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A for people who are interested in paleontology, archeology, and anthropology. Pseudoscience, ancient aliens, etc. discouraged.

A for people who are interested in paleontology, archeology, and anthropology. Pseudoscience, ancient aliens, etc. discouraged.

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 23, 2021Sep 2021

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This is big news:
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Jan 9, 2021Jan 2021

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Ice Age hunters’ leftovers may have fueled dog domestication:
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Jan 7, 2021Jan 2021

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Polynesians steering by the stars met Native Americans long before Europeans arrived: Not surprising, Polynesian contact with South America was pretty much a given, the Sweet Potato proves that. I wonder if Japanese DNA will ever be ...
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Nov 21, 2020Nov 2020

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New find in Pompeii:
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Nov 10, 2020Nov 2020

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I missed this a few years ago. An unknown gibbon species was discovered in a tomb:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 8, 2020Nov 2020

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Love it when we learn something new about Neanderthals, our lost cousins.They weaned their kids the same age as humans:
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Nov 7, 2020Nov 2020

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9,000 year old female hunter's burial upsets (stupid) assumptions about gender roles in ancient societies:
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Nov 6, 2020Nov 2020

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Yes, yes it would, lol.
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Oct 30, 2020Oct 2020

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Interesting read about Neanderthals:
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Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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Cerne Abbas chalk giant is not prehistoric, snail remains suggest: Not terribly surprising, a more recent origin has always seemed more likely to me.
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Jul 4, 2020Jul 2020

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New findings offer explanation as to why Mayans abandoned their cities:
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Jul 1, 2020Jul 2020

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Neat discovery in Norway:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jun 3, 2020Jun 2020

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A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal brujo who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his ...
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May 26, 2020May 2020

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Last time I checked, they thought it was a one off hail storm disaster with a single troop of pilgrims. Apparently far more complex:
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May 19, 2020May 2020

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I love how modern science is revealing what we thought was lost, I think there will be a lot more along these lines in future decades:
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Apr 21, 2020Apr 2020

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Skeptoid covers Göbekli Tepe: A fascinating site, one we are just beginning to fathom, and may never fully understand.
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Apr 13, 2020Apr 2020

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Like Gilligan's Island, except with monkeys:
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Apr 10, 2020Apr 2020

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Neanderthal made string?
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Apr 9, 2020Apr 2020

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The mystery of ancient decorated ostrich eggs:
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Apr 7, 2020Apr 2020

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Modern Human Ancestry Cast in Doubt After Fossil Skull Discovery
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Apr 4, 2020Apr 2020

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I just recently discovered that "The Time Team" is on Tubi. Free in other words. And very few commercials to boot. Lots of fun.
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Mar 23, 2020Mar 2020

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Oldest human ancestor found. ;)
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Mar 22, 2020Mar 2020

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And another weak historical reference to Jesus bites the dust:
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Mar 11, 2020Mar 2020

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Dinosaur head found in amber:
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Feb 9, 2020Feb 2020

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Archaeologists on trial for fake artifacts. I can understand the motivation, greed is the most powerful force in the Universe. Still, for archaeologists, you'd think they'd come up with better fakes.
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Posted by JoeBKite-like structures in the western Sahara Desert.

Posted by TriphidAn Aussie Indigenous Message Stick.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by JoeBDortoka vremiri: A new species of Dortokid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of the Hațeg Basin, Romania.

Posted by JoeBThe Cabeço da Amoreira burial: An Early Modern Era West African buried in a Mesolithic shell midden in Portugal.

Posted by JoeBMusivavis amabilis: A new species of Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China.

Posted by JoeBTorosaurus in Canada.

Posted by JoeBStone tools from the Borselan Rock Shelter, in the Binalud Mountains of northeastern Iran.

Posted by JoeBDating the Lantian Biota.

Posted by JoeBBashanosaurus primitivus: A new species of Stegosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Chongqing Municipality, China.

Posted by JoeBDetermining the time of year when the Chicxulub Impactor fell.

Posted by JoeBSão Tomé and Príncipe: Possibly the last country on Earth never to have been visited by a working archaeologist.

Posted by JoeBMambawakale ruhuhu: A new species of Pseudosuchian Archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania.

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