Cleanliness in ancient societies was never just about comfort. It signaled status, health, and the everyday discipline of life in dusty cities and river valleys. Without modern plumbing or packaged ...
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Archaeologists found 43,000 ancient Egyptian ‘sticky notes’ that reveal what life was actually like for everyday people
Humans have always needed a place to jot things down. Long before sticky notes and smartphone reminders, the people of ...
Italian centenarians have a higher proportion of DNA inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers compared to the general population, according to a new study that could lead to better understanding of ...
When archaeologists study how ancient civilizations traveled, they can use evidence like wagons and stables and roads to understand how goods and people moved on land. But when they want to learn ...
New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an ...
Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
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How farming changed us: Ancient DNA reveals natural selection sped up in recent human evolution
A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural ...
Long before farming took hold, ancient Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest were already shaping the future of a wild potato. New evidence shows that this small, hardy plant was deliberately ...
Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, ...
Sunrise Between the Mounds of Fort Ancient Earthworks. >>7 reasons why Fort Ancient is one of the most fascinating places in our area Visitors Matt Berger, left, and Kristen Wickert observe a mound at ...
Ta Cándido at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City looking at the Cheguigo Monolith with colleagues. (press image courtesy Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People)) The cinematic journey ...
Millennia ago, when ancient people did not know what toothbrushes were, food particles and microbes clung stubbornly to their teeth. These plaques mineralized over time to form crusty, hard tartar.
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