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Anthropology

7,000-year-old natural mummy found at the Takarkori rock shelter (Individual H1) in Southern Libya.

First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences

Aggie alumna Kim Conley (center) competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. New research supports the idea that humans have long used endurance running as a way to chase down prey. (Photo by Brian Davies/The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon)

Endurance Running a Key Factor in Human Evolution

Categories Health

Artist's impression of Denisovan family near cave opening

Ancient Human Species Thrived on Tibetan Plateau for 160,000 Years

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences

The facial reconstruction of Emperor Wu who was ethnically Xianbei

Ancient DNA reveals the appearance of a 6th century Chinese emperor

Categories Health, Social Sciences, Technology

From left, the Pierolapithecus cranium shortly after discovery, after initial preparation, and after virtual reconstruction.

Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later

Categories Life & Non-humans

Contemporary replica of a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe.

How larger body sizes helped the colonizers of New Zealand

Categories Health, Social Sciences

Researchers found evidence that forests might have been far more important to native wildlife such as extinct dwarf hippos than the grasslands found in the same parts of Madagascar today.

Study Reveals Ancient Forests as Preferred Habitat for Extinct Dwarf Hippos in Madagascar

Categories Life & Non-humans

Fiber technology at Tabon Cave, 39-33 000 years ago. An artistic view based on the latest archaeological data. Drawing by Carole Cheval-Art'chéograph. Made for the exhibition "Trajectories and Movements of the Philippine Identity" curated by Hermine Xhauflair and Eunice Averion. Scientific advising: Hermine Xhauflair.

Ancient Stone Tools Reveal Prehistoric Plant Technology

Categories Technology

The research compiled evidence from around the world to show that women participate in subsistence hunting in the majority of cultures.

Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

Categories Social Sciences

Orangutan with hand to mouth. Pixabay

Orangutans can make two sounds at the same time, similar to human beatboxing

Categories Life & Non-humans

Ham being thinly carved

Oldest Evidence of Cannibalism Identified Among Human Ancestors

Categories Life & Non-humans

The team excavated through layers of sediments and bones that gradually washed into the cave and were left untouched for tens of thousands of years.

Ancient Human Remains in Laos Cave Hint at Early Migrations

Categories Social Sciences

Trumpington Cross burial facial reconstruction created by forensic artist Hew Morrison using measurements of the woman’s skull and tissue depth data for Caucasian females

Unveiling the Face of an Ancient Migrant

Categories Social Sciences, Technology

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