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Anthropologists believe the Hadzabe—who number fewer than 1,300 people—have roamed the Yaeda Valley in northern Tanzania for more than 50,000 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Anthropologists Alessandro Riga and Luca Bachechi have recovered bone fragments from the site, some of which have been radiocarbon dated.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Anthropologists have long demonstrated that gifts, particularly extravagant gifts, are never free.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2025

Anthropologists are encouraging the Penn Museum to wait, saying the process has been rushed.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

Anthropologists who lived with them for years report that violence between adults was very rare.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari