progscrape: anthropology

A new analysis of 51 fossilized hominid teeth found lead has haunted us for almost 2 million years – but modern human brains seem better equipped to deal with it than Neanderthals.

10 months ago sciencealert.com anthropology

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world's mosquito-free places, a researcher told AFP Monday.

9 months ago sciencealert.com anthropology

The ancient practice of tooth removal helps map early migration across Vietnam: Ancient communities pulled out healthy teeth to demonstrate collective identity

9 months ago pnas.org anthropology

Modeling the rise and demise of Classic Maya cities: Climate, conflict, and economies of scale

10 months ago pnas.org anthropology

About 66 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs succumbed to drought – tragically, just hours or days before heavy rains fell.

9 months ago sciencealert.com anthropology

A strange gamma-ray glow emanating from the heart of the Milky Way could be the long-sought fingerprint of dark matter particles annihilating each other, evidence suggests.

9 months ago sciencealert.com anthropology

The Moai Statues Were Really “Walked” to Their Platforms | This ancient puzzle solved not with brute force, but with clever physics.

10 months ago zmescience.com anthropology

For people with abnormally high blood sugar levels, losing weight is often proposed as the primary approach to preventing full-blown diabetes from developing

9 months ago sciencealert.com anthropology diabetes

Earth was a broiling mass of lava and rock before it took the form that it has today, and scientists have for the first time discovered traces of that very early 'proto Earth', hidden away in the deepest and oldest rocks on our planet.

9 months ago sciencealert.com anthropology earth

Study of 1M-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans

10 months ago theguardian.com anthropology