Tag Archives: Archaeology and Anthropology

The New York Times 7:00 am on March 14, 2023
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At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree

In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanity’s first beast of burden.

#agriculture-and-farming, #animals, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #donkeys, #egypt, #genetics-and-heredity, #horn-of-africa, #horses, #internal-open-access, #sahara-desert, #science-journal, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 4:00 pm on March 1, 2023
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Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

Looking at DNA gleaned from ancient remains, researchers identified at least eight previously unknown populations of early Europeans.

#agriculture-and-farming, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #genetics-and-heredity, #ice-age, #research

The New York Times 4:21 pm on February 7, 2023
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Neanderthal Crab Roast Leftovers Are Found in a Portuguese Cave

Researchers said the paleontological remains were another sign that our early human cousins had intelligence.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #caves-and-caverns, #crabs, #neanderthal-man, #portugal, #research, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 11:07 pm on February 2, 2023
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These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’

A study of butchered bones from 125,000 years ago offers what researchers call “the first clear-cut evidence of elephant-hunting in human evolution.”

#animals, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #bones, #elephants, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #europe, #germany, #hunting-and-trapping, #mammoths-animals, #neanderthal-man, #paleontology, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 7:45 pm on January 30, 2023
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Eight Thousand Years of Bog Bodies Reveal a Grim Burial Tradition

The first comprehensive survey of a 7,000-year-old burial tradition reveals an often violent final ritual.

#antiquity-journal, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #cadavers, #england, #ireland, #mummies-and-mummification, #peat, #skeletons, #wetlands, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 7:00 pm on January 18, 2023
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10 Mummified Crocodiles Emerge From an Egyptian Tomb

Found beneath an ancient dump, the mummies shed light on ancient Egyptian mummification practices and the many lives of a necropolis.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #crocodiles, #egyptian-civilization, #mummies-and-mummification, #public-library-of-science-plos, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 10, 2023
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As Infrastructure Money Lands, the Job Dividends Begin

Trillions of dollars in government spending will profoundly affect the labor market, but in ways hard to measure, and mostly under the surface.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #building-construction, #hiring-and-promotion, #inflation-reduction-act-of-2022, #infrastructure-public-works, #infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act-2021, #labor-and-jobs, #united-states-economy

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 22, 2022
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To Save a Ruin, Send in the Sheep

The archaeological park of Pompeii has found a low-tech way to prevent the site from being overrun by vegetation: hungry sheep.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #campania-italy, #italy, #mount-vesuvius-italy, #pompeii-italy, #travel-and-vacations, #volcanoes

The New York Times 8:00 am on December 20, 2022
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Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times

A new approach to studying the history of Old Testament conflicts, courtesy of Earth’s geomagnetic record.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #ben-yosef-erez, #bible, #brick-and-tile, #carbon-dating, #ceramics-and-pottery, #earth, #egypt, #hebrew-university, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #israel, #jerusalem-israel, #magnets-and-magnetism, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #tel-aviv-israel, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 12:59 pm on December 12, 2022
Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology, , Cafe Ohlone (Berkeley, Calif, Restaurant), , , , Hearst, Phoebe A, Museum of Anthropology, , , , ,   

Indigenous Founders of a Museum Cafe Put Repatriation on the Menu

Two chefs celebrate the culture of the Ohlone people at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley, which is seeking to redress past mistreatment of Native Americans.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #berkeley-calif, #cafe-ohlone-berkeley-calif-restaurant, #chefs, #colleges-and-universities, #east-bay-san-francisco-calif, #hearst-phoebe-a-museum-of-anthropology, #museums, #native-americans, #restaurants, #university-of-california-berkeley, #war-crimes-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity

The New York Times 8:05 pm on December 9, 2022
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That Mysterious Object on a Florida Beach? It’s a Shipwreck.

