#ancientpeopledidstuff — Public Fediverse posts

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 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

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

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

Warring Maya kingdoms razed enemy cities to the ground - Enlarge / This is all that remains of Naranjo, the city-state that attacked and destroyed neighbori... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1546379 #pre-columbiancivilizations #southamericanarchaeology #ancientcentralamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #ancientwarfare #sedimentcore #archaeology #science #maya

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

How to brew ancient Wari beer - Enlarge (credit: Donna Nash)
When the people of the Wari Empire (predecessors of the Inca) abando... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1497851 #pre-columbiancivilizations #southamericanarchaeology #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #anthropology #archaeology #science #inca #wari

Climate change may have driven a band of Neanderthals to cannibalism - (credit: Photograph by ORNL)
A new study suggests that a group of Neanderthals in southeast Franc... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1483887 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #paleoanthropology #interglacial #neanderthals #archaeology #cannibalism #hominins #science