#prehistoric — Public Fediverse posts
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In painted #caves, ancient #human #DNA clings to the walls
Traces could someday help link #prehistoric #paintings to the people who made them
Study cannot link DNA to artists behind #cavepaintings. But the knowledge that human DNA can be preserved on cave walls for thousands of years may enable future work that probes role of women in ancient art, traces the movement of artists and brings clarity to the debate over #Neandertals’ artistic abilities.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-human-dna-cave-walls
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New sketch | Moorland stones - Colour Sketch | small one off part of my sketch-a-day project.
Posting every day since 2013Sketches from only £39.00
#2026 #ArtPrint #Colour #drawing #FineArt #gicleé #Hand-drawn #HomeDecor #Horizon #illustration #Moorland #Prehistoric #print #Scene #SeanBriggsArt #sketch #StandingStones #WallArt #Walldecor
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This cave painting from around 15,000-13,000 BC, found in the Lascaux Cave in France, is known as The Chinese Horse, so called because it shows some resemblance to traditional Chinese painting. The artist used mineral pigments (ocher, hematite, manganese). The cave, discovered in 1940, is now closed to the public due to conservation issues. #art #archeology #arthistory #prehistory #prehistoric
From French prehistorian Jean Clottes: “Rock art as a whole is one of the most important cultural heritage assets in the history of Humanity. Lascaux is certainly one of its jewels, but the most humble of the decorated sites is a witness of ancient cultural beliefs and practices, and therefore it must be protected. Lascaux strongly reminds us of the reasons why preservation is a necessity: above all to limit the effects of human activity on any decorated sites, and on their surrounding environment. That is the main condition for their survival.”
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An Ichthyosaur by Hermann Post, 1930s.
#fossilfriday #prehistory #prehistoric #dinosaur -
Early Farmers Figured Out ‘Engineering Wonder,’ Building Huge Irrigation System Without Government or Chief
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Intricate Carvings in Ostrich Eggshells are 60,000 Years Old – and Reveal ‘Remarkable’ Human Thinking
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Break out your old dinosaur toys. Fossilized Violence gives them a new life on your game table!
#rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #rTalsorianGames #fossilizedViolence #prehistoric #dinosaurs #cavemen
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/columns/rpg-pdf-spotlight/rpg-pdf-spotlight-fossilized-violence?utm_source=mastodon -
Certain childhood events will never be forgotten. Kennedy's Assassination, the Moon Landing, and of course, the birth of Pebbles Flintstone on February 22, 1963. I've envisioned her looking like grandma Pearl in adulthood. #art #arting #artwork #artworks #drawing #drawings #flintstones #theflintstones #fredflintstone #wilmaflintstone #pebblesflintstone #caveman #cavemen #prehistoric #meettheflintstones #fredstwofeet #bedrock #dino #famousbirth #famousbirths #therubbles #tv #classictv
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Whale Bones With Embedded Harpoon Points Named National Folklore Heritage https://en.sedaily.com/culture/2026/08/05/whale-bones-with-embedded-harpoon-points-named-national 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #Prehistoric #Korea
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Single Fossil Shows a Pterosaur Eaten by an Ichthyosaur Eaten by a Pliosaur: ‘A 3-Way Chompfest’
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'Bag of Bones' preserves rare three-tier prehistoric meal in Outback Queensland https://phys.org/news/2026-07-bag-bones-rare-tier-prehistoric.html 🐬 #FossilFriday #Prehistoric #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Science
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Dans les bons plans gratuits en Écosse, on peut visiter beaucoup de vestiges de la préhistoire, dont ce cercle de pierres aka le Temple Wood Circle Stone, qui a servi sur au moins un millénaire (bien que pour différents usages et on ne les connaît pas tous. Il reste encore 13 pierres sur les 22 ou 23 d'origine, pas mal !
