Tag Archives: Archaeology

2.75-million-year-old stone tools in Kenya reveal 300,000 years of technological stability  Archaeology News Online Magazine Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors  BBC Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya  Nature 2.75-million-year-old stone tools show hominin response to a hostile climate  EurekAlert! 2.75-Million-Year-Old Tools Rewrite Human Technological History  SciTechDaily Source link

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Were Neanderthals capable of making art?  Archaeology News Online Magazine Crimean Stone Age ‘crayons’ were used by Neanderthals for symbolic drawings, study claims  Live Science Ancient ochre crayons from Crimea reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behaviors  Phys.org Neanderthals used ‘crayons’ to color  Popular Science Neanderthals Made Ochre Crayons 130,000 Years Ago, Showing Evidence of a Colorful Culture  Discover Magazine Source link

42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior  Archaeology News Online Magazine Prehistoric crayons provide clues to how Neanderthals created art  New Scientist Were Neanderthals capable of making art?  Phys.org Neanderthals used ‘crayons’ to color  Yahoo 42,000-Year-Old Yellow Crayon Suggests Neanderthals Created Art – And It’s Still Sharp Too  IFLScience Source link

Neanderthals and early humans reshaped Europe’s landscapes long before the rise of agriculture, study finds  Archaeology News Online Magazine Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers shaped European landscapes long before agriculture, study reveals  Phys.org Prehistoric Humans Shaped Europe Long Before Farming  Ancient Origins Ancient Hunters Torched Europe’s Forests Millennia Before Farms  ScienceBlog.com Neanderthals and Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherers Ignited Fires: Humans Molded  Bioengineer.org Source link

Lead exposure may have influenced brain and language development in early humans and Neanderthals  Archaeology News Online Magazine Source link

Eating carrion reconsidered: how scavenging shaped human evolution and made us human  Archaeology News Online Magazine Source link

Ancient birch tar reveals how Europe’s first farmers chewed, cooked, and crafted 6,000 years ago  Archaeology News Online Magazine Source link

1,000-year-old Mesoamerican mummy from Mexico reveals ancient human gut microbiome  Archaeology News Online Magazine 1,000-year-old gut microbiome revealed for young man who lived in pre-Hispanic Mexico  Phys.org What Was Found Inside a 1,000-Year-Old Pre-Hispanic Gut Left Scientists Speechless!  Indian Defence Review A 1,000-Year-Old Mesoamerican Mummy Reveals an Ancient Man’s Microbiome  Discover Magazine 1,000-year-old Mexican mummy’s gut unveils surprising ancient microbial world  Interesting Engineering Source link

Easter Island’s moai statues really “walked”: physics and archaeology confirm the hypothesis  Archaeology News Online Magazine Source link