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Early Copper Crafting Among Anatolia's Last Hunter-Gatherers

Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2025

Credit: Gre Fılla Excavation / Özlem Ekinbaş Can The Gre Fılla Site: A Window into Prehistoric Innovation Nestled in the upper Tigris Valley, Gre Fılla has been under excavation since 2018. One particularly intriguing artifact, a copper bar-shaped object, underwent lead isotope analysis. .

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Ancient Meteors and Early Iron: How Space Rocks Became Everyday Tools in Iron Age Poland

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recent analysis of artifacts from two Lusatian Culture cemeteries suggests that early metallurgists were not only working with iron from terrestrial sources but also incorporating metal from ataxite meteorites—an extremely rare form of nickel-rich iron that originates in space. A Witnessed Meteorite Fall?

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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

Traditionally, scholars have debated linguistic origins based on indirect clues—symbolic artifacts, brain size, or the complexity of tool-making. Fossils do not speak, and ancient DNA does not carry recordings of conversations. C., & Chomsky, N. Why Only Us: Language and Evolution. Dediu, D., & Levinson, S.

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East Meets West: Avar Society’s Genetic Patchwork in Early Medieval Austria

Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

The graves, filled with artifacts like ornate belt fittings and everyday items, reflected a shared culture. It exemplifies how ancient populations balanced coexistence and diversity, paving the way for future exploration of genetic and cultural intersections in human history. But ancient DNA analysis told a different story.

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A Window Into the Early Epigravettian: Grotta della Lea and Italy’s Final Ice Age Hunters

Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

The discovery of an Epigravettian layer at Grotta della Lea now provides a new chapter in this long history, capturing a time when small bands of hunter-gatherers were adapting to life at the edge of the Last Glacial Maximum. A Site for the Future Grotta della Lea is still in the early stages of study, but its potential is clear.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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Echoes of Movement: How the Grammar of Indigenous Languages Maps the Peopling of the Americas

Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

To ensure this wasn’t an artifact of sampling or contact with European languages, the team excluded creoles, mixed languages, and known colonial effects. “It suggests that grammatical complexity, like genetic variation, can reflect the demographic history of a population,” the study concludes. link] Reich, D.

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The Stone Blades of Jebel Faya: Rewriting the Story of Early Humans in Arabia

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But every now and then, a new discovery forces a rewrite of this narrative, reminding us that human history is more intricate than we once thought. Examples of retouched artifacts from the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. PLoS ONE , 6(11), e28239.

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A Call for Respect: Rethinking How Museums Care for Animal Remains

Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

They were the remains of animals deeply intertwined with the histories and cultures of Indigenous communities. Lakota elder Milo Yellow Hair looks over bison skulls stored in the CU Museum of Natural History. Virtue Ethics and the Practice of History: Native Americans and Archaeologists Along the San Pedro Valley of Arizona."

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A New Theory on the Oldest Known Bronze Age Board Game

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A version of the game board, discovered in Azerbaijan, could predate the Egyptian artifacts, raising new questions about the game’s true origins. 2024 A Global History of Ancient Games Board games have been part of human culture for millennia. The Fifty-Eight holes board from Çapmalı W. Crist et al.,

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Discovering a Monumental Megalithic Structure in Northern Peru

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Excavations starting in 2018 unearthed artifacts and charcoal samples, enabling precise radiocarbon dating. Dating back to the Late Preceramic Period, this plaza predates iconic structures like the Great Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge, marking it as a significant milestone in architectural history.

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How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture

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APRIL 23, 2025

Traveling Treasures is a new project led by a team of anthropologists that puts Liberians directly in touch with their dispersed cultural heritage through immersive technologies designed to bridge continents and histories. has a long, often poorly documented history. The transfer of Liberian objects to the U.S.

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The Role of Silk in Ancient Rituals: New Insights from Bronze Age China

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Elusive History of Silk Silk has long been central to Chinese civilization and global trade, giving its name to the famed Silk Road. At the Sanxingdui site, eight sacrificial pits have revealed layers of ash, burned artifacts, and fabric remnants. In Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History. Ge, J., & Hu, Y.

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Early Copper Crafting Among Anatolia's Last Hunter-Gatherers

Ancient Meteors and Early Iron: How Space Rocks Became Everyday Tools in Iron Age Poland

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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

East Meets West: Avar Society’s Genetic Patchwork in Early Medieval Austria

A Window Into the Early Epigravettian: Grotta della Lea and Italy’s Final Ice Age Hunters

Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

Echoes of Movement: How the Grammar of Indigenous Languages Maps the Peopling of the Americas

The Stone Blades of Jebel Faya: Rewriting the Story of Early Humans in Arabia

A Call for Respect: Rethinking How Museums Care for Animal Remains

A New Theory on the Oldest Known Bronze Age Board Game

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Discovering a Monumental Megalithic Structure in Northern Peru

How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture

The Role of Silk in Ancient Rituals: New Insights from Bronze Age China

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