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Neanderthals spread diverse cultures across Eurasia (before we came along) - Enlarge / This artist's conception shows how Neanderthals might have fa... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1919279 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #paleoarchaeology #extincthominins #zooarchaeology #anthropology #neanderthals #archaeology #paleolithic #science

Neanderthals spread diverse cultures across Eurasia (before we came along) - Enlarge / This artist's conception shows how Neanderthals might have fa... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1919279 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #paleoarchaeology #extincthominins #zooarchaeology #anthropology #neanderthals #archaeology #paleolithic #science

Ars Technica: Neanderthals spread diverse cultures across Eurasia (before we came along) https://arstechnica.com/?p=1919279 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #paleoarchaeology #extincthominins #zooarchaeology #anthropology #Neanderthals #Archaeology #paleolithic #Science #science

Surgeons performed a successful amputation 31,000 years ago in Borneo - Enlarge / Artist's impression of Tebo 1 in life. (credit: Jose Garcia ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1878722 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #bioarchaeology #anthropology #amputations #archaeology #pleistocene #indonesia #science #surgery #borneo

Archaeologists find hidden chamber beneath ancient Peruvian temple - Enlarge / The circular plaza at Chavin de Huantar—once a ceremonial gat... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1860458 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #archaeology #science #peru

Lidar reveals networks of pre-Columbian cities and towns in Bolivia - Enlarge / Cotoca, a 125 hectare settlement, sits at the center of a net... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1856232 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #airbornearchaeology #aerialarchaeology #casarabeculture #archaeology #science #bolivia #lidar

Archaeologists found a 1,500-year-old sandal frozen in Norwegian ice - Enlarge / Conservation efforts for the shoe included careful reshaping ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1850430 #ancientpeopledidstuff #medievaleurope #ancienteurope #archaeology #glacialmelt #middleages #vikingage #glaciers #science #ironage #norway

Ancient Peruvian was buried with tools for cranial surgery - (credit: Sican National Museum)

Archaeologists recently uneart... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1847849 #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #indigenouscommunities #ancientsouthamerica #indigenousamericans #archaeology #incanempire #science #surgery #peru

A tsunami wiped out ancient communities the Atacama Desert 3,800 years ago - Enlarge (credit: Salazar et al. 2022)

A recent study of geolog... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1846629 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #naturaldisasters #geoarchaeology #atacamadesert #archaeology #earthquakes #tsunamis #science #geology #chile

The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel - Enlarge (credit: Wagner et al. 2022)

With the help of an exper... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1845532 #experimentalarchaeology #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientchina #archaeology #science #weaving #fabric #pants

Someone stabbed a cave bear in the head with a spear 35,000 years ago - Enlarge (credit: Gimranov et al. 2021)
During the last Ice Age, more than 100 c... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1773928 #ancientpeopledidstuff #huntergatherers #zooarchaeology #anthropology #archaeology #pleistocene #cavebears #science #iceage #bears

Earliest known burial in Africa is that of a small, fragile child - Enlarge (credit: Mohammad Javad Shoaee)
78,000 years ago, a child died two to t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1763016 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoanthropology #funeralpractices #humanevolution #middlestoneage #ancientafrica #anthropology #humanculture #archaeology #gravegoods #science #burials

Pre-Columbian people in the Atacama raised parrots for their feathers - Enlarge / Scarlet macaws (credit: Abul Az Abu Jamil)
Centuries ago, indigenous South Americans br... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1753032 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientcentralamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #indigenouscommunities #ancientsouthamerica #zooarchaeology #atacamadesert #archaeology #science #parrots

Archaeologists use DNA to investigate 6,200-year-old massacre mystery - Enlarge
Archaeologists working near the small Croatian village of Potočani made a grim discovery... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1749167 #biologicalanthropology #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #ancientwarfare #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #copperage #massgrave #neolithic #osteology #science

A giant cat picture was just discovered among the Nazca Lines - Enlarge / The cat is drawn from the side, with its head turned toward the viewer. (credit: Johny Is... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1715622 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #archaeology #nascalines #nazcalines #geoglyphs #science #nasca #nazca #cats

This 9,000-year-old skeleton is the oldest cremation in the Near East - Enlarge / Fire. (credit: Soreen D. / Flickr)
A cremation pit recently unearthed at Beisamoun, jus... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1699392 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #funeralpractices #ancientisrael #archaeology #cremation #osteology #skeletons #science

People slept on comfy grass beds 200,000 years ago - Enlarge
Fragments of glassy petrified grass and microscopic traces of plant material, dating to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1698983 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoarchaeology #ancientafrica #modernhumans #archaeology #earlyhumans #paleolithic #southafrica #science

Ancient seashell beads may help unravel the origins of string - Enlarge (credit: Oz Rittner)
People living on the Israeli coast 120,000 years ago strung ocher-pa... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1690415 #ancientpeopledidstuff #symbolicthought #archaeology #paleolithic #science #misliya #threads #qafzeh

