2+ week, 2+ day ago   (290+ words) Dahlstedt, Head of Repatriation, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University,...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (534+ words) Ancient Origins Tools Offer Fresh Insights into Neanderthal Life 40,000 Years Ago Discoveries of new stone tools in a cave in Zaragoza, Spain, are helping archaeologists to reconstruct the daily lives of some of the last Neanderthals that lived in Aragón…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (378+ words) UOW researcher’s dating work helps to establish the timeline behind one of the longest records of Denisovan occupation An ancient cave in southwestern China has revealed new evidence about how Denisovans — an ancient human relative — lived, survived and adapted over…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (439+ words) Bringing scientific experience into life and policy. From a pressing need in the medical field, voluntary blood donation has gradually become a social activity attracting a large number of people to participate, thereby creating more blood for treatment and spreading…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (136+ words) (BA Anthropology, 2007, University of Florida; MA Anthropology, 2011, University of Central Florida, PhD Anthropology, 2019 University of Colorado). Jeff specializes in the archaeology of Mesoamerica, particularly southern Mexico. His dissertation research focused on the collapse and regeneration of early complex societies in…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (124+ words) At Colonial Michilimackinac, costumed interpreters show how a 1700s public-private partnership brought together uniformed British troops and enterprising fur traders. This means that the buildings within the stockaded walls of the fort housed officers, soldiers, and civilians, living next door to…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (813+ words) There are some businesses with such a sense of place that you think of them less for the service they provide and more for the experience of being there. Usually, they’re resorts, restaurants or spas. On Snead Island, it’s a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (558+ words) Neanderthals had greater upper-body strength than modern humans. A Neanderthal woman re-created and built by Dutch artists Andrie and Alfons Kennis. Since the 1800s, skeletal remains from hundreds of individual Neanderthals have been recovered. Yet, many consist of only a “single…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (100+ words) NOTE: While reading my first academic book on Ancient Egypt, I felt the urge to write a sort of poem reflecting how I daydream within this realm. Here, this is my …...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (114+ words) SoMdNews.com Historic Sotterly celebrated its “Day of Unity and Healing: Through Descendant Eyes” on Aug. 22. This year’s theme invited attendees to experience history not just through dates, buildings and artifacts, but also through the voices, memories and…...