. Scientific Frontline: Anthropology
Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthropology. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Human and Neanderthal Shared Culture

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A distant view of the Üçağızlı II Cave in southern Türkiye. Photo Credit: KyotoU / Naoki Morimoto Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Neanderthal Genetics Challenge Extinction Theories

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A lifelike museum reconstruction of a Neanderthal hunter crouching outdoors among rocks and fallen leaves, using a stone tool to process a s...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Nature Exposure Boosts Physical Endurance

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Photo Credit:  Aurelien Thomas Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Nature Exposure and Physical Endurance The C...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Environmental Stewardship in Conservation

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Photo Credits: Tim Bruijninckx – VSF-B Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Environmental Stewardship in Biodive...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Early African Herder Diets & Climate Adaptation

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People buried at Gishimangeda Cave near Lake Eyasi (pictured) in Tanzania provided evidence of later herders’ more specialized diets. Photo ...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Stone age population collapse revealed by DNA study in France

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The researchers have conducted DNA analyses of the skeletons from a burial sites in France and found traces of several different diseases. I...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Plague outbreaks in the Early Modern period hit working youths the hardest

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During excavations beneath Basel’s Stadtcasino, several graves were uncovered. Multiple skeletons were found stacked on top of each other wi...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Tracking the footsteps of West Africa's prehistoric metalworkers

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Photograph taken during the discovery of a pile of used tuyères, featuring intriguing transverse perforations, for photogrammetry purposes. ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Ancient DNA reveals 12,000-year-old case of rare genetic disease

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Daniel Fernandes preparing to take a sample Photo Credit: ©Adrian Daly Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary The Co...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Mineralized dental plaque from the Iron Age provides insight into the diet of the Scythians

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A Scythian. Found in the kurgan Olon-Kurin-Gol 10, Altai Mountains, Mongolia. Image Credit: reconstruction by Dimitri Pozdniako (Wikimedia C...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor

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Pools of the oldest public bathing facilities in Pompeii, dating back to 130 BC Photo Credit:© Cees Passchier Scientific Frontline: "At...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

First ancient human herpesvirus genomes document their deep history with humans

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Laboratory technician and one of the authors in the contamination-controlled ancient DNA laboratory at the University of Tartu extracting ti...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Farmers boosted Europe's biodiversity over the last 12,000 years

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Standing stones in Carnac, France. Built between 6,500 - 5,300 years ago by Europe's first farmers.  Photo Credit: Jonny Gordon. Althoug...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Australopithecus deyiremeda, an ancestor of the human species discovered in Ethiopia, was bipedal and climbed trees

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Professor Lluís Gibert, from the University of Barcelona, is the only expert from a European institution participating in an international s...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Anthropology: In-Depth Description

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Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia. Its native name is Rapa Nui. It’s famed for archaeological sit...
Friday, October 17, 2025

What Is: Extinction Level Events

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A Chronicle of Earth's Biotic Crises and an Assessment of Future Threats Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Defining Biotic Catastrophe ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Did Lead Limit Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Extinct Hominids?

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UC San Diego researchers have found high levels of lead in the teeth of both Neanderthals (left) and modern humans (right). However, a gene ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Easter Island’s statues actually “walked” – and physics backs it up

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A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery

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The Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan in central Mexico. Photo Credit: Christophe Helmke, University of Copenhagen More than two millennia ag...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

The life of a Stone Age man has been mapped

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Illustration Credit: Niels Bach CC-BY 4.0 Researchers have mapped the life of a Stone Age man in detail. New scientific methods have revolut...