Last month people noticed wood jutting from the sand in Daytona Beach Shores. Speculation ran wild, but archaeologists now say it was a ship, most likely a 19th-century merchant vessel.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #beaches, #coast-erosion, #daytona-beach-shores-fla, #florida, #meide-chuck, #shipwrecks-historic

The New York Times 3:02 pm on December 5, 2022
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Mysterious Object Emerges on a Florida Beach, Setting Off Speculation

Archaeologists expect to examine the object, which appears to be about 80 feet long and made of wood and metal, during low tide on Monday.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #beaches, #coast-erosion, #daytona-beach-shores, #florida, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #volusia-county-fla

The New York Times 10:15 pm on November 9, 2022
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An Ivory Comb With an Ancient Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice.

Archaeologists in Israel unearthed a tiny ivory comb inscribed with the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet that evolved into one we use today.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #canaanites, #israel, #ivory, #jerusalem-journal-of-archaeology, #language-and-languages, #lice, #research, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 4:12 pm on October 5, 2022
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Paid to Fight, Even in Ancient Greece

DNA from a 2,500-year-old battlefield in Sicily reveals that mercenary soldiers were common, if not the Homeric ideal.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #carthage, #genetics-and-heredity, #greek-civilization, #mercenaries-and-private-military-contractors, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #reich-david-e-1974, #sicily-italy, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 6:20 pm on October 3, 2022
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Unearthing Everyday Life at an Ancient Site in Greece

Excavations in the Peloponnesian village of Iklaina are yielding rich insights into the lives of the Mycenaean civilization’s general population.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #ceramics-and-pottery, #greece, #greek-civilization, #greek-language, #mediterranean-sea, #mycenae-greece, #travel-and-vacations

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 15, 2022
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Congress Told Colleges to Return Native Remains. What’s Taking So Long?

The University of North Dakota, the latest U.S. college to acknowledge keeping Indigenous bones and artifacts, pledged to work with tribal leaders on returning them.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #bones, #burgum-douglas, #colleges-and-universities, #grand-forks-nd, #museums, #native-americans, #north-dakota

The New York Times 7:00 am on September 13, 2022
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Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’

Before the pandemic, the long-sought ruins of Sak Tz’i’, a small but influential Mesoamerican kingdom, were discovered on a cattle ranch in Mexico. This summer archaeologists returned to excavate it.

#antiquity-journal, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #chiapas-mexico, #drones-pilotless-planes, #guatemala, #mayans, #mesoamerica, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 9, 2022
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With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again

The Dolmen of Guadalperal, a Bronze Age stone monument newly exposed by plummeting water levels in Europe, is now imperiled by tourists.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #catalonia-spain, #drought, #global-warming, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #monuments-and-memorials-structures, #reservoirs, #stonehenge-england, #water, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 5:18 pm on August 19, 2022
Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology, Brinkmann, Vinzenz, Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color (Exhibit), , , , Koch-Brinkmann, Ulrike, , , , ,   

That Painted Greek Maiden at the Met: Just Whose Vision Is She?

Two German archaeologists use science to recreate the lost colors of antiquity. Historians debate just how authentic their version of the past really is.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #brinkmann-vinzenz, #chroma-ancient-sculpture-in-color-exhibit, #color, #greek-civilization, #hollein-max, #koch-brinkmann-ulrike, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #models-and-replicas, #museums, #paint, #sculpture

The New York Times 3:09 pm on August 8, 2022
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‘What a Horrible Place This Would Have Been’

Archaeologists found the remains of 14 soldiers who died in a pivotal Revolutionary War battle — a fresh reminder of the violence of war.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #bones, #defense-and-military-forces, #dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #forensic-science, #national-parks-monuments-and-seashores, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 1:42 am on August 3, 2022
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A Battlefield From 1777 Yields a Dozen Mercenaries’ Remains

Archaeologists uncovered the remains of 13 Hessian soldiers killed by American forces in the bloody Battle of Red Bank near Philadelphia.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #defense-and-military-forces, #delaware, #delaware-river, #mercenaries-and-private-military-contractors, #philadelphia-pa, #red-bank-nj, #revolutionary-war-american-1775-83, #rowan-university, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 24, 2022
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‘Parentese’ is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds

