Tag: Archaelogy & Anthropology & History

The Associated Press on Hatfields and McCoys sign truce: Descendants of the Hatfield and McCoy families gathered Saturday in Pikeville to sign the truce, making a largely symbolic and official […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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

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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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