Anthropology

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Latest about anthropology

Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone
By Charles Q. Choi published
Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.

Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage
By Kristina Killgrove published
Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.

Humans were in South America at least 25,000 years ago, giant sloth bone pendants reveal
By Kristina Killgrove published
Humans were living in Brazil earlier than previously thought, prehistoric sloth-bone pendants suggest.

Mystery Stone Age holes in England have archaeologists asking, 'What were these pits for?'
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists in England have found up to 25 large pits dotting the countryside, but their purpose remains a mystery.

Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists discovered a lost Maya city hidden in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

35 amazing facial reconstructions, from Stone Age shamans to King Tut
By Christina Hughes published
New scientific techniques are helping us reconstruct people from the past in uncanny detail.

See the face of 'Ava,' a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Researchers created a 3D image of a Bronze Age woman who was likely part of Europe’s “Bell Beaker” culture.

Men hunt and women gather? Large analysis says the long-held idea is flat-out wrong
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Scientists studying hunter-gatherer societies around the world discovered the stereotypes that men were hunters and women were gatherers was wrong.
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