In an ambitious cross-cultural study, researchers found that adults around the world speak and sing to babies in similar ways.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #babies-and-infants, #beijing-china, #ecuador, #india, #language-and-languages, #music, #nature-journal, #poland, #psychology-and-psychologists, #tanzania, #voice-and-speech, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 7:45 pm on July 17, 2022
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In Rome, a New Museum for Recovered Treasures Before They Return Home

The Museum of Rescued Art showcases antiquities that were looted or otherwise lost before they go back to institutions in the regions from which they were taken.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #italy, #museum-of-rescued-art, #museums, #national-roman-museum, #osanna-massimo

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 8, 2022
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3-D Printing Might Recreate the Elgin Marbles of Greece

#3-d-printers, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #athens-greece, #british-museum, #elgin-marbles, #england, #great-britain, #greek-civilization, #museums, #ottoman-empire, #parthenon-greece, #politics-and-government, #restoration-and-renovation, #sculpture

The New York Times 9:23 pm on June 15, 2022
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Black Death: A Clue to Where the Plague Originated

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for the plague that devastated Eurasia, they say.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #bubonic-plague, #cemeteries, #epidemics, #history-academic-subject, #kyrgyzstan, #nature-journal, #research, #teeth-and-dentistry

The New York Times 4:44 pm on June 7, 2022
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Before Chickens Were Nuggets, They Were Revered

The origin of the domestic fowl is more recent than previously thought, but it may have taken them thousands of years to become food.

#animal-behavior, #antiquity-journal, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #carbon-dating, #chickens, #fossils, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #research, #thailand, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 7:16 am on May 21, 2022
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Italy Says Ancient Statue in U.S. Museum Was Stolen, Not Lost at Sea

A court near Pompeii has ordered the return of a treasured classical antiquity that was purchased by the Minneapolis Institute of Art almost four decades ago.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #conforti-michael, #italy, #minneapolis-minn, #minneapolis-institute-of-arts, #museums, #osanna-massimo, #zuchtriegel-gabriel

The New York Times 6:27 pm on May 12, 2022
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While Building a House, They Dug Up a Chamber for Ancient Gods

The discovery in Turkey led to a looting charge against the homebuilders and captured a time when the Neo-Assyrian Empire was the region’s dominant power.

#antiquity-journal, #aramaic-language, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #assyrian-civilization, #research, #turkey, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 12, 2022
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Things to Do in Rome 2022: Restaurants, Attractions and More

The Eternal City continues to live up to its name, thanks to some long-awaited reopenings and a crop of new restaurants and cultural spots all over town.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #colosseum-rome, #cooking-and-cookbooks, #culture-arts, #hotels-and-travel-lodgings, #italian-food-cuisine, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #restaurants, #roman-civilization, #rome-italy, #summer-season, #travel-and-vacations

The New York Times 9:30 am on May 7, 2022
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In Alabama’s ‘19th Unnamed Cave,’ a Trove of Ancient Dark-Zone Art

Researchers using 3-D technology brought to light an array of art in an Alabama cave, including a serpent, flying creatures and humanoid figures in regalia.

#3-d-devices-and-effects, #alabama, #antiquity-journal, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #caves-and-caverns, #native-americans, #united-states-geological-survey, #university-of-tennessee

The New York Times 4:34 pm on May 5, 2022
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They Thought the Skulls Were Murder Victims’. They Were Off by Centuries.

