Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 94 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»Anthropology
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Anthropology

Related: About this forum
Start a new discussionStart discussion Subscribe to this forum (see My DU » Subscriptions)Subscribe Mark this forum as read (yellow icons will turn white)Mark as read Search this forum using Advanced SearchSearch forum You will no longer see this forum (see My DU > Trash Can)Trash forum Get forum information and statisticsAbout forum
This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.
Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years 0 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 9 308
These 500,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Discovered 0 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 7 308
In 1940, A Dog Investigated A Hole In A Tree And Discovered A Vast Cave Filled With Ancient Human Artwork 5 Judi Lynn Dec 25 Jan 16 45 1407
Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art 2 Bayard Jan 11 Jan 12 11 614
Giant stone monuments older than Stonehenge were built by an ancient 'water cult', archaeologists say 4 Judi Lynn Dec 25 Jan 7 7 675
3 Million Year-Old Tools Found Rewrite History 2 Gaugamela Dec 26 Dec 26 13 831
A Massive Stone Wall Built 7,000 Years Ago Was Found Intact Beneath the Sea Off the Coast of France 2 Judi Lynn Dec 25 Dec 25 31 882
Step inside the lost Native American city that rivalled medieval London 2 Judi Lynn Dec 4 Dec 16 21 943
Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold--not the tropics 7 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Dec 3 20 2443
"Seeking the Koko' Ta'ay"--Taiwan's Little People, Big Questions 1 Judi Lynn Dec 3 Dec 3 5 540
A New Study Revealed the Secret Origin of One of America's Most Mysterious Monuments 0 Judi Lynn Dec 3 Dec 3 15 757
Study Finds Golden Retrievers and Humans Share Genes for Anxiety and Intelligence 4 Judi Lynn Nov 30 Dec 2 16 900
Archaeologists in Wisconsin Unearth an Ancient 'Parking Lot' With 16 Dugout Canoes--Including One That's 5,200 Years Old 8 Judi Lynn Dec 1 Dec 2 26 1272
It Rivaled Ancient Egypt, Then Vanished: New Study Pinpoints Why the Indus Valley Fell 2 Judi Lynn Nov 30 Nov 30 19 820
Archaeologists Uncover Massive 2,250-Year-Old Monument Beneath Ancient Roman City 1 Judi Lynn Nov 29 Nov 29 14 891
Archaeologists Reveal Ancient, Single-Log Boats Used to Navigate Prehistoric England 1 Judi Lynn Nov 29 Nov 29 10 742
Aologist is racing to preserve Sudan's heritage as war threatens to erase its cultural past 1 Judi Lynn Nov 29 Nov 29 4 536
Native American city that rivalled medieval London 0 Judi Lynn Nov 29 Nov 29 15 778
DNA analysis suggests first Australians arrived about 60,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 29 Nov 29 3 525
People Sailed To Australia And New Guinea 60,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 29 Nov 29 5 520
Easter Island Statue Construction Wasn't a Top-Down Affair 4 Judi Lynn Nov 27 Nov 27 12 781
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site 7 Judi Lynn Nov 27 Nov 27 38 1646
Massive prehistoric structure found near Stonehenge 0 Judi Lynn Nov 27 Nov 27 18 903
Neolithic 'amphitheater' uncovered at Karahantepe archaeological site 0 Judi Lynn Nov 27 Nov 27 11 692
First-of-its-kind 3D model lets you explore Easter Island statues up close 5 erronis Nov 26 Nov 26 12 755
A Stunning Taş Tepeler Discovery: 12,000-Year-Old Human Faces Emerge from Sefertepe 0 eShirl Nov 26 Nov 26 14 766
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 26 Nov 26 15 749
Flint Dibble exposes Graham Hancock for the fraud he is. Once again.......lol 0 wolfie001 Nov 16 Nov 16 2 776
42,000-year-old Shell Jewellery Workshop Discovered - The Oldest in Western Europe 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Oct 2025 27 2730
How Did The World Get So Ugly? - The Cultural Tutor Sheehan Quirke 4 BootinUp Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1140

