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Humans are all born from women, so where did the first woman come from before humans?
The origin of mankind is one of the eternal mysteries of anthropology and biology.
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Archeology
Is this the true face of Jesus?
Jesus' face was created by forensic anthropologists, combining sources from archeology and the Bible.
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Genetic evidence of human invasion of the world
Data on anthropology and genes have shown that human migration from Africa took place from about 45,000 to 60,000 years ago.
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American ancestors are Siberians
The work of Russian-American scientists has just published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, showing that the closest genetic ancestor of American aborigines co…
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10 mysteries about humankind
The basic anthropological questions always put scientists in endless debates, where many hypotheses were put forward and the answer was always left open. Here are 10 big…
Archeology
The funeral rite of cremation was almost 10,000 years ago
The study, conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Sao Paulo, shows that these complex funeral rituals were performed f…
Archeology
People use drugs from prehistoric times
According to a Spanish anthropology professor, humans use hallucinogens and opium poppies from the Stone Age.
Archeology
Mexico discovered ivory 10,000 years before BC
Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said a group of archaeological experts discovered a mammoth ivory that was nearly 3m long, over 10,000 yea…
Archeology
Mexico discovered 5000 ancient paintings in the cave
Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said on May 23 that the archaeologists have discovered nearly 5,000 ancient paintings carved in caves in t…
Archeology
Mexico: Detection of skull, jaw bone 500 years old
The October 5 announcement of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Mexican scientists have discovered 45 skull bones and 250 500-year-old jaw b…
Archeology
Determining the evolution of human apes
CT scans (computed tomography scans) of fossilized skull fragments dating back to 1.4 million years can help researchers end a long debate about the evolution of Austral…
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Human footprints date back to 25,000 years in Mexico
The Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (Inah) said it has discovered human footprints dating from 4,500 years to 25,000 years in the Tarahumara mountain ran…
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Mexico discovered 2,000-year-old palace foundation
Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced on September 1 to discover the foundation and trace of a palace dating back 2,000 years at the A…
Archeology
Found a cemetery for 1,000 years in Mexico
On June 30, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced that a group of archaeologists from the country had discovered a cemetery that ident…
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The first resident of the Caribbean
A cave of prehistoric water in the Dominican Republic became