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It’s Time to Retire “Behavioral Modernity”
Neanderthal evidence has quietly undermined one of paleoanthropology’s most convenient organizing concepts.
17 hrs ago
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A Tooth from a Chullpa Rewrites the History of Strep
The oldest known Streptococcus pyogenes genome came from a young man buried in the Bolivian highlands six centuries ago — and it wasn't supposed to be…
Apr 18
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A Face That Didn't Heal
A young man buried in Qing dynasty China challenges what we assume about disability, care, and belonging in premodern societies
Apr 18
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What Hunter-Gatherers Kept That Farmers Lost: The Genetics of Smell in Peninsular Malaysia
A new genomic study of the Orang Asli reveals that how people live has quietly shaped which olfactory receptor genes they carry — and which ones they've…
Apr 17
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Anthropology & Primatology
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The Neanderthal Infant Whose Bones Were Already Older Than Its Teeth
A nearly complete skeleton from northern Israel suggests that Neanderthal babies followed a fundamentally different developmental strategy from modern…
Apr 16
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The Maya Drought That No One Triggered
A new climate simulation shows that the catastrophic droughts coinciding with the Classic Maya collapse may have needed no external cause at all.
Apr 16
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The Wood They Burned: Firewood, Driftwood, and Camp Selection 780,000 Years Ago
A new anthracological study from Gesher Benot Ya’aqov finds that early hominins chose their campsites partly around access to fuel.
Apr 16
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The Building That Shouldn’t Be There
A 6,000-year-old mega-structure in northeastern Romania is forcing a rethink of how Cucuteni-Trypillia communities governed themselves — and when.
Apr 15
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The Accelerated Genome: Ten Millennia of Selection in West Eurasia
A massive new study reveals that farming and social shifts triggered a burst of genetic adaptation.
Apr 15
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The Two Lives of a Wari Dog
New isotopic analysis at Castillo de Huarmey reveals how hairless dogs became elite companions in the Wari Empire.
Apr 15
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Scan Before You Sample: Micro-CT Imaging, Ancient DNA, and the Ethics of the Petrous Bone
A new study from Argentina finds that CT scanning doesn’t damage ancient DNA, making the case for digital preservation before destructive analysis.
Apr 14
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The Three Fates of Faro Daba
Life and death snapshots from a 100,000-year-old Ethiopian refuge.
Apr 14
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