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The Christmas Tree

By: Lynda Osborne

Many traditions have been adopted in the celebration of Christmas. The decoration of a tree is one that goes back centuries. more...

Cooked Food and Human Development

By: Eilene Toppin Ording

Humans are the only species able to cook food, but not the only species that prefers cooked food. We have adapted to the presence of cooked food in our diets. more...

Beer Was The Catalyst For Civilization

By: Robert Barwell

It has been argued that beer, not bread, was the real reason early humans decided to form settlements. more...

The Rituals of Modernity

By: Duncan McGibbon

According to some, a tribe, such as the African Azande, may have a different perspective, but it Is equally as meaningful. Others argue that such comparisons are sensless more...

The Vampire Disease

By: Lawrence Koppy

Porphyria symptoms bear striking similarities to characteristics associated with
Vampires of literature and film. Could this explain origins of the age-old legend?
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Introduction to Norse Mythology: Thor

By: Robert Guthrie

While the leader of the Aesir and creator of men is Odin in Norse mythology, he is less known and less represented in the modern world than Thor, his son. more...

Introduction to Norse Mythology: Ragnarok

By: Robert Guthrie

It may seem strange to start a introduction to a whole mythos with its end, but what makes Norse mythology unique is the way the end times influence the whole. more...

What is Anthropology?

By: Alison Diefenderfer

Anthropology is a holistic social science discipline with many distinctive and interdisciplinary specializations. more...

What Drove Neanderthal Extinction?

By: Colin Sean Teatro

The more that's learned about our close, absent cousins, the Neanderthals, the more puzzling it is that they went extinct 30,000 years ago while we did not. more...

Three Major Trends in Human Evolution

By: Valerie Suydam

In human evolution, three trends that occur include change towards bipedal movement, tool use, and evolutionary dead-ends. more...

Oregon Cave Men: Description, Shelter, Language

By: Stephanie Cox

An Oregonian from 9,000 years ago would have dark skin and dark brown eyes. His hair would be almost black and very coarse. more...

Oregon Archaeology: Excavation Yields Old Shoe

By: Stephanie Cox

Archaeologists digging in Oregon's famous Fort Rock caves uncovered a 9,000 sandal, one of the oldest artifacts in America. more...

Neanderthals: Prehistory's Hominids

By: Richard DeWayne Morris

Neanderthals or Homo neanderthalensis appeared between 250,000 and 30,000 years ago and the dwelled in an area bordered by Britain on the west and Iraq in the east more...

Charms and Animism

By: John R Albers

Charms and fetishes are possibly one of the oldest and longest lived aspects of spiritualism there is. Their existence ranges from the Stone Age to the modern day. more...

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