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60,000-year-old markings on ostrich eggs reveal oldest geometric grammar
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (553+ words) A new study analyzes the world's first geometry on 60,000-year-old ostrich shells, revealing complex Homo sapiens thought. Researchers have discovered and analyzed the world's oldest geometric patterns on 60,000-year-old ostrich egg fragments, revealing the complex cognition that eventually enabled Homo…...
2-million-year-old skeleton reveals ape-like features in early humans
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (551+ words) After 10 years of painstaking research in Kenya, scientists have finally confirmed the identity of a unique two-million-year-old H. habilis individual. A groundbreaking study published in The Anatomical has challenged previous assumptions about human evolution. Scientists once believed that our early ancestors…...
9,500-year-old cremation pyre found at base of Mount Hora is oldest in the world
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (604+ words) Archaeologists discovered the oldest cremation pyre in the world in Africa. At Mount Hora, archaeologists discovered the oldest human cremation in Africa and the oldest in situ adult pyre in the world. As stated in a study recently published in…...
Oldest human ancestor: 7 million-year-old fossil proves bipedal signs, challenges history
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (198+ words) Explore The Most Powerful Tech Event in the World with Interesting Engineering. Stick with us as we share the highlights of CES week! Using 3D technology and other methods, the team identified Sahelanthropus's femoral tubercle. A group of anthropologists' new analysis…...
7,000-year-old Chinchorro mummies represent a culture that turned grief into art
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (504+ words) A recent study in Cambridge University Press sheds new light on the Chinchorro. Long before the Egyptians, an ancient Chilean culture practiced an unusual form of mummification: they turned their dead into dolls. Whenever death struck this ancient community, the…...
400,000-year-old evidence shows Neanderthals mastered fire first
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (566+ words) Findings indicate early Neanderthals, not modern humans, first mastered fire control. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making, dating back 400,000 years, in Suffolk, England. The mastery of fire was long considered the exclusive hallmark of modern humans, Homo sapiens....
Two early humans coexisted 3.5 million years ago, fossil foot shows
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (473+ words) ASU researchers identified two distinct hominid species who co-existed with different ways of walking. In a groundbreaking discovery in early human evolution, scientists revealed that, using the "Burtele Foot" and the "Lucy fossil," they identified two hominin species that coexisted…...
1,300-year-old dried feces reveal diseases that plagued early Mexicans
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (505+ words) Desiccated fecal material from the Cave of the Dead Children. DNA analysis of 1,100 to 1,300-year-old dried human feces has provided insights into the pathogens that afflicted ancient Mexican people." The team led by Indiana University in the US analyzed ten…...
1.5 million-year-old bones of extinct human ancestor found in Kenya
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (555+ words) Artist depiction of Paranthropus boisei. A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya." Researchers have found hand and foot bones belonging to Paranthropus boisei " an extinct human relative who lived over 1.5 million years ago. There was…...
Scientists reveal mystery behind Easter Island’s moai walking stones
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (608+ words) The unique design of Rapa Nui's ancient roads strongly supports the "walking" theory. The research confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient people of Rapa Nui "walked" the iconic moai statues. A new study confirms the iconic moai…...