Incest may have helped early Irish rulers maintain their claims to power - Enlarge (credit: Ken Williams, shadowsandstone.com)
A man buried in the inner chamber of Newgrang... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1684398 #ancientpeopledidstuff #populationgenetics #monumentbuilding #ancienteurope #passagetombs #archaeology #ancientdna #megaliths #neolithic #newgrange #science #ireland #incest

Rare miniature rock art found in Australia - (credit: Brady et al. 2020)
Ancient artists used several techniques to paint images on rock. Some... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1679721 #experimentalarchaeology #aboriginalaustralians #ancientpeopledidstuff #indigenouscommunities #anthropology #archaeology #australia #dreamtime #science #caveart #rockart

World’s oldest yarn hints that Neanderthals had basic math skills - Enlarge / This is what Abri du Maras looks like today, with archaeologists digging into its ancient... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1667830 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #paleoarchaeology #neanderthals #archaeology #paleolithic #science #fiber

New Guinea villagers unearth evidence of the island’s Neolithic past - Enlarge (credit: Ben Shaw)
When people in New Guinea started tending crops like yam and fruits ar... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1666114 #organicresidueanalysis #ancientpeopledidstuff #indigenouscommunities #archaeology #neolithic #newguinea #science #oceania #lapita

3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game - Enlarge (credit: University of Oregon)
Millennia ago, the stone court would have hosted teams of ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1662190 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientcentralamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #aztecculture #archaeology #mesoamerica #science #mexico #sports #olmec #maya

People built bone circles at the edge of ice sheets, and we don’t know why - Enlarge (credit: Alexander Pryor)
As the last Ice Age tightened its hold on Europe, a group of pe... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1662135 #ancientpeopledidstuff #lastglacialmaximum #russianarchaeology #ancienteurope #archaeology #pleistocene #mammoths #science #iceage

Ancient “chewing gum” contains a 5,700-year-old genome - Enlarge / This artist's reconstruction shows "Lola" as a young girl, with items that likely would h... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1653275 #ancientpeopledidstuff #populationgenetics #prehistoriceurope #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #microbiome #neolithic #science

Neanderthals’ relatives climbed an erupting volcano 350,000 years ago - Enlarge / Local residents call the tracks Ciampate del Diavolo, or the Devil's Path.
Roccamonfi... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1651327 #ancientpeopledidstuff #homoheidelbergensis #homininevolution #neanderthals #footprints #ichnology #trackways #hominins #science #volcano

Neanderthals may have been shallow free divers, suggests a new study - Enlarge / Because Mediterranean smooth clams live up to their name, their shells produce a cleaner ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1645611 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #homininevolution #ancienthominins #neanderthals #archaeology #paleolithic #hominins #science

Floor pavements in Pompeii illustrate surveying technology - Enlarge (credit: L. FERRO, G MAGLI, M. OSANNA)
Decorative pavements in the floor of a recently un... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1628795 #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientrome #archaeology #romanempire #vesuvius #science #pompeii #rome

Neanderthals suffered from a veritable epidemic of swimmer’s ear - Enlarge / The arrows point to bony growths called external auditory exostoses, or swimmer's ear, in... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1553569 #biologicalanthropology #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoanthropology #neanderthals #archaeology #pleistocene #hominins #science

The first people to live at high elevations snacked on giant mole rats - Enlarge / Views of Fincha Habera from outside and from inside. One might speculate on how often its... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1548857 #ancientpeopledidstuff #huntergatherers #humanmigration #ancientafrica #archaeology #eastafrica #ethiopia #science

Did Stonehenge builders use pig grease to help slide megaliths into place? - Enlarge / Feasts at nearby Durrington Walls drew attendees from all over Britain. (credit: Stefan K... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1545879 #organicresidueanalysis #stonehengeconstruction #ancientpeopledidstuff #prehistoricbritain #ancientbritain #archaeology #stonehenge #megaliths #neolithic #science

A 2,000-year-old stylus makes a point about ancient Roman humor - Enlarge / The text is inscribed on all four sides of the stylus. (credit: Museum of London Archaeol... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1543709 #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientgraffiti #ancientbritain #ancienteurope #ancientrome #archaeology #romanempire #science

Ancient Peruvian engineering could help solve modern water shortages - Enlarge / Diversion canals channel water into earth-bottomed infiltration canals like this one, whe... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1526321 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientinfrastructure #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #waterinfrastructure #civilengineering #archaeology #science #peru #wari

People brought food from all over Britain to feast near Stonehenge - Enlarge / Feasts at nearby Durrington Walls drew attendees from all over Britain. (credit: Stefan K... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1475803 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #stablecarbonisotopes #mountpleasanthenge #strontiumisotopes #nitrogenisotopes #durringtonwalls #isotopeanalysis #ancientengland #oxygenisotopes #sulfurisotopes #zooarchaeology #ancienteurope #stableisotope #archaeology #mardenhenge