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Study Finds Global Language Diversity Peaked 1,000–3,000 Years Ago

The authors’ models show farming-driven population growth followed by the spread of large polities produced a later, sustained collapse that left today’s languages as a biased remnant.

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Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

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Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

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Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

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Study Links Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Brain Expansion

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Study Ties Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Bigger Brains

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Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

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Potato Domestication Drove AMY1 Gene Surge in Indigenous Andeans

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INAH Registers Monumental Maya Site 'El Jefeciño' With 80 Buildings

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Study Recasts 12,000-Year-Old Plains Artifacts as the Earliest Dice

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Study Finds 12,000-Year-Old Native American Dice That Upend the History of Chance

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10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

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Templo Mayor Dig Yields 43 Mezcala Figures in Moctezuma I–Era Offering

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Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

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Reexamined Neolithic Antler Headpiece Points to Shamanic Tradition in Central Germany

Cultural Anthropology

Study Finds Global Language Diversity Peaked 1,000–3,000 Years Ago

Study Says 'Hobbits' Scavenged Komodo Dragon Kills, Not Big-Game Hunters

Excavation at Tel Shiloh Reveals Southern Wall and Ritual Finds

Great Apes and Humans Share a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm in Laughter

Archaeologists Confirm Minanbé, a Lost Maya City, in Calakmul Reserve

Great Apes' Laughter Shares a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm

Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

Study Links Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Brain Expansion

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Study Ties Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Bigger Brains

Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

Potato Domestication Drove AMY1 Gene Surge in Indigenous Andeans

INAH Registers Monumental Maya Site 'El Jefeciño' With 80 Buildings

Study Recasts 12,000-Year-Old Plains Artifacts as the Earliest Dice

Study Finds 12,000-Year-Old Native American Dice That Upend the History of Chance

10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

Templo Mayor Dig Yields 43 Mezcala Figures in Moctezuma I–Era Offering

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

Reexamined Neolithic Antler Headpiece Points to Shamanic Tradition in Central Germany

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