Tag: Anthropology
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New dates refine the age of La Ferrassie 1
Ancient proteins and radiocarbon dating clarify when a famous Neandertal skeleton lived and died
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Hani marriage tokens shift from objects to symbols
How Hani marriage tokens transform everyday objects into symbols of cultural meaning
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Mauritius preserved Indian indenture-era cultural traditions
How Indian indentured laborers preserved their culture in Mauritius from 1834 onward
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Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional
Ancient geometric markings show patterns consistent with symbolic communication systems
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Neanderthal and modern human interbreeding was strongly sex biased
Male Neanderthals preferentially mated with female modern humans
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Human remains in Heaning Wood Bone Cave span three prehistoric phases
Northern Britain's oldest known human remains reveal patterns of prehistoric cave burial
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Ancient and modern genomes show Neolithic paternal expansions
Ancient DNA shows how Neolithic farmers spread paternal lineages from China across Southeast Asia
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Poison traces found on 60,000-year-old Southern African microliths
Ancient hunters used toxic plant alkaloids on stone arrowheads 60,000 years ago
