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Modern humans, Homo Sapiens, are now the only surviving member of the homo genus. It is almost inconceivable to us that there was a time we walked with other human species, but as the science of archaeology has progressed and more findings have been made it has become clear that the homo genus was once rife with different species.

Why do we find some people more attractive than others? This page looks at the math behind the beauty.

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Evolution may have catapulted humans to the top of the food chain but it also landed us with bad backs, dropped arches and impacted wisdom teeth, according to scientists.

Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and their circle sought to show the fallacy of biological and physical difference, but they also created new forms of categorization that reinforced their underlying biases.

Cannibalism refers to a range of behaviors in which one human consumes another or parts of another for survival, dietary, and ritual reasons.

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Historical anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that focuses on the study of human societies and cultures over time. It examines the ways in which cultural practices, beliefs, and values have changed and evolved