Anthropology

  1. Anthropology

    Cache of eagle claws points to Neandertal jewelry-making

    Eagle-claw jewelry points to Neandertals’ symbolic behavior before contact with humans, researchers argue.

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  2. Anthropology

    People moved into rainforests much earlier than thought

    People lived year-round in rainforests well before previous estimates, an analysis of teeth excavated in Sri Lanka suggests.

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  3. Humans

    Ancient jaw may hold clues to origins of human genus

    A 2.8-million-year-old fossil from Ethiopia raises questions about the origins and evolution of the human genus, Homo.

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  4. Anthropology

    Wheat reached England before farming

    European hunter-gatherers may have traded for agricultural products 8,000 years ago.

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  5. Anthropology

    Fossil teeth flesh out ancient kids’ varied growth rates

    X-ray technique sheds light on hominids’ developmental variety.

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  6. Anthropology

    Ancient Maya bookmakers get paged in Guatemala

    New discoveries peg ritual specialists as force behind bark-paper tomes and wall murals.

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  7. Anthropology

    Israeli fossil may recast history of first Europeans

    New find suggests humans mated with Neandertals in Middle East before taking on Europe.

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  8. Anthropology

    Scans tell gripping tale of possible ancient tool use

    South African fossils contain inner signs of humanlike hands, indicating possible tool use nearly 3 million years ago.

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  9. Archaeology

    Stones challenge dating of Easter Island collapse

    Despite losing ground in some areas, Polynesian farmers outlasted European contact.

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  10. Anthropology

    Year in review: Asian cave art got an early start

    Stone Age cave painting began at about the same time in Southeast Asia as in Europe, challenging the idea that Western Europeans cornered the market on creativity 40,000 years ago.

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  11. Humans

    Year in review: Genes, bones tell new Clovis stories

    The genes and bones of the Clovis people reveal the range and legacy of the early North Americans.

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  12. Archaeology

    Human ancestors engraved abstract patterns

    Indonesian Homo erectus carved zigzags on a shell at least 430,000 years ago.

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