Prehistory & Human Origins

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (124+ words) KUAF Public Radio 'The Wind Beneath the Stone' unearths the history of Irish stone lifting Stone lifting is a piece of Irish history that was mostly lost to time. Until David Keohan, a world kettlebell-lifting champion, came along and brought…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (308+ words) Exploration of caves in Ireland conducted by the Lost Land Project, with a detail of some of the markings found This summer, Petzinger’s team—under the title of the Lost Land Bridge Project—found intentional markings in caves in southwest…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (580+ words) Twelve entrances opened onto the horizon at Chleby. The excavators link their directions to the Sun and Moon, raising questions about how people gathered there. The post A 6,000-Year-Old Czech Enclosure Had Twelve Entrances Aligned With the Sky appeared first…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (599+ words) image: Ice Age craftspeople carefully observed and mimicked the natural lines of mammoth ivory in the art. view more Credit: University of York Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (506+ words) A study of 18 female figurines from Mizyn in northern Ukraine shows how Ice Age artists used mammoth ivory in their work. The carvers studied the material closely and built parts of their engraved designs around natural lines inside the tusks....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (592+ words) A routine gardening task opened a window into a forgotten settlement. Researchers now hope hidden traces will reveal how its residents lived. Archaeologists in the Ternopil region have discovered a Trypillia dwelling that may be around 6,000 years old. The ancient…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (573+ words) In southern Uzbekistan, archaeologists have uncovered a repeatedly repaired fire altar and a bone urn dating back more than 2,000 years — evidence that the people who lived there followed a funerary custom that avoided both burial and cremation, centuries before Zoroastrianism's…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (343+ words) Williston, South Africa, reflects on the history of the Baster community’s migration ua.news Williston, South Africa, reflects on the history of the Baster community’s migration In Williston, South Africa, local community organization ROCS is turning to the little-known history…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (840+ words) In Clinton County, New York, 6,988 residents told the U.S. Census Bureau they have Canadian or French Canadian ancestry. The county holds 78,493 people, working out to one in every 11. Franklin County runs close behind at one in 14, and St. Lawrence County sits…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (340+ words) Archaeologists have completed a major study of an early medieval village and 122 burials discovered near Bern, Switzerland. Dating from the sixth to ninth centuries, the site offers rare evidence of how people lived, worked and buried their dead during the…...