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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
Dec 31, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Investigating ancient burials in western Africa. The organised disposal of the dead is considered to be an important step in the development of Human cognition, an activity driven by the needs of the living to cope with...
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Shared from General & Hellos
Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BirdMan1
New Perspective on the Peopling of SE Asian Islands:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 2, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Notlost
Gondwanatherian skeleton fossil found nearly complete.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 21, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MizJ
LINKIn Peru, skull of 'marine monster' points to fearsome ancient predator | Reuters
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 26, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by JoeB
São Tomé and Príncipe: Possibly the last country on Earth never to have been visited by a working archaeologist. Small oceanic islands have become sites of great interest to archaeologists in recent years, presenting...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by JoeB
Trouble in Myanmar: The worrying case of Burmese Amber. Cretaceous ‘Burmese Amber’ has been extensively worked at several sites across northern Myanmar (though mostly in Kachin State) in the last 20 years. The amber...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 13, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Theresa_N
Oldest painting ever found discovered:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 14, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by Surfpirate
After Jebus killed off the dinosaurs, Satan buried the bones to deceive and mislead the faithful with his many lies about Evolution. Oh the stories that they tell kids at church. :D
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 16, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by Triphid
Just a couple of Ancient Aussies for you to 'sink' your teeth in to here. From the far left, A Marsupial Lion ( Thylacoleo Carnifex) hunting a meal, Top right, A comparison of the Diprotodon ( Giant Wombat) with a 6' foot man, Bottom right, Artists ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 29, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by JoeB
Animal remains from the Parknabinnia Neolithic court tomb in County Clare, Ireland. Large monuments made of stone (Megaliths), or timber and earth, appeared across much of Western Europe with the onset of the Neolithic....
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 14, 2021May 2021

Posted by JoeB
Dating efforts suggest Cerne Abbas Giant is Anglo Saxon in origin. Generations have speculated about the age and meaning of the club-brandishing giant hewn into a hillside in Dorset, England. Was he a depiction of the ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Apr 26, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by t1nick
OBITUARY 22 APRIL 2020 Jennifer Clack (1947–2020) Palaeontologist who described how vertebrates moved from water to land. Per Ahlberg
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 7, 2020May 2020

Posted by t1nick
Raptorial Dinosaurs Did Not Hunt in Coordinated Packs, Paleontologists Say May 7, 2020 by News Staff / Source An analysis of the fossilized teeth of Deinonychus antirrhopus, a species of wolf-sized dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived between 115 and ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 13, 2020May 2020

Posted by Geoffrey51
Thousands of new archeological data discovered by amateur stay-at-home archaeologists in SW England
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 17, 2020May 2020

Posted by t1nick
SCIENCE Anthropologists have identified the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Europe Tools and pendants found with the 45,000-year-old remains might have inspired later Neanderthals. Kate Baggaley May 13, 2020 Alongside ancient homo sapiens ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 27, 2020May 2020

Posted by Allamanda
Remarkable findings on Neanderthal genes -
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jun 3, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Druvius
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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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jun 22, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Amzungu
LINKStonehenge: Neolithic monument found near sacred site - BBC News
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jun 28, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Amzungu
LINKFirst Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norway - BBC News
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jul 4, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Geoffrey51
Australian Aboriginal underwater archaeology
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jul 10, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Allamanda
Really interesting anomalies or a new version of hominid ancestry?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Surfpirate
A plant variation on Jurassic Park, it really is remarkable that they were able to bring this plant back from antiquity.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Online courses in Palaeontology. Over the past decade online learning has become a significant part of the education sector, enabling many people to study at home subjects that would only have been available in a ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Apr 13, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Fernapple
This May not be news to you, but it does look like a lot of people got it wrong.
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Shared from Academic (e.g., Science)
Apr 21, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Druvius
Skeptoid covers Göbekli Tepe: A fascinating site, one we are just beginning to fathom, and may never fully understand.
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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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