Anthropology
- The Evolution Of Halloween
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Samhain, All Hallows Evening. Hallowe'en, Halloween. The name has changed but the world’s fascination with a day of spooks and scares has never wavered. Except it has also always been about harvests and farming and food. It may seem odd to lump toget ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 11 2025 - 4:31am
- Halloween Science: Your Ancestors May Have Eaten Mummies Because Of A Typo
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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
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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
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