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Group for anyone interested in anthropology. Ask questions, share anthropology related news or photos.


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Group for anyone interested in anthropology. Ask questions, share anthropology related news or photos.


If you are an ancient astronaut theorist or believe in some kid of conspiracy theory, this is not the place for you. While we encourage discussion about cultures and .. Read more

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Anthropology and Archaeology
Nov 29, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Horseman
Spicy wings are the absolute pinnacle of human evolution. You are eating the wings a bird uses to fly away from predators covered in the chemical that spicy plants use as a defense mechanism.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Nov 14, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Fernapple
The very early dawn of perhaps one of the world great thought systems, and a beautiful couple of objects.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Nov 10, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Residualspirit
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Sep 20, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by AnonySchmoose
............................................................................................................. "Recontructing Denisovan Anatomy Using DNA Methylation Maps ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Sep 14, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by DonaldHRoberts
Ten thousand years from now we will be the subject being analyzed. This is one possibility of what our near future will be and what the distant future will uncover. THE ASIAN EXPANSION If certain parties of the lesser populated areas of earth manage ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 14, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Allamanda
On the heels of the giant parrot last week, a penguin the size of a kangaroo!
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 12, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Geoffrey51
One of the most pristine Mesolithic archeological sites in the world, Doggerland under the North Sea. Lots of finds from human remains to river courses. Insight into N Europe over 10,000 years ago
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 10, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by KevinSomething
Ancient Iraqi city of Babylon designated UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Jul 6, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by AnonySchmoose
Space Archeologist Sarah Parcak Unearths Ancient Mysteries ............................................... “The most important thing for archeological discovery is context,” she . “That’s why for archeologists looting...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Mar 27, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Donotbelieve
Bog butter update
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Feb 22, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Maiasaura
Has anyone here heard of or used DStretch photography to enhance very faint or faded pictographs? It's amazing. Local archaeologists are going back over known pictograph sites to see what they missed!
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Feb 13, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by MoonTiger
My favorite TED Talk! Nat Geo Explorer and Harvard Ethnobotanist Wade Davis: Dreams From Endangered Cultures. Yes, our rapidly vanishing Biosphere is a catastrophe. But our cultural ETHNOSPHERE is vanishing at a much faster rate: We lose a human ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Jan 6, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Edgeward
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Dec 30, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by JeffMesser
Why is it hard to prove whether or not the homo erectus theory for China is valid? Are the Chinese just not cooperative? I mean ... mitochondrial DNA genomes should be able to tell is if someone has a super archaic ancestor because they will be ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Nov 12, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
Religion has a direct impact on world history and often an indirect impact as well. This one is for all the people who say 'What harm can it do if people are allowed to believe in religion?'
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Oct 23, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Jnei
I have no idea where this image is from and as a result can supply no further information, but it's too good not to be shared here - the skeleton of a Saxon woman in her grave with an electricity cable bored straight through her!
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Shared from Academic (e.g., Science)
Sep 13, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Aivery
What is an Anthropologist? "Anthropology is the study of humans in the past or the present. Archaeology, the study of people and places in the past, is often considered a subset of anthropology. Anthropologists often only specialize in a few ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 22, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
When we were living in Mexico we took a trip to Acapulco to see a fellow Canadian called Juan Grande or Big John who had retired to that city. John took us on a tour of his adopted city and one of the highlights was this beautiful Diego Rivera mural...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
One of the oldest, surviving houses in the new world was built in Lima by Capt. Jeronimo del Alagio in 1535, the land was given to him Pizarro for faithful service during the Inca Conquest and sits to the left of the Presidential Palace that Pizarro ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
Ollantaytambo, the Inca fortress that almost stopped Pizarro and his Conquistadors in their tracks. Manco Inca lead the defense and was a brilliant general, he waited until Pizarro, his Spaniards and their Native allies were close to the fortress ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
About an hour north of Lima, the capital city of Peru, lies the oldest known city in the New World, Caral. We visited it back in 2011 and it is an interesting site that dates by to the same era as the Egyptian Old Kingdom, at least 5,000 years ago.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
I spent a couple of years in South America in 2011/12&13 and one of the places we visited was Trujillo, Peru and the ruins at Chan Chan but not far from those ruins is a large gas station and behind that gas station and under it is the Museo ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 9, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Aivery
A Guerilla Anthropologist Looks to the Future We live in a world filled with seemingly insoluble problems. Carbon emissions have increased at such alarming rates that climate experts have had to push forward their dire predictions of ecological...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Jul 16, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Etre
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Jul 6, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by egyptrican
Greetings, I just joined your group. ??‍♀️
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Posted by PiratefishSeasons greetings, you heathens.

Posted by SurfpirateA photographic collection of pagan costumes associated with the winter solstice. [dangerousminds.net]

Posted by MoonTigerIIAncient Evenings Fun!

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Posted by EyesThatSmileThis sculptor is amazing. [boredpanda.com]

Posted by DruviusWell preserved 500 year old ship found at bottom of Baltic Sea. Way cool find, hope we have the means to properly investigate it. [sciencealert.com]

Posted by qpr81there's a small island in front of the temple site and they found artifacts even there.

Posted by qpr81there's a small island in front of the temple site and they found artifacts even there.

Posted by qpr81there's a small island in front of the temple site and they found artifacts even there.

Posted by qpr81the hole in this image -according to the guide- was a window to let the sun rays hit a certain spot announcing the summer/winter etc.

Posted by qpr81Trajan's column in Rome. Shame they put a pope on top of it. Even though this is a monument raised over a genocide it's still something worth seeing.

Posted by qpr81Trajan's column in Rome. Shame they put a pope on top of it. Even though this is a monument raised over a genocide it's still something worth seeing.

Posted by qpr81Trajan's column in Rome. Shame they put a pope on top of it. Even though this is a monument raised over a genocide it's still something worth seeing.

Posted by qpr81Ħaġar Qim temple in Malta. Stunning even if a bit of walk...

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