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Hidden From Civilization Are the Last Uncontacted Tribes

The Yahi tribe was indigenous to Northern California and included about 1,500 members when they were first discovered in 1770 by anthropologists. The Yahi people were hunters and gathers that lived off of wild game, fishing, and plants.

The Amazing People of Omo Valley

In the late 1960s and '70s, anthropologists began recognizing what that meant—people living near the river had largely escaped the colonial blundering and conflict that shredded other societies.

Can You Die of a Broken Heart? Find Out Here

According to Helen Fisher, the biological anthropologist and author of 'Why We Love', the best thing to do while waiting for time to heal your wounds is to reflect upon the breakup instead of distracting yourself.

I Bet You Didn't Have a Clue About These Human Body Facts!

Anthropometric correlation is more than just a bit of fun – anthropologists use it to determine how tall the owner of a particular bone is. 2.

How To Face Consistent Social Distancing Rule Breakers

“The literature shows that people will change their behavior if there are three conditions in place: they know what to do, why to do it and they see other people like themselves also doing it,” says Monica Schoch-Spana, a medical anthropologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, to Time

These Real-life Stories Are Worthy of a Hollywood Movie

An anthropologist named Kenneth Good studied the Yanomami indigenous tribe of southern Venezuela during the 1970s. He learned to speak the native language and even married a tribal girl named Yarima. She eventually moved to the USA and had three children with him.

This Will Change Your Perspective On Anger

Research conducted by anthropologists who lived with hunter-gatherer tribes found that hunter-gatherer men who committed acts of homicide had more children, as they were more likely to survive.

Take a Tour of the 7 Most Iconic Old Temples in the World

Interestingly, the site was initially dismissed by anthropologists who believed it to be a medieval grave. However, Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute visited the site in 1994 and felt that there was something massive hidden underneath.

The Greatest Unsolved Puzzles in History

Ethnologists and anthropologists believe that the word might be an amalgamation of two Algonquian words meaning "talk town" or "council town." In the centuries since, several theories have tried to explain the vanishing of the Roanoke colony.

10 Key Fossils that Changed Our Understanding of Evolution

Lucy: The “Mother of Humanity” Lucy, discovered in 1974 by anthropologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray, is one of the most famous hominin fossils. At 3.2 million years old, Lucy belonged to the species Australopithecus afarensis .

Nature inFocus Photography Awards: 17 Incredible Winners

Behavioral ecologist and evolutionary anthropologist Prof Barbara Fruth has only observed this phenomenon once previously at this location. 8. “Symmetry in Mimicry” by Arkaprava Ghosh.

20th Century Slang People Rarely Use Nowadays

Yada Yada Meaning: When we think of memes - all those funny and often obscure pictures we see on the internet - we typically associate them with the age of internet culture, but anthropologists are convinced that people used memes and references to popular culture a lot earlier than the early 2000s,

These Are Some of the MOST Bizarre Medical Cases Ever Seen

A Walking Trip That Resulted in Eye Parasites When retired anthropologist and public health researcher Dianne Travers-Gustafson took a morning jog in California, she had no idea a swarm of flies she had encountered on her way would infect her with an eye parasite.

26 Incredible Facts About the Human Mind

British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, came up with Dunbar's number in the 1990s after finding a correlation between the average size of a social group and the brain size of primates. 150 is the suggested cognitive limit to the number of persons that someone can maintain a stable social relationship with

A Fascinating History of Clothing in the Ancient World

While it’s not known when humans started wearing clothes, anthropologists have noted that it was likely between 100,000 and 500,000 years ago. Initially, clothing’s sole purpose was to protect humans from weather conditions.

Ever Wonder What People Were Like Thousands of Years Ago?

Her identity is unknown, but forensic craniofacial anthropologists say she was likely very beautiful. Chris Rynn, the expert who conducted the facial reconstruction recalls she “had the most symmetrical skull” he’s ever worked with. 3.