Tagged: Archaelogy & Anthropology & History

Kathleen McGowan writing for Discover on Where do we really come from?: Brent Kennedy's 19th-century ancestors stare out from his photo albums with dark eyes, high cheekbones, olive skin, and thick black hair—a genetic...

Mike Toner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Report: Welcome chimps into the family of man: Chimpanzees are closer to humans than to gorillas and other apes — so close that scientists say they should...

Hazel Muir, writing for New Scientist on Oldest human footprints found on volcano: Three primitive humans who scrambled down a volcano's slopes more than 325,000 years ago left their footprints fossilised in volcanic ash....

CBC News reports that 2,600 year old (or so) writings have been found on artifacts dug up near La Venta Mexico. The wannabe archeologist and anthropologist in me is giddy as ten year-old girl.

More archeology stuff. Researchers in Jamestown, VA found remains of 17th century armor in an old well.

It's been a good week for anthropology/archeology buffs. National Geographic reports on giant geoglyphs found in Peru. Cool stuff.

MSNBC reports on a duckbill dinosaur found in Montana. The condition of the fossil is incredible and will undoubtedly lead to a much better understanding of the species. But of course, it's a fake,...

In CBC News today – Fossil skull find challenges theories on human origins: "Scientists have unearthed an intact skull from a primitive human ancestor that lived as far back as seven million years ago."...

How did Joseph Nicephore Niepce take this photo in 1826? The Getty Conservation Institute is trying to figure it out. See: World’s oldest photo analyzed

Interview: History in a Cell by Katie Bacon (The Atlantic Monthly) April 26, 2002