Homo naledi Could Be Much Younger Than Previous Thought
Homo naledi, the mosaic of archaic and modern human, whose discovery two years ago was published in the journal Elife was touted to …
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Incredible New Evidence for Peopling of the Americas 130,000 Years Ago
It is pretty well agreed that Homo sapiens spread out of Africa about 100,000 years ago and traveled across Asia about 60,000 …
Untangling The Ancient Khipu Code Of Strings
Last week in Current Anthropology, University of St. Andrews anthropologist Sabine Hyland, published, “Writing with Twisted Cords: The Inscriptive Capacity …
An Auditory Reconstruction of the 6,000 Year Old Proto-Indo-European Language
Have you ever wondered what language sounded like in the past? In the mid-19th century, actually 1868, German linguist, August Schleicher, …
The Hobbit: A Homo habilis Lineage?
When the 3 and 1/2 foot Homo floresiensis was discovered and the age of the new species correlated with the …
Interpreting Paleolithic Funerary Rites from Broken Ochred Pebbles
Claudine Gravel-Miguel, archaeology doctoral student at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, research has taken …
The Cardiac Health of the Tsimane
A lot of discussion is constantly had about what is the healthiest diet; low fat or low carb. An interesting …
The Caloric Disappointment Of Cannibalism
Cannibalism is not uncommon; almost every documented culture has done it. In the cave dwellings of Homo antecessor, the common …
The Neanderthal Cultural Significance Of A Decorated Crimean Raven Bone
In the last decade or so, we have illuminated Neanderthals demonstrated complex culture, such as the burial in Shanidar, were interior …
13,000 Year Old Tooth Filling Are The Oldest Evidence Of Dentistry Known
A pair of 13,000-year-old incisors found contain the earliest known use of fillings – made out of bitumen, or asphalt/cement. …
