Latest Anthropology News and Stories – Page 3 of 3 – Gizmodo Australia

Pieces Of Ancient Luzia Skull Recovered From Scorched Brazilian Museum

3 years ago

Pieces Of Ancient Luzia Skull Recovered From Scorched Brazilian Museum

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

3 years ago

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

Ancient Viking Ship Found Buried Next To Busy Norwegian Freeway

3 years ago

Ancient Viking Ship Found Buried Next To Busy Norwegian Freeway

George Dvorsky

Archaeologists Find Oldest Example Of Nutmeg-Spiced Food

3 years ago

Archaeologists Find Oldest Example Of Nutmeg-Spiced Food

George Dvorsky

Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands Of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed By New Aerial Survey

3 years ago

Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands Of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed By New Aerial Survey

George Dvorsky

Ancient Bronze Hand Found In Switzerland Mystifies Archaeologists

3 years ago

Ancient Bronze Hand Found In Switzerland Mystifies Archaeologists

George Dvorsky

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

3 years ago

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Humans Lived In Madagascar 6000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

3 years ago

Humans Lived In Madagascar 6000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky

Archaeologists Have Found The World’s Oldest Known Drawing In A South African Cave

3 years ago

Archaeologists Have Found The World’s Oldest Known Drawing In A South African Cave

We’re Learning More About The Contents Of That Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

3 years ago

We’re Learning More About The Contents Of That Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

Ancient Cemetery Packed With Hundreds Of Bodies Discovered In Kenya

3 years ago

Ancient Cemetery Packed With Hundreds Of Bodies Discovered In Kenya

Ancient Egyptians Mastered Mummification Long Before The Time Of Pharaohs

3 years ago

Ancient Egyptians Mastered Mummification Long Before The Time Of Pharaohs

New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapsed

3 years ago

New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapsed

Humans May Have Reached North America By More Than One Route

3 years ago

Humans May Have Reached North America By More Than One Route

Ancient Mass Graves Could Be Filled With Tsunami Victims

3 years ago

Ancient Mass Graves Could Be Filled With Tsunami Victims

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

3 years ago

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added To Palaeo Diet

3 years ago

Discovery Of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added To Palaeo Diet

George Dvorsky

Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty

3 years ago

Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of Stone Tools In China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

3 years ago

Discovery Of Stone Tools In China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

George Dvorsky

Humans Didn’t Evolve From A Single Ancestral Population

3 years ago

Humans Didn’t Evolve From A Single Ancestral Population

George Dvorsky

A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees

3 years ago

A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees

George Dvorsky

How Far Can You Get Away From Technology?

3 years ago

How Far Can You Get Away From Technology?

Final Days Of Ötzi The Iceman Revealed Through New Analysis Of His Tools

3 years ago

Final Days Of Ötzi The Iceman Revealed Through New Analysis Of His Tools

Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing The Earth Since Well Before The Industrial Revolution

3 years ago

Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing The Earth Since Well Before The Industrial Revolution

Ancient Egyptian Mummified ‘Hawk’ Is Actually A Stillborn Human Baby

3 years ago

Ancient Egyptian Mummified ‘Hawk’ Is Actually A Stillborn Human Baby

Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption

3 years ago

Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption

Something Completely Unexpected Happened To The First Settlers Of South America

3 years ago

Something Completely Unexpected Happened To The First Settlers Of South America

New Evidence Reveals A 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America

3 years ago

New Evidence Reveals A 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America

A Bizarre Bone Ritual Followed A Grisly Iron Age Battle In Denmark

3 years ago

A Bizarre Bone Ritual Followed A Grisly Iron Age Battle In Denmark

George Dvorsky

Genetic Analysis Suggests Squirrels Contributed To The Global Spread Of Leprosy

3 years ago

Genetic Analysis Suggests Squirrels Contributed To The Global Spread Of Leprosy

George Dvorsky

Stunning Discovery Shows Early Humans Were Hunting Rhinos In The Philippines Over 700,000 Years Ago

3 years ago

Stunning Discovery Shows Early Humans Were Hunting Rhinos In The Philippines Over 700,000 Years Ago

George Dvorsky

Did Neanderthals Go Extinct Because Of The Size Of Their Brains?

3 years ago

Did Neanderthals Go Extinct Because Of The Size Of Their Brains?

