The reason for the proximity between Paleolithic extensive stone quarries and water sources: Elephant hunting by early humans
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    IMAGE:  ILLUSTRATION OF ELEPHANT HUNTING USING SPEARS BY DANA ACKERFELD view more  CREDIT: DANA ACKERFELD Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have uncovered the mystery surrounding extensive Paleolithic stone quarrying and tool-making sites: Why did Homo erectus repeatedly revisit the very same locations for hundreds of thousands of years? The answer lies in the migration routes of elephants, which they hunted and dismembered using flint tools crafted at these quarrying sites.   The research was led by Dr. Meir Finkel and Prof. Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv Un ..read more
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20,000 years of shared history on the Persian plateau
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  Peer-Reviewed Publication   IMAGE:  PERSIAN PLATEAU, THE MOST LIKELY PLACE WHERE THE ANCESTORS OF ALL PRESENT DAY NON AFRICANS LIVED FOR THE 20.000 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED THEIR MIGRATION OUT OF AFRICA. A PERIOD DURING WHICH THEY ALSO MIXED THEIR GENES WITH THE ONES OF THE NEANDERTHALS. view more  CREDIT: CREDITS: THE AUTHORS OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION All present day non African human populations are the result of subdivisions that took place after their ancestors left Africa at least 60.000 years ago. How long did it take for these separations to take place? Almost ..read more
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Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals
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  Archaeological analysis of a near unique animal cemetery discovered in London nearly 30 years ago has revealed the international scale of horse trading by the elites of late medieval and Tudor England. Using advanced archaeological science techniques, including studying chemical composition, researchers have been able to identify the likely origins of several physically elite horses and the routes they took to reach British shores during the formative years of their life. These animals – akin to modern supercars – were sourced from a variety of locations across Europe specifically for ..read more
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Supereruption but may have facilitated the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa and across the rest of the world.
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  IMAGE:  EXCAVATIONS AT A MIDDLE STONE AGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, SHINFA-METEMA 1, IN THE LOWLANDS OF NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA REVEALED A POPULATION OF HUMANS AT 74,000 YEARS AGO THAT SURVIVED THE ERUPTION OF THE TOBA SUPERVOLCANO.  view more  CREDIT: FROM HTTPS://TOPOGRAPHIC-MAP.COM OPEN DATABASE LICENSE (ODBL) V1.0 Modern humans dispersed from Africa multiple times, but the event that led to global expansion occurred less than 100,000 years ago. Some researchers hypothesize that dispersals were restricted to “green corridors” formed during humid intervals when food was ab ..read more
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Early settlers of Easter Island (
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 Early settlers of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) cultivated both traditional Polynesian and South American crops, including breadfruit, yam, and sweet potato, according to starch analysis of their tools ### Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298896 ..read more
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The first Neolithic boats in the Mediterranean
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  Canoes from Italy reveal early development of advanced nautical technology Peer-Reviewed Publication PLOS   IMAGE:  EXCAVATION OF CANOE 5. view more  CREDIT: GIBAJA ET AL., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/) More than 7,000 years ago, people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats, according to a study published March 20, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Juan F. Gibaja of the Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona and colleagues. Many of the most important civilizatio ..read more
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Prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England’s ancient marshland
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A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England’s prehistoric fenlanders.   Must Farm, a late Bronze Age settlement, dates to around 850BC, with University of Cambridge archaeologists unearthing four large wooden roundhouses and a square entranceway structure – all of which had been constructed on stilts above a slow-moving river. The entire hamlet stood approximately two metres above the riverbed, with walkways bridging some of the main houses, and was surrounded by a two ..read more
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Human activity on Curaçao began centuries earlier than previously believed
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  New research co-led by Simon Fraser University and the National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management (NAAM Foundation) in Curaçao extends the earliest known human settlement of Curaçao by centuries, adding pieces to the puzzle of pre-Colombian Caribbean history. A team of international partners have been collaborating on the Curaçao Cultural Landscape Project since 2018 to understand the long-term biodiversity change of the island, and its relationship to human activity. Findings from the team, published in the Journal of Coastal and Island Archaeology, place huma ..read more
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More than forty archaeological sites in Cyprus dating as far back as the Bronze Age that were thought lost
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 More than forty archaeological sites in Cyprus dating potentially as far back as the Bronze Age that were thought lost to history have been relocated by University of Leicester scientists working for the Ministry of Defence. A small team of archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services, funded by the DIO Overseas Stewardship Project, undertook a ‘walkover survey’ – a systematic surveying and recording of visible archaeological remains – of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia (ESBA) on the south coast of the island. The work, licensed by Cyprus’ Department of ..read more
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DNA study of ancient Eastern Arabians reveals malaria adaptation
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  People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago, a new study reveals. DNA analysis of the remains of four individuals from Tylos-period Bahrain (300 BCE to 600 CE) - the first ancient genomes from Eastern Arabia - revealed the malaria-protective G6PD Mediterranean mutation in three samples. The discovery of the G6PD Mediterranean mutation in ancient Bahrainis suggests that many people in the region’s ancient populations may have enjoyed protection from malaria. In ..read more
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