#Ecosse #Écosse #Scotland #Roadtrip #Travel #Voyage #prehistoire #prehistory #prehistoric #CercledePierres
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Detail view at Stonehenge
May 2023, Amesbury/Wiltshire
#StandingStoneSunday #Amesbury #Wiltshire #Stonehenge #AncientMonument #Prehistoric #Megalith #Neolithic #HistoricSite #WorldHeritage #AncientHistory #Archaeology #Mystery #England #HistoricLandmark #CulturalHeritage #Shadow
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First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2026/june/first-ever-dinosaur-fossil-discovered-on-antarctica-a-titanosaur.html 🦕 #FossilFriday #Dinosaur #Prehistoric
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300k-Year-Old Cave Site Explored in Northern Israel
https://archaeology.org/news/2026/06/18/300000-year-old-cave-site-explored-in-northern-israel/
#HackerNews #ancienthistory #archaeology #Israel #caveexploration #prehistoric
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Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time.
DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one day identify individual artists and resolve the debate over Neanderthals’ artistic abilities
#DNA #Neanderthals #AncientHumans #Spain #Portugal #Prehistoric #Science
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24-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA found on #cave walls
Human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands of years – shedding light on #prehistoric human activity even where bones, sediments or artifacts are absent -
The Field That Keeps Its Secret
This never fails to make me smile.
That teardrop island and the stubby little peninsula — where the farmer at Aireyholme cuts around rather than through — mark where the ground has quietly given up. They sit at the outer edge of the old Roseberry Mine ironstone workings.
The miners used what they cal ...http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/06/22/the-field-that-keeps-its-secret/
#Aireyholme #NorthYorkMoors #19thcentury #history #IronstoneMining #prehistoric
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Far Cry Primal Returns On TBGN! #Mastodon #YouTube #TBGN #TwoBrosGameNight #YoungerBro #OlderBro #FarCryPrimal #FarCry #PS4 #Ubisoft #PlaySation #replayseries #announcement #playthrough #videogames #gaming #openworld #onemanarmy #CenozoicEra #ageofmammals #prehistoric #mammoth #smilodon #60FPS #spearsandarrows #post #link #playlist @TBGN_Older_Bro
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVoPQdxs8RIYbx20iNM4tOJoAGka8UpH
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Stenciled outlines of human hands, Cave of the Hands (Cuevas de las Manos), Río Pinturas, Argentina, between 13,000 and 9,500 years old, natural mineral pigments. This is a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site. #art #arthistory #prehistoric #caves
From UNESCO: “The Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas, contains an exceptional assemblage of cave art, with many painted rock shelters, including a cave, with magnificent pictographies surrounded by an outstanding landscape, with the river running through a deep canyon, which were executed between 9,300 and 1,300 years ago.
It takes its name (Cave of the Hands) from the stencilled outlines of human hands in the cave, but there are also many depictions of animals, such as guanacos (Lama guanicoe ), still commonly found in the region, as well as hunting scenes that depict animals and human figures interacting in a dynamic and naturalistic manner. The entrance to the Cueva is screened by a rock wall covered by many hand stencils. Within the rock shelter itself there are five concentrations of rock art, later figures and motifs often superimposed upon those from earlier periods. The paintings were executed with natural mineral pigments - iron oxides (red and purple), kaolin (white), and natrojarosite (yellow), manganese oxide (black) - ground and mixed with some form of binder.”
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🏛️🗿 #CurtinUniversity researchers used mineral dating and ice-sheet models to show that no #glacier could have delivered #Stonehenge’s six-ton Altar Stone from #Scotland to southern #England.
The 700-km journey required deliberate human transport combining overland hauling and #river #travel. The effort shows a sophisticated level of planning and coordination among #Neolithic communities.
👉 https://scitechdaily.com/how-ancient-people-moved-a-6-ton-stone-700-kilometers-to-stonehenge/
#archaeology #prehistoric #megalith #britain #geology #engineering #history #science
