Subreddit: Anthropology

Created on 22/07/2008. 159412 subscribers.

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Want to ask a question? Please do so at our sibling sub, /r/AskAnthropology!

created by [deleted] on 26/04/2018 at 16:00 UTC - 82 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Welcome to /r/Anthropology!

created by CommodoreCoCo on 07/12/2024 at 22:47 UTC* - 61 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Worldwide patterns in mythology echo the human expansion out of Africa

created by Meatrition on 26/01/2025 at 19:53 UTC - 102 upvotes (https, www.biorxiv.org)

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An Evolving Model of Our Origins

created by zekedarwinning on 26/01/2025 at 17:05 UTC - 25 upvotes (https, youtu.be)

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Sercquiais language (a fascinating language in danger of extinction)

created by Different_Method_191 on 26/01/2025 at 18:08 UTC - 6 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How Neanderthals Kept Our Ancestors Warm New DNA studies reveal more benefits from our hominin friends

created by Maxcactus on 25/01/2025 at 12:47 UTC - 130 upvotes (https, nautil.us)

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"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court

created by D-R-AZ on 24/01/2025 at 14:04 UTC - 6275 upvotes (https, www.salon.com)

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Making sense of eastern Asian Late Quaternary hominin variability

created by Maxcactus on 25/01/2025 at 12:57 UTC - 15 upvotes (https, www.nature.com)

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People Today Carry DNA from Neandertals. Here’s How It May Affect Our Brain and Behavior: DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition

created by comicreliefboy on 24/01/2025 at 13:11 UTC - 73 upvotes (https, www.scientificamerican.com)

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Alpha male baboons' obsession with females stresses them out: ‘Stress definitely has long-term consequences’

created by comicreliefboy on 24/01/2025 at 13:14 UTC - 63 upvotes (https, www.popsci.com)

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Ancient humans evolved new blood types after leaving Africa: Genetic study also reveals blood groups modern humans acquired from Neanderthals

created by comicreliefboy on 24/01/2025 at 13:12 UTC - 51 upvotes (https, www.science.org)

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Ume Sámi Language (the second most endangered Sami language)

created by Different_Method_191 on 24/01/2025 at 19:48 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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East Asia meets Europe in Lower Austria: Ancient genomes show integration of genetically different groups to the same early medieval Avar society in the Vienna Basin, Austria

created by comicreliefboy on 24/01/2025 at 13:05 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, www.sciencedaily.com)

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An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones": Buried in ditches, the Neolithic carvings may have been a sacrifice to stop volcanic climate change

created by comicreliefboy on 23/01/2025 at 13:23 UTC - 327 upvotes (https, www.salon.com)

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Neanderthals' blood type may help explain their demise, new study finds

created by kambiz on 23/01/2025 at 16:30 UTC - 125 upvotes (https, www.livescience.com)

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Clinton Bailey, American-Israeli Who Preserved Bedouin Culture, Dies at 88: Armed with a camera and tape recorder, he spent decades documenting the ancient traditions of nomadic Bedouin tribes, creating a record of a vanishing culture.

created by drak0bsidian on 23/01/2025 at 14:54 UTC - 70 upvotes (https, www.nytimes.com)

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Faced with relentless drought, capuchin monkeys showcased their remarkable resilience & provided the first data from wild primates to suggest that a stronger stress response promotes survival. Researchers from the University of Michigan measured hormone levels in capuchins to decode stress response.

created by umichnews on 23/01/2025 at 17:28 UTC - 39 upvotes (https, news.umich.edu)

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Rampant Looting Threatens West Bank Archaeological Sites: An archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting amid Israel’s ongoing war in the region

created by comicreliefboy on 23/01/2025 at 13:12 UTC - 44 upvotes (https, www.sapiens.org)

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World’s oldest 3D map discovered

created by D-R-AZ on 23/01/2025 at 13:13 UTC - 33 upvotes (https, www.adelaide.edu.au)

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How Neandertal DNA May Affect the Way We Think | DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition

created by kambiz on 23/01/2025 at 08:26 UTC - 42 upvotes (https, www.scientificamerican.com)

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Men have grown twice as much as women over past century, study shows

created by kambiz on 22/01/2025 at 13:35 UTC - 379 upvotes (https, www.theguardian.com)

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Peeing is contagious for chimpanzees: ‘Contagious urination’ might be similar to yawning in humans

created by comicreliefboy on 22/01/2025 at 20:53 UTC - 52 upvotes (https, www.popsci.com)

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The Strange Power of Laughter: An anthropologist explores laughter as a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight—reflecting on its surprising power to disturb and disrupt

created by comicreliefboy on 22/01/2025 at 20:52 UTC - 51 upvotes (https, www.sapiens.org)

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Early humans' hunting habits reshaped scavenger communities, study suggests

created by kambiz on 22/01/2025 at 22:08 UTC - 26 upvotes (https, phys.org)

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Ainu Language (a beautiful and fascinating language in danger of extinction)

created by Different_Method_191 on 22/01/2025 at 16:47 UTC - 58 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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