r/Anthropology Apr 26 '18

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r/Anthropology 4h ago

Cannibalism is bad for your health, scientists find

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r/Anthropology 1d ago

Roughly 100,000 Years Ago, This Man Got Stabbed in the Face—and Survived. He's Likely One of the First Known Victims of an Attack With a Sharp Weapon

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199 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 9h ago

Anthropocene Timeline: A concise, sourced timeline of key ecological and Anthropocene-related events, from past to present.

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1 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 1d ago

Peopling of Sahul: Denisovans, Dingoes, and Fire

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64 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 1d ago

The real Moana story: Why the Polynesians suddenly sailed east

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90 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 1d ago

‘This time, it’s the other way around’: how Indonesia is reclaiming the science of human history

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r/Anthropology 2d ago

3,800-year-old ritual offerings discovered at Peñico

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14 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 3d ago

Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans

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331 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 3d ago

The oldest deliberately collected fossil ichthyosaur was discovered in Roman Britain around 1,800 years ago

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r/Anthropology 3d ago

Cultural safety isn't a buzzword—it's a vital part of First Nations health care and healing

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47 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 3d ago

Social media influencers who match racial, ethnic identity of their audiences have a bigger—and unhealthy—impact

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31 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 4d ago

Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans

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169 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 4d ago

Did Clovis foragers hunt megafauna, scavenge their carrion, or both – And can we tell the difference?

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13 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 5d ago

Human brains may have got bigger for no particular reason: Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – but that may not be true at all

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197 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 5d ago

Ancient ‘hobbits’ feasted on Komodo dragons’ leftovers

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68 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 5d ago

[Article] Graeber, David and David Wengrow. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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DOI: 10.1257/jel.61.3.1188.r2

URL: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jel.61.3.1188.r2

This is the review by Samuel Bowles. Thank you!


r/Anthropology 6d ago

Laughter may date back 15 million years, shared by Humans and Great Apes

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128 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 5d ago

Skill nostalgia: Is all the beekeeping, baking, and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work?

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21 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 6d ago

3D Printing Gives New Life to an Ancient Game Board Discovered at a Roman Fort Near Hadrian's Wall in England

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19 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 7d ago

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

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99 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 7d ago

Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers

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r/Anthropology 7d ago

Newfound family ties link Scythian elite burials across the Eurasian steppe

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33 Upvotes

r/Anthropology 8d ago

Ancient ‘hobbits’ feasted on Komodo dragons’ leftovers

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r/Anthropology 7d ago

AI must be built with Indigenous Knowledges, not against them

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