George Dvorsky

This Recently Discovered Fifth-Century Massacre In Sweden Is So Game Of Thrones We Can’t Even Handle It

3 years ago

This Recently Discovered Fifth-Century Massacre In Sweden Is So Game Of Thrones We Can’t Even Handle It

George Dvorsky

Why Papuan Men Made Daggers From Human Thigh Bones

3 years ago

Why Papuan Men Made Daggers From Human Thigh Bones

George Dvorsky

Medieval Italian Man Replaced His Amputated Hand With A Knife

3 years ago

Medieval Italian Man Replaced His Amputated Hand With A Knife

Sweet Potato DNA Challenges Theory That Polynesians Beat Columbus To America

3 years ago

Sweet Potato DNA Challenges Theory That Polynesians Beat Columbus To America

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

3 years ago

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

3 years ago

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

Supposedly Empty Egyptian Coffin Actually Contains A Mummy

3 years ago

Supposedly Empty Egyptian Coffin Actually Contains A Mummy

Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm And Carried On

3 years ago

Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm And Carried On

Dead Medieval Woman ‘Gave Birth’ To Baby In Coffin

3 years ago

Dead Medieval Woman ‘Gave Birth’ To Baby In Coffin

Ancient Climate Swings Forced Early Humans To Get Their Crap Together And Innovate

3 years ago

Ancient Climate Swings Forced Early Humans To Get Their Crap Together And Innovate

George Dvorsky

Lock Of George Washington’s Hair Found Tucked Inside Old Book

3 years ago

Lock Of George Washington’s Hair Found Tucked Inside Old Book

George Dvorsky

Human Skulls Mounted On Stakes Found At 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site In Sweden

3 years ago

Human Skulls Mounted On Stakes Found At 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site In Sweden

Amazing Life-Sized Sculptures Of Camels And Horses Discovered In Saudi Arabia

3 years ago

Amazing Life-Sized Sculptures Of Camels And Horses Discovered In Saudi Arabia

Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered In Mexico

3 years ago

Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered In Mexico

Before Our Species Left Africa, Now-Extinct Humans Made These Fancy Tools In India

3 years ago

Before Our Species Left Africa, Now-Extinct Humans Made These Fancy Tools In India

Discovery Of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding Of How North America Was Settled

3 years ago

Discovery Of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding Of How North America Was Settled

George Dvorsky

Morbid Experiment Proves This Neolithic Weapon Was An Effective Skull Crusher

3 years ago

Morbid Experiment Proves This Neolithic Weapon Was An Effective Skull Crusher

George Dvorsky

There’s A New Species Of Orangutan And It’s Already In Danger

4 years ago

There’s A New Species Of Orangutan And It’s Already In Danger

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient Skull Fragment Likely Belongs To Oldest Known Tsunami Victim

4 years ago

Ancient Skull Fragment Likely Belongs To Oldest Known Tsunami Victim

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

4 years ago

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realised

4 years ago

Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realised

George Dvorsky

Exquisite Skeleton Of A Neanderthal Kid Offers Clues To Human Evolution

4 years ago

Exquisite Skeleton Of A Neanderthal Kid Offers Clues To Human Evolution

George Dvorsky

Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

4 years ago

Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky

Genetic Analysis Offers First Strong Evidence Of Female Viking Warriors

4 years ago

Genetic Analysis Offers First Strong Evidence Of Female Viking Warriors

New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

4 years ago

New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For The Meat

4 years ago

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For The Meat

George Dvorsky

Did Scientists Just Discover The Last Common Ancestor Of All Apes?

4 years ago

Did Scientists Just Discover The Last Common Ancestor Of All Apes?

George Dvorsky

Ötzi The Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

4 years ago

Ötzi The Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave Of Giants’ In China

4 years ago

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave Of Giants’ In China

Ancient Manufacturing Technique Exposed Native Californians To Dangerous Toxins

4 years ago

Ancient Manufacturing Technique Exposed Native Californians To Dangerous Toxins

This 3000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History

4 years ago

This 3000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History

Incredible Discovery Pushes Back Origin Of Homo Sapiens By 100,000 Years

4 years ago

Incredible Discovery Pushes Back Origin Of Homo Sapiens By 100,000 Years

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

4 years ago

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

George Dvorsky

Scientists Say Medieval Villagers Mutilated Corpses To Prevent A Zombie Apocalypse

4 years ago

Scientists Say Medieval Villagers Mutilated Corpses To Prevent A Zombie Apocalypse

Mice Have Been Mooching Off Humans For An Astounding 15,000 Years

4 years ago

Mice Have Been Mooching Off Humans For An Astounding 15,000 Years

This 3000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Is Absolutely Incredible

4 years ago

This 3000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Is Absolutely Incredible

George Dvorsky

What Ötzi the Iceman’s Voice Sounded Like

5 years ago

What Ötzi the Iceman’s Voice Sounded Like

Jennifer Ouellette

The Same Microbe That Led To Black Death Also Caused A Huge Plague Centuries Before

5 years ago

The Same Microbe That Led To Black Death Also Caused A Huge Plague Centuries Before

