Anthropology

  1. Humans

    Shelters date to Stone Age

    Middle Eastern foragers inhabited dwellings for months at a time around 20,000 years ago.

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  2. Archaeology

    Archaeoacoustics: Tantalizing, but fantastical

    While compelling, findings lack scientific rigor.

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  3. Humans

    DNA highlights Native American die-off

    A genetic analysis points to widespread New World deaths after Europeans arrived.

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  4. Humans

    Humans’ entry into Europe pushed earlier

    Homo sapiens fossils from Italy and England point to an early arrival and a longer time living alongside Neandertals.

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  5. Humans

    Early farmers’ fishy menu

    Northern Europeans retained a taste for aquatic foods after farmers arrived 6,000 years ago.

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  6. Humans

    Stone Age paint shop unearthed

    The discovery of tools for making a substance possibly used in body decoration suggests humans could invent and plan by 100,000 years ago.

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  7. Humans

    Inca takeovers not usually hostile

    Skeletal evidence suggests that war was not the answer for Inca imperialists.

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  8. Humans

    Humans reached Asia in two waves

    New genetic data show that some early migrants interbred with a mysterious Neandertal sister group.

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  9. Humans

    Fossil finds offer close look at a contested ancestor

    Nearly 2 million-year-old fossils offer glimpses of a species that may, or may not, have been crucial for human evolution.

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  10. Humans

    Oldest hand axes found

    Homo erectus may have made both advanced and simple tools 1.76 million years ago.

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  11. Anthropology

    The Iceman’s last meal: goat

    Two decades after he was discovered sticking out of an Alpine glacier, a famous 5,300-year-old mummy’s diet details and hiking habits are revealed.

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  12. Humans

    Ancient Saharan head cases

    Skulls from a North African civilization provide glimpses of what may be early cranial surgery.

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