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Tag: Anthropology

Circular Stone Plaza Moves Up Start of Stone Age Construction in the Andes on Par with Stonehenge
Human Sciences

Circular Stone Plaza Moves Up Start of Stone Age Construction in the Andes on Par with Stonehenge

February 21, 2024

In the Cajamarca Basin of Northern Peru, at a place called Callacpuma, archeologists have uncovered a real treasure—a circular…

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming
Human Sciences

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming

November 16, 2021

PICTURED: A woman harvests millet in a field in Zaozhuang city, East China’s Shandong province, on Sept 7, 2016.…

A Genetic Mapping of Polynesia Tracks the Settlement of Oceania in Exquisite Detail
Human Sciences

A Genetic Mapping of Polynesia Tracks the Settlement of Oceania in Exquisite Detail

September 27, 2021

PICTURED: The Moai heads of Rapa Nui, or Easter island. CC 4.0. Story at a glance… A new genetic…

Like Jefferson, Scientists Help Demonstrate Pygmies’ Natural Rights to Ancestral Lands Given Over to Logging
Human Sciences

Like Jefferson, Scientists Help Demonstrate Pygmies’ Natural Rights to Ancestral Lands Given Over to Logging

February 25, 2021

DJA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Cameroon. April 1st 2019. PICTURED: A chief of the Baka pygmies looks pensive in a forest…


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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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Christians, Catholics in Gaza and the West Bank Face Killings and Persecution

Julien Torres July 28, 2025

Christian holy sites in both Gaza and the West Bank have faced their felt the brunt of Israeli bombing…

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