Anthropology

Halloween Science: Your Ancestors May Have Eaten Mummies Because Of A Typo

The next time someone tries to tell you ancient folk medicine was equivalent to modern science, remind them that people once consumed other humans as part of legal trade. Apothecaries sold powdered mummies, or at least what they claimed were powdered mumm ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 14 2025 - 9:10am

Neanderthals Resorted To Cannibalism- Just Like European Settlers At Jamestown

A recent analysis of Neanderthal bones from the Troisième caverne of Goyet in Belgium, which has a whopping 101 skeletal remains, notes cannibalism was happening 45,000 years ago- women and children impacted most. The consumed Neanderthals were not from th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 21 2025 - 1:11pm

Divorce Monday: January Divorce Rush Dates Back To The Middle Ages

January is a strain for most people. It’s dark and the festive lights don’t disguise this anymore. You’re back at work and the next holiday may be some way off. You’ve just had to spend a large amount of time with your family. This has consequences. ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 18 2025 - 10:03am

Happy Twelfth Night- Or Divorce Day, Depending On How Your 2026 Is Going

Today is, in Christian observance, Twelfth Night, the end of The 12 Days of Christmas in that song.(1) The Twelfth Night celebration ends Christmastide then tomorrow is Epiphany- the day when the Three Wise Men who saw the Star of Bethlehem during the birt ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 5 2026 - 2:04pm