Anthropology
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![An artist's drawing of Stone Age man and woman digging a pit.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJzWZwBXcWjGf6pRgmDuNY-320-80.jpg)
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.
![An aerial image of a lost Maya city.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bAWqHiw7JAg84iHKZvJ78Z-320-80.jpg)
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.
![A facial approximation of a Bronze Age woman.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sYgUTcD9b2dgMaYb5BT8uN-320-80.jpg)
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.
![An artist's drawing of a woman hunting with a bow and arrow.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5gMBL54cJ5X7AHsuJ5iizH-320-80.png)
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.
![Side-by-side images of an artist's interpretation of a hobbit.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yp7Deg726ts5s9yUEBJPBo-320-80.jpg)
See the face of the 'Hobbit,' an extinct human relative
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A new facial approximation offers insight into one of humankind's extinct relatives, Homo floresiensis.
![We see the inside of a dark cave filled with ropes and lights for an excavation.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XKaZurgLmyhVZvvy9UzNyH-320-80.jpg)
86,000-year-old human bone found in Laos cave hints at 'failed population' from prehistory
By Kristina Killgrove published
The discovery of a skull and shin bone fragment in a cave in Laos pushes back the earliest known date of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia.
![An illustration showing ancient human relatives making hand axes out of obsidian more than 1.2 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eVkgSRf2w3Etag2Zfp2wuZ-320-80.jpg)
Massive, 1.2 million-year-old tool workshop in Ethiopia made by 'clever' group of unknown human relatives
By Charles Q. Choi published
An unknown group of hominins crafted more than 500 obsidian hand axes more than 1.2 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.
![A trio of gemstones found at a Roman bathhouse.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/52StAShTyAJg6bSEcZZCVj-320-80.jpg)
Stockpile of 2,000-year-old gemstones found in Roman bathhouse drain
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
What caused a clog in this 2,000-year-old Roman bathhouse? A treasure trove of gemstones, that’s what.
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