Scientific American marvels over paintings found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi – 44,000-year-old images of fantastic beast-men that bear signs of modern human ways of understanding… Read the rest “Oldest known cave paintings show modern human thoughts – as a story.”
Ars Technica looks at the world’s oldest bit of string and find it tells a profound story about Neanderthal life:
… Read the rest “Neanderthal yarn proves math skills in prehistoric culture.”The 6.2mm (0.24 inch) long bit of thread, spun from plant fibers, is
That’s before Homo sapiens came on the scene. Science News looks at new evidence that three different species of human ancestors were present in the same area:
… Read the rest “There were a bunch of different humans hanging out in southern Africa”Excavations at Drimolen,
Scientific American looks at old trees to determine how so-called hunter-gatherers were actually actively “farming” the Brazil nuts and cocoa trees they relied on for food… Read the rest “Yes, indigenous South Americans were actively managing the forest.”
Nature shares DNA research on the remains of four children in what is now Cameroon, revealing clues about how they lived and where they came from thousands of years ago:
… Read the rest “Ancient African genome offers migration clues for the first humans.”he findings underscore
A painting of Mayan pyramids by a mysterious man, described on Public Domain Review (where I found this image) as an “artist, erotic publisher, explorer, and general… Read the rest “Science Art: Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon (1825-1835), by Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck”
Nature takes a look at how the tragic fire at Notre Dame last year created a unique opportunity for researchers to study medieval construction:
… Read the rest “Learning from the ashes of Notre Dame”The structure was modified in the Middle Ages
Mexico News Daily reports on a trove of 3,500 coins – long, copper strips used for exchange as early as 1200 CE – that U.S. FBI officials have returned to the Mexican consul in … Read the rest “U.S. returns pre-Spanish copper coins to Mexico.”
Smithsonian Magazine looks into a tomb that appears to hold four Amazons – warrior women of the Scythians spanning three generations:
… Read the rest “Tomb of the Warrior Women”Earlier this month, a team led by archaeologist
Nature looks at a comic book from 44,000 years ago that tells the story of a successful hunt – a story that appears to be humanity’s oldest:
… Read the rest “Reading the oldest story humans told… on a cave wall in Indonesia.”A cave-wall depiction of a pig and buffalo
Smithsonian looks at tattoos – the tattoos of Egyptian mummies, obscured by the mummification resins but revealed by infrared light:
… Read the rest “Egyptian mummies’ tattoos revealed: crosses, baboons and hieroglyphics”Archaeologist Anne Austin of the University
Science News picks up a really old game with a shaped stone from the desert of Jordan that might well have been the oldest chess piece ever discovered:
… Read the rest “A 1,300-year-old rook?”This roughly 1,300-year-old rectangular
Science News reports on a computer algorithm that has analyzed satellite imagery to detect a previously unknown humanoid figure, sketched out centuries ago, among the famous Nazca Lines… Read the rest “An AI from space has discovered a new massive drawing on the Nazca Plain.”
Science News investigates the benefits of carving monumental heads and burying their bottom halves in the ground. It seems like they might have had a ceremonial purpose linked to farming… Read the rest “Easter Island statues made farms more fertile”
LiveScience looks at a lead tablet, translated by a Roman history professor, that consists of a dancer’s curse against a rival:
… Read the rest ““Curse of the dancer” reveals backstage backstabbing goes back at least 1,500 years.”The curse calls upon numerous demons to inflict harm
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