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Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
High in the Zeravshan Valley of Tajikistan, the Soii Havzak rock-shelter has provided researchers with an invaluable glimpse into early human migration routes and daily life in Central Asia. It contains layers of human occupation spanning the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, approximately 150,000 to 20,000 years ago.
Sapiens
JANUARY 29, 2025
In addition to forests, these practices have destroyed archaeological evidence. We knew our chances were slimmost of the spectacular discoveries in human evolutionary research in Southeast Asia have been made in limestone caves. Still, they couldn’t fully explain the entirely human-made landscape we came across.
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Anthropology.net
APRIL 4, 2025
An Ancient Practice, Revisited Through Code Knots are one of humanity’s oldest tools—so ancient, in fact, that they predate agriculture, metallurgy, and written language. By analyzing 338 distinct knots from archaeological archives and museum collections, they discovered a surprisingly stable repertoire.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 14, 2025
From the sprawling villas of Roman elites to the thatched huts of the poor in medieval Europe, textbook history often presents wealth disparity as a consequence of human progress. A sweeping archaeological analysis 1 led by Gary Feinman of the Field Museum of Natural History offers a strikingly different view.
Anthropology.net
MAY 2, 2025
Tracing Human Movement Across the Iranian Heartland In the northern reaches of Iran’s Central Desert, nestled between the rugged Alborz Mountains and the flat, wind-worn claylands to the south, archaeologists have uncovered eight scattered landscapes rich in Paleolithic stone tools. However, the archaeological material is surface-level.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 8, 2025
A recent study sheds new light on its human history, highlighting the deep impact of migrations from New Guinea into this region approximately 3,500 years ago. Challenges of Deciphering Human Migrations Studying Wallacea’s genetic history isn’t without its challenges.
Anthropology.net
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
The interbreeding of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals is a well-established fact, revealing a fascinating chapter in human evolution. Tracing Ancient Interactions: The Role of Geography Scientists have examined the geographical distribution of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals in Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe during the Late Pleistocene.
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