Originally thought to be the remnants of gang killings, dozens of skulls found in a cave in southern Mexico are now believed to be from sacrificial killings more than 1,000 years ago.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #bones, #caves-and-caverns, #chiapas-mexico, #mesoamerica, #skull-body-part, #smithsonian-institution

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 30, 2022
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Mi’ilya, Christian Village in Israel, Digs Into Crusader Past

The residents of Mi’ilya long wondered what archaeological treasures lay beneath a crumbling castle. Now, some are excavating their homes to find out.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #byzantine-civilization, #crusades-christianity, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #israel, #khamisy-rabei, #miilya-israel

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 12, 2022
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New DNA Analysis Supports an Unrecognized Tribe’s Ancient Roots in California

A collaboration between researchers and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe offers new evidence that their ancestors have lived in the Bay Area for thousands of years.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #genetics-and-heredity, #muwekma-ohlone, #native-americans, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #research, #san-francisco-bay-area-calif, #stanford-university, #university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 1:57 pm on April 6, 2022
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The Site Called ‘Machu Picchu’ Had Another Name First, Researchers Say

For decades, the ancient Incan ruins in Peru have been called Machu Picchu. But the original name was Picchu or Huayna Picchu, according to two researchers.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #huayna-picchu, #incas, #machu-picchu-peru, #names-personal, #peru, #university-of-chicago

The New York Times 12:27 pm on March 23, 2022
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The Wreck of an 1830s Whaler Offers a Glimpse of America’s Racial History

A shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico is identified and the mystery of its multiracial crew’s fate unraveled.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #black-people, #gulf-of-mexico, #maritime-accidents-and-safety, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #native-americans, #race-and-ethnicity, #shipwrecks-historic, #whales-and-whaling

The New York Times 7:32 pm on March 22, 2022
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Human Migration Brought Maize to Maya Region, Study Finds

A new analysis of the DNA of the remains of ancient people in the jungles of Belize reveals that farming technology arrived from the south.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #belize, #mayans, #nature-communications-journal, #research, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 5:01 pm on March 11, 2022
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Pompeii Moves With the Times

The new leader of this 2,000-year-old archaeological treasure is examining gender, race and class while using technology to try and save the site from the ravages of climate change.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #global-warming, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #museums, #osanna-massimo, #pompeii-italy, #roman-civilization, #zuchtriegel-gabriel

The New York Times 12:01 am on March 7, 2022
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Does This Amazon Rock Art Depict Extinct Ice Age Mammals?

The animals painted in ocher in Colombia may include giant ground sloths and other creatures that vanished from the Americas. But some researchers say the art has a more recent origin.

#amazon-jungle, #animals, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #art, #colombia, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #ice-age, #paleontology, #philosophical-transactions-of-the-royal-society-b-journal, #research, #sloths-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 12:12 pm on February 24, 2022
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Roman Mosaics Point to Rowdy London District’s High-End Side

The discovery of the two mosaics in Southwark, across the Thames from the City of London, has been greeted by archaeologists as “exceptional.”

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #great-britain, #london-england, #museum-of-london, #roman-civilization

The New York Times 5:30 pm on February 17, 2022
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What Was Stonehenge For? The Answer Might Be Simpler Than You Thought.

Astronomical calculator? Spaceship landing pad? Shrine to the Earth Mother? An exhibition at the British Museum uses the latest research to look past outlandish theories.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #british-museum, #durrington-walls-england, #england, #museums, #stonehenge-england

The New York Times 8:00 am on February 15, 2022
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A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine Revives a Weighty Mystery

A bronze statuette recovered from a river in Germany may have been part of an early Scandinavian weight system, some archaeologists believe.

#antiquity-journal, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #baltic-sea, #bronze-age, #germany, #praehistorische-zeitschrift-journal, #scandinavia, #sculpture, #weight, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 7:02 pm on February 10, 2022
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Europe Returns Ancestral Remains to Hawaii From Museums

A delegation from Hawaii is on a five-city tour to bring human remains home, some of thousands of such remnants in Europe taken from around the world.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #europe, #hawaii, #museums, #parzinger-hermann, #prussian-cultural-heritage-foundation

The New York Times 3:45 pm on February 8, 2022
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A Lawsuit Accuses Harvard of Ignoring Sexual Harassment by a Professor

The controversy surrounding John Comaroff, an anthropologist, has divided the faculty, with scholars like Jill Lepore and Henry Louis Gates Jr. supporting their colleague.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #colleges-and-universities, #farmer-paul-e, #gates-henry-louis-jr, #graduate-schools-and-students, #greenblatt-stephen, #halley-janet, #harvard-university, #john-comaroff, #kennedy-randall, #lepore-jill, #sexual-harassment, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #title-ix-gender-discrimination-legislation, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 8, 2022
Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology, , , , , , Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas (Book), , , Raff, Jennifer,   

Did the First Americans Arrive via Land Bridge? This Geneticist Says No.

