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8 votes
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The radical optimism of David Graeber
14 votes -
Investigating the most extreme ancient village in the United States
9 votes -
Gods with anuses
11 votes -
12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world
16 votes -
Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion
39 votes -
A discovery among the mummies reveals a sick, sad truth. Parasitic worms plagued these ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.
8 votes -
Ancient Beat - the newsletter of ancient history - celebrates its 100th Issue
6 votes -
Modern Viking music: Tragedy of a misunderstood art
8 votes -
Two waves of mass death hit prehistoric Denmark, with farmers wiping out hunter-gatherers and pastoralists later wiping out the farmers, genetic study reveals
15 votes -
What happened to David Graeber?
6 votes -
Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. Canadian scientists say evidence shows digits may have been ritually removed to appease deities or aid social cohesion.
26 votes -
Ancient Sahul's submerged landscapes reveal a mosaic of human habitation
17 votes -
Mysteries of Neolithic Europe
11 votes -
The Anthropocene Explosion - Essay by Koert van Mensvoort (2014)
9 votes -
Early anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient Mesoamerica and the Aztecs
7 votes -
Haitian scholar was early path-breaking anthropologist
7 votes -
Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world
9 votes -
Searching for Maura
9 votes -
When did humans start settling down? In Israel, new discoveries at one of the world’s oldest villages are upending the debate about when we stopped wandering.
21 votes -
Is today a special day in your culture? Can you tell us about it?
The internet is a very diverse place but sometimes with the "default" north american skew, it may not seem like it. If your culture or people or faith group or spiritual practice is celebrating...
The internet is a very diverse place but sometimes with the "default" north american skew, it may not seem like it.
If your culture or people or faith group or spiritual practice is celebrating something today or soon, would you care to share?
Many of us used to have smaller groups on another site to celebrate things together or hold rememberances, and perhaps tildes being a together kind of community can celebrate and learn together instead of segregating into silos.
Some suggestions:
- today's date please
- what cultures and groups celebrate or commemorate this day or period?
- what is the celebration's origins and purpose?
- how does one celebrate?
- how has it changed over the years or stayed the same?
- is it reoccurring and on what calendar system?
Looking forward to learning more from other traditions and groups!
13 votes -
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research
1 vote -
Three things I got wrong about patriarchy
5 votes -
The polyglots of Dardistan - At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match
3 votes -
You're not allowed in this cave. But there's a copy.
7 votes -
Three centuries on, a shaman's precious rune drum returns home – instrument confiscated by the Danes is given back to the Sámi
4 votes -
Mysticism’s function
4 votes -
Human history gets a rewrite
13 votes -
America's first pastime
6 votes -
The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there
11 votes -
Videos on anthropology?
A friend of mine asked me for good videos on anthropology. I'm at a complete loss. I have several good youtube channels for history, but finding anthropology-related content is surprisingly...
A friend of mine asked me for good videos on anthropology. I'm at a complete loss. I have several good youtube channels for history, but finding anthropology-related content is surprisingly difficult.
Any recommendations?
6 votes -
Why are we in the West so weird? A theory
6 votes -
David Graeber has died
16 votes -
Ancient bow-and-arrow technology dating back some 48,000 years has been discovered in a Sri Lankan cave, making it the oldest evidence of archery to be found in this part of the world
10 votes -
Correcting the historical bias against domestic materials
4 votes -
Remembering the forgotten Chinese railroad workers
8 votes -
New investigations into the Tahitian Mourner’s costume
1 vote -
Coffee: The muslim drink
12 votes -
'It's amazing tatau's persisted': How Samoan tattooing withstood colonialism
6 votes -
New species of ancient human discovered in Philippines cave
15 votes -
When we first made tools
9 votes -
Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database
15 votes -
Human sound systems are shaped by post-Neolithic changes in bite configuration
4 votes -
Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists
6 votes -
First confirmed Denisovan skull piece found
6 votes -
There’s a vanishing resource we’re not talking about - humans are losing our cultural diversity even faster than we’re destroying the planet
27 votes -
North Sentinel Island: Uncontacted tribes’ ‘right to be left alone’ doesn’t gel with broader human rights
9 votes -
Hey, that's our stuff: Masaai tribespeople tackle Oxford's Pitt Rivers museum
14 votes -
The oldest true stories in the world
6 votes -
Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing
5 votes