Anthropology NewsNews on Anthropology continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Could this kill a mammoth Clues to Neanderthal life unearthed- June 23, 2008 Dozens of tools thought to have belonged to Neanderthals have been dug up at an archaeological site called Beedings in West Sussex.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/could-this-kill-a-mammoth-clues-to-neand... 4000-year-old ancestral tombs discovered in China- June 23, 2008 Archaeologists have discovered five 4000-year-old ancestral tombs with skulls and human remains, as well as pottery and animal bodies, from Shanghai city in China.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/4000-year-old-ancestral-tombs-discovered... Passion for past beats the heat- June 23, 2008 Few people would voluntarily do hard, physical labor in 100-degree weather. Even fewer would pay to do it.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/passion-for-past-beats-the-heat?fromrss=... Jordan hands over nearly 2,500 recovered Iraqi antiquities- June 22, 2008 AMMAN, Jordan : Jordan turned over Sunday nearly 2,500 stolen Iraqi artifacts to Iraq's top antiquities official, in the latest effort to recover the war torn nation's stolen heritage.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/jordan-hands-over-nearly-2-500-recovered... La Crosse Students Unearth 1,500-Year-Old Artifacts- June 22, 2008 Some University of Wisconsin-La Crosse archaeology students are participating in a dig that has so far uncovered artifacts 1,400 or 1,500 years old.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/la-crosse-students-unearth-1-500-year-ol... Digging up history- June 22, 2008 AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL site of national importance has been unveiled at Exmoor. Flint tools, thought to have been left by hunter-gatherers around 8,000 years ago, have been found at the site at Larkbarrow near ...http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/digging-up-history?fromrss=1 Egypt's oldest pyramid complex undergoing laser scanning- June 21, 2008 Cairo, June 20: Scientists are carrying out a laser scanning survey of Djoser's Step Pyramid - Egypt's oldest pyramid complex, in an attempt to create its virtual three-dimensional model.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/egypts-oldest-pyramid-complex-undergoing... Czech archaeologists discover Migration Period burial place- June 21, 2008 Czech archaeologists have discovered a unique burial site from the Migration Period in Prague, the largest burial grounds of this period unearthed in Europe so far, Milan Kucharik and Jiri Vavra, heads of the ...http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/czech-archaeologists-discover-migration-... Mexico recovers pre-Columbian artifacts seized in the U.S. and Canada- June 21, 2008 Mexico recovered more than 900 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada, including 800-year-old fibre sandals, spears and hunting bows looted from nomadic caves, officials said ...http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/mexico-recovers-pre-columbian-artifacts-... UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News- June 21, 2008 Australia now fattest country, study says MELBOURNE, June 20 -- Australia is the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults classified as obese or overweight, a new study indicates.http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/06/upi-newstrack-health-and-science-news?fr... |