wide Restitution Policy

In a Sign of the Times, Experts Across the Smithsonian Have Drafted Its First Institution-Wide Restitution Policy


Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  1 Comments  •  2 years ago

“What do we want to be? How do we see our value as an institution today? What do we believe and what do we prioritize? What statements do we want to make about past acquisitions that may raise...
Oldest evidence of human activity unearthed in African cave

Oldest evidence of human activity unearthed in African cave


Via: freefaller  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  7 Comments  •  3 years ago

A team of Canadian and Israeli researchers have unearthed the earliest evidence of human occupation in a cave, dating back about two million years until nearly modern times. A large cave nestled...
Indigenous South American tribes found to have ancient Australian DNA

Indigenous South American tribes found to have ancient Australian DNA


Via: freefaller  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  12 Comments  •  3 years ago

Australia is deemed the most isolated continent on Earth, but DNA from early indigenous groups spread throughout the world and specifically into the ancient bloodline of South American tribes....
Why Did Ancient Indigenous Groups in Brazil Hunt Sharks?

Why Did Ancient Indigenous Groups in Brazil Hunt Sharks?


Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  11 Comments  •  3 years ago

In a snowy forest near Montreal, Martin Lominy aimed his bow at a butchered hog, hanging from twine between two trees. A craftsman who recreates ancient tools, Lominy was helping archaeologists...
Massive 3,000-year-old ceremonial complex discovered in 'plain sight'

Massive 3,000-year-old ceremonial complex discovered in 'plain sight'


Via: freefaller  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  5 Comments  •  4 years ago

An enormous 3,000-year-old earthen platform topped with a series of structures, including a 13-foot-high pyramid, has been identified as the oldest and largest monumental construction discovered...
Rare 16th Century Gothic Boxwood Carvings Are So Miniature Researchers Used X-Ray To Solve Their Mysteries

Rare 16th Century Gothic Boxwood Carvings Are So Miniature Researchers Used X-Ray To Solve Their Mysteries


Via: old-hermit  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  8 Comments  •  4 years ago

44,000 year old cave painting thought to be world's oldest story

44,000 year old cave painting thought to be world's oldest story


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  24 Comments  •  5 years ago

Egypt uncovers 3,000-year-old mummies in the Valley of the Kings

Egypt uncovers 3,000-year-old mummies in the Valley of the Kings


Via: perrie-halpern  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  45 Comments  •  5 years ago

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SEE THE FACE OF YOUR 100,000-YEAR-OLD ANCESTOR

SEE THE FACE OF YOUR 100,000-YEAR-OLD ANCESTOR


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  10 Comments  •  5 years ago

SEE THE FACE OF YOUR 100,000-YEAR-OLD ANCESTOR Israeli team used DNA to design first Denosivan replica BY MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN,  JERUSALEM POST,  SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 Portrait of...
Drought exposes long-submerged 'Spanish Stonehenge' monument

Drought exposes long-submerged 'Spanish Stonehenge' monument


Via: perrie-halpern  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  8 Comments  •  5 years ago

By   Denise Chow A 7,000-year-old monument dubbed “Spanish Stonehenge” has been exposed for the first time in 50 years, after drought conditions in western Spain dropped water levels in a...
Ancient Siberia was home to previously unknown humans, say scientists

Ancient Siberia was home to previously unknown humans, say scientists


Via: kavika  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  28 Comments  •  5 years ago

DNA analysis reveals hardy group genetically distinct from Eurasians and East Asians Nicola Davis   @NicolaKSDavis Wed 5 Jun 2019   13.00 EDT Last modified on Wed 5 Jun 2019...
Denying Jerusalem's Jewish History Despite Archaeological Evidence

Denying Jerusalem's Jewish History Despite Archaeological Evidence


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  2 Comments  •  5 years ago

Denying Jerusalem's Jewish History Despite Archaeological Evidence by   Lawrence A. Franklin , Gatestone Institute, September 26, 2019 The City of David Foundation recently...
12 curious truths about Stonehenge

12 curious truths about Stonehenge


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  15 Comments  •  5 years ago

12 curious truths about Stonehenge The world's most famous ring of standing stones has been studied for centuries, yet we learn something new about it all the time. MELISSA BREYER,...
Greek find called earliest sign of our species out of Africa

Greek find called earliest sign of our species out of Africa


Via: freefaller  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  3 Comments  •  5 years ago

NEW YORK — Scientists say they've identified the earliest known sign of our species outside Africa. It's a chunk of skull recovered from a cave in southern Greece. The fossil's estimated age is at...
Closest-known ancestor of today’s Native Americans found in Siberia

Closest-known ancestor of today’s Native Americans found in Siberia


Via: kavika  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  30 Comments  •  5 years ago

Indigenous Americans, who include Alaska Natives, Canadian First Nations, and Native Americans, descend from humans who crossed an ancient land bridge connecting Siberia in Russia to Alaska tens...
Ancient star explosions could have led early humans to walk upright

Ancient star explosions could have led early humans to walk upright


Via: perrie-halpern  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  46 Comments  •  5 years ago

More than six million years have passed since early humans first walked upright, and it’s still unclear exactly why we made the switch from four legs to two. One popular theory holds that the...
If reason exists without deliberation, it cannot be uniquely human

If reason exists without deliberation, it cannot be uniquely human


Via: bob-nelson  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Philosophers and cognitive scientists today generally comprehend the domain of reason as a certain power of making inferences, confined to the thoughts and actions of human beings alone. Like...
Oldest human footprint found in the Americas confirmed in Chile: researcher

Oldest human footprint found in the Americas confirmed in Chile: researcher


Via: kavika  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  16 Comments  •  5 years ago

An ancient footprint is pictured, having formed cracks due to desiccation after being extracted from its original site, in Osorno, Chile sometime in April 2019. Universidad Austral de Chile,...
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