Anthropology Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Time Team Classics: Beaker Settlement in Spain 1 eShirl Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 685
Archaeologists Unearth Rare 9,000-Year-Old Stone Age Hammer in Norway 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 1003
Early Humans Weren't Apex Predators After All. They Were Eaten by Leopards--A Lot. 16 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Oct 2025 25 3456
12,000-year-old rock art hints at the Arabian Desert's lush past 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1068
Lakes in the Gobi Desert nurtured human life 8,000-years-ago 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 906
Bird calls may speak to origins of human language 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 717
The Ancestral People Behind Earth's Most Influential Language 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 16 879
Science history: Rosetta stone is deciphered, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 1673
Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans 1 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 1903
Ancient Humans Used Indigo Plant 34,000 Years Ago: First Evidence of Non-Food Plant Processing Found in Georgia 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 15 1141
Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-year-old ghostly figurines thought to hold the souls of the dead 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1046
Drought uncovers 40 ancient tombs in Iraq 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 13 1033
Catalhoyuk Unearths New Secrets: Social Change and the "House of the Dead" in One of the World's Oldest Cities 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 910
Dried Lake Reveals New Statue on Easter Island 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 28 1472
Underfloor Heating System Discovered in 1,700-Year-Old Roman Bath 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 18 1821
Urban civilization rose in Southern Mesopotamia on the back of tides 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 1002
New Evidence Suggests Humans May Have Used Bows and Arrows Earlier Than Expected 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 1182
Staggering Finds Show Early Humans Lived Alongside the Very Apes They Evolved from 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 23 1455
Humans Aren't as Special as We Once Thought 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 23 1512
Ancient shells and pottery reveal the vast 3,200-years-old trade routes of Oceania's Indigenous peoples 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 13 926
Outrage over plans to house battery megasite next to ancient rock art 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 929
Canadian Archaeologists Excavate Homestead of Black Rancher John Ware 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 915
Stone Age Farmers Settled Near Dortmund Airport 7,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 888
70,000-Year-Old Paleolithic Neanderthal Workshop Found 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 56 2262
3,500-Year-Old Opal Workshop and Rare Lithophones Unearthed in Vietnam 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 1025
Archaeologists discover 'miracle' in ancient Egyptian tomb 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 19 2146
Isotope ratios provide a window into prehistoric diets 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 960
See 'hyperrealistic' reconstructions of 2 Stone Age sisters who worked in brutal mine in the Czech Republic 6,000 years 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 19 1414
Stunning Tattoos Discovered on Siberian Mummy From 2,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 1113
Some Early Hominins Evolved to Walk Upright While Still Living in Trees 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 16 1046

Anthropology Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Our Ancient Ancestors Loved Eating Grasses, and It Eventually Transformed Their Teeth 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 11 1089
Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 24 1305
Why Is The Great Rift Valley So Important In Our Understanding Of Human Evolution? 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 12 1004
Prehistoric Humans Began Eating Tubers 700,000 Years Before Our Teeth Evolved To Do So 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 900
Were Humans in Thailand Getting High Off Betel Nuts 4,000 Years Ago? 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 925
Archaeologists battle the tide to save Orkney's ancient secrets 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 927
Archaeologists have found 'doorway to the afterlife' in ancient Egypt discovery 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 31 1783
Rare 5,000-Year-Old Neolithic Monument in Northern England Granted Protected Status 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 909
Hear What the World's Oldest Song From Over 3,400 Years Sounds Like 10 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Aug 2025 43 3015
Ancient canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory 3 Reader Rabbit Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1205
Newly Deciphered Cuneiform Tablet Contains Unknown Sumerian Myth 14 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 28 2277
Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 1078
Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs reemerge on Oahu's shores after years of being hidden 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 18 1186
Archaeologists Found an Entirely New Language Among the Ruins of an Ancient Empire 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 49 2393
Before Rome, Before Greece: Anatolia's Oldest Glass Revealed in Hittite Bklkale 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 15 1149
12,000-Year-Old Grid-Plan Structures and Water Channel Discovered at ayn Mound 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 1042
Horrifying evidence of ancient humans cannibalising children emerges as toddler's remains excavated 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1124
Secret underground tunnels discovered in ruins of 4,300-year-old Chinese city 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1042
Mysterious ancient pyramids known as 'Giant's Graves' have been discovered in Europe 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 35 1940
3,500-Year-Old Rice Discovery Marks Longest Early Ocean Journey 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 22 1664
Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»Anthropology
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2026 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.