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Oldest Human Footprints in North America Discovered: Here's What They Reveal
March 28, 2018 | ArticleAbout 13,000 years ago, two shoeless adults and a child squished their bare feet through wet clay near the water's edge, leaving footprints that still exist today.
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This Ancient Society Buried Disabled Children Like Kings
February 13, 2018 | ArticleAbout 34,000 years ago, a group of hunters and gatherers buried their dead - including two boys with physical conditions - using the utmost care. However, these dead were buried in fairly different ways, a new study finds.
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Photos: 2 Paleolithic Boys Were Buried with Fox Teeth and Spears
February 13, 2018 | Image AlbumAbout 34,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer group buried two young boys who had physical conditions in elaborate graves.
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Ancient Ale: Oldest Beer in Greece Dates to Bronze Age
January 31, 2018 | ArticleThe ancient Greeks may have liberally indulged in wine, but that's not the only alcoholic beverage they imbibed, according to a new study that describes the discovery of two potential Bronze Age breweries.
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An Anthropologist Explains Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions
December 29, 2017 | ArticleThe mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people's faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia. We can almost smell those candles, taste those special meals, hear those familiar songs in our minds.
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On an Uninhabited Caribbean Island, a Trove of Pre-Columbian Cave Art
November 06, 2017 | ArticleImagine a social- networking site that not only predates not only the internet but even a European presence in the Americas. That's how researchers from the University of Leicester describedare theirdescribing the discoveries they've made after three year
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This 6,000-Year-Old Skull May Be from Earliest Known Tsunami Victim
October 25, 2017 | ArticleA 6,000-year-old skull found in what is now Papua New Guinea may be the first evidence of a tsunami victim.
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Ancient Roman Skulls Reveal Local Groups' Distinctive Facial Features
June 30, 2017 | ArticleForensic techniques that are used to solve modern homicide cases helped American anthropologists reveal family resemblances in 2,000-year-old skulls from the Roman Empire.
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When Did People Start Using Money?
June 21, 2017 | ArticleCurrency first hit the scene thousands of years ago. An anthropologist explains the early origins and uses of money – and how archaeological finds fill in our picture of the past.
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Newfound Tusk Belonged to One of the Last Surviving Mammoths in Alaska
April 10, 2017 | ArticleA prehistoric campfire and a number of archaeological treasures — including a large tusk of a mammoth, and tools fashioned out of stone and ivory — remained hidden for thousands of years in the Alaskan wilderness until experts discovered them recently.
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