Jennifer Ouellette

We Were Wrong About How Ancient Humans Colonised North America

5 years ago

We Were Wrong About How Ancient Humans Colonised North America

Ancient Stone Tools Hint At The Real Paleo Diet

5 years ago

Ancient Stone Tools Hint At The Real Paleo Diet

Cancer Has Been A Deadly Problem For Longer Than We Thought

5 years ago

Cancer Has Been A Deadly Problem For Longer Than We Thought

Ancient Campfires May Have Unleashed Humanity’s Top Bacterial Killer

5 years ago

Ancient Campfires May Have Unleashed Humanity’s Top Bacterial Killer

George Dvorsky

How A Powerful Obesity Gene Helped Samoans Conquer The South Pacific

5 years ago

How A Powerful Obesity Gene Helped Samoans Conquer The South Pacific

George Dvorsky

Roman Troops Used Whistling Projectiles To Terrify The Enemy

5 years ago

Roman Troops Used Whistling Projectiles To Terrify The Enemy

8 Incredible Facts You May Not Know About Human Evolution

Science & Health

5 years ago

8 Incredible Facts You May Not Know About Human Evolution

The World’s Oldest Computer May Have Been Used To Predict The Future

5 years ago

The World’s Oldest Computer May Have Been Used To Predict The Future

George Dvorsky

Ancestral Remains Of Mysterious ‘Hobbit’ Species Uncovered On Indonesian Island

5 years ago

Ancestral Remains Of Mysterious ‘Hobbit’ Species Uncovered On Indonesian Island

George Dvorsky

Where Did Kissing Come From?

5 years ago

Where Did Kissing Come From?

Robbie Gonzalez

Parts Of That ‘Lost Maya City’ Might Actually Be A Marijuana Grow-Op

5 years ago

Parts Of That ‘Lost Maya City’ Might Actually Be A Marijuana Grow-Op

Experts Doubt That A Teen Found A Lost Maya City

5 years ago

Experts Doubt That A Teen Found A Lost Maya City

The Brilliantly Weird Plan To Reconstruct Leonardo Da Vinci’s Genome

5 years ago

The Brilliantly Weird Plan To Reconstruct Leonardo Da Vinci’s Genome

Listen To A Song That Hasn’t Been Heard For A Thousand Years

5 years ago

Listen To A Song That Hasn’t Been Heard For A Thousand Years

George Dvorsky

Artificial Intelligence Sheds New Light On The Origins Of The Bible

5 years ago

Artificial Intelligence Sheds New Light On The Origins Of The Bible

Maddie Stone

Batman And The Rise Of Nerd Culture

5 years ago

Batman And The Rise Of Nerd Culture

Glen Weldon

Ancient Warrior Found Buried With Ritualistic Spears Stabbed Into His Body

5 years ago

Ancient Warrior Found Buried With Ritualistic Spears Stabbed Into His Body

These Ancient ‘Hand Prints’ Were Not Made By Human Hands

5 years ago

These Ancient ‘Hand Prints’ Were Not Made By Human Hands

George Dvorsky

Sunken Bronze Age Settlement Is The ‘Pompeii’ Of Britain

5 years ago

Sunken Bronze Age Settlement Is The ‘Pompeii’ Of Britain

This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands Of Letters From The 17th Century

5 years ago

This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands Of Letters From The 17th Century

The Controversy Over Homo Naledi Is Actually A Good Thing

6 years ago

The Controversy Over Homo Naledi Is Actually A Good Thing

Kiona Smith-Strickland

The Plague Has Been Around For A Lot Longer Than We Thought

6 years ago

The Plague Has Been Around For A Lot Longer Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

Newly-Discovered, Ancient Humans Were Tree-Climbers Who Walked And Used Tools

6 years ago

Newly-Discovered, Ancient Humans Were Tree-Climbers Who Walked And Used Tools

George Dvorsky

You Can 3D Print Your Own Homo Naledi Specimens

6 years ago

You Can 3D Print Your Own Homo Naledi Specimens

Kiona Smith-Strickland

Your DNA Can Teach Us About Ancient History

6 years ago

Your DNA Can Teach Us About Ancient History

Maddie Stone

No, Romantic Kissing Is Not Universal Across All Cultures

6 years ago

No, Romantic Kissing Is Not Universal Across All Cultures

Anthropologists Have Discovered A Totally New Human Ancestor

6 years ago

Anthropologists Have Discovered A Totally New Human Ancestor

Kiona Smith-Strickland

The World’s Oldest Stone Tools Were Not Made By Humans

6 years ago

The World’s Oldest Stone Tools Were Not Made By Humans

After 150,000 Years In A Cave, A Neanderthal Skull Looks Like This

6 years ago

After 150,000 Years In A Cave, A Neanderthal Skull Looks Like This

The World’s Oldest Mummies Are Suddenly Turning Into Black Goo

6 years ago

The World’s Oldest Mummies Are Suddenly Turning Into Black Goo