In “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas,” Jennifer Raff combines archaeology, genetics, linguistics and more to argue against a longstanding theory.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #bones, #books-and-literature, #genealogy, #genetics-and-heredity, #indigenous-people, #origin-a-genetic-history-of-the-americas-book, #paleontology, #race-and-ethnicity, #raff-jennifer, #science-and-technology

The New York Times 2:03 pm on January 18, 2022
Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology, , , Evans, Arthur (1851-1941), , Himmler, Heinrich, , , National Archaeological Museum (Athens), Rosenberg, Alfred Ernst (1893-1946),   

New Research Tracks Ancient Artifacts Looted by the Nazis

Scholars are increasingly focusing attention on the seizure and excavation of antiquities from Greece and other countries by German forces during World War II.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #crete-greece, #evans-arthur-1851-1941, #greek-civilization, #himmler-heinrich, #hitler-adolf, #museums, #national-archaeological-museum-athens, #rosenberg-alfred-ernst-1893-1946, #world-war-ii-1939-45

The New York Times 7:02 pm on January 14, 2022
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The Kunga Was a Status Symbol Long Before the Thoroughbred

A new study finds the first known instance of a human-engineered hybrid, bred from a donkey and a Syrian wild ass 4,500 years ago.

#animals, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #breeding-of-animals, #dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #donkeys, #horses, #research, #science-advances-journal, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 2:30 pm on January 9, 2022
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Prehistoric Rock Art ‘Irreparably Damaged’ by Vandals, Officials Say

Geometric rock carvings that are believed to be at least 3,000 years old were scratched with names and dates at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #big-bend-national-park-tex, #graffiti, #national-parks-monuments-and-seashores, #parks-and-other-recreation-areas, #vandalism

The New York Times 1:37 am on January 6, 2022
Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology, Dead Birds (Movie), , , Gardner, Robert (1925-2014), , , Karel, Ernst, Kusumaryati, Veronika, ,   

‘Expedition Content’ Review: Anthropological Maneuvers in the Dark

An engrossing documentary looks back at a 1961 expedition to New Guinea and the creation of the landmark ethnographic film that resulted.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #dead-birds-movie, #documentary-films-and-programs, #expedition-content-movie, #gardner-robert-1925-2014, #indigenous-people, #indonesia, #karel-ernst, #kusumaryati-veronika, #new-guinea, #rockefeller-michael-c

The New York Times 5:50 am on January 3, 2022
Tags: , Archaeology and Anthropology, , , , , , Lake Turkana (Kenya), , , , Richard Leakey, , , Turkana Basin Institute   

Richard Leakey, Kenyan Fossil Hunter and Conservationist, Dies at 77

His discoveries of ancient human skulls and skeletons, including the famed “Turkana Boy,” helped cement Africa’s standing as the cradle of humanity.

#africa, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #deaths-obituaries, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fossils, #kenya, #kenyatta-uhuru-muigai, #lake-turkana-kenya, #leakey-meave-g, #nairobi-kenya, #paleontology, #richard-leakey, #skull-body-part, #state-university-of-new-york-at-stony-brook, #turkana-basin-institute

The New York Times 8:00 am on December 31, 2021
Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology, , Finkelstein, Israel, , , ,   

Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim

On the year’s shortest day, hundreds of Israelis ventured deep into the desert to witness a strange natural phenomenon atop an ancient pilgrimage site that some argue is where God spoke to Moses.

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