archaeology

  1. Melodi

    SCI Europe’s oldest known humans mated with Neandertals surprisingly often

    Another interesting article. I suspected this, but now DNA analysis shows it to be true. I've also wondered how long it will take before Neanderthals are considered another type of human rather than a separate "species," which they most certainly are not. I do accept that so-called "modern"...
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    SCI Humans settled in North America 17,000 years EARLIER than previously believed

    Another really interesting find is being reported in the Daily Mail, if this find holds up to further research it shows people have been in the "Americas" for a very long time. My personal view is that if people got to Australia between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago by boat (the sea level was...
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    SCI Huge cat found etched into desert among Nazca Lines in Peru

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/18/huge-cat-found-etched-desert-nazca-lines-peru So the "ancient alien" is a kitty cat, although looking at this I do wonder about the "reconstruction" because as far as we know they had no "house Moggies" in Peru before the European Contact in the...
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    SCI Ancient Artisans in Arabia, the Americas Invented Same Technology Independently

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-age-tech-invented-separately-america-and-arabia-served-different-purposes-180975503/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia Ancient Artisans in Arabia, the Americas Invented Same Technology Independently New research suggests stone fluting...
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    OT/MISC Wooden Shigir idol found to be over twice as old as Egyptian pyramids

    Another really interesting bit of information coming out from the rush to take a look at older finds sitting in museums and taking another look at them with the most cutting edge of technology - this is one of the oldest wooden objects ever found, it isn't the oldest but finding wood is very...
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