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Prehistoric builders hauled 25-ton stones across Yorkshire despite having rock much closer. Then centuries later, one missing monolith may have reappeared in disguise.
#DevilsArrows #AncientBritain #Megaliths #Prehistory #AncientMysteries
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/pierre-tourneresse/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/saumur-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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Gene That Differs Between Humans and Neanderthals Could Shed Light On The Species Disappearance Mouse Study Suggests
Allan Henderson (CC BY 2.0) A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings could shed light on why Neanderthals vanished. A protein that helps synthesize DNA is different in modern humans than it is in Neanderthals and Denisovans our closest extinct relatives and new experiments in mice genetically modified to express the modern human version hint that this may have made us behave differently…….Continue […] -
Are Colorado Moose Invasive? New Research Says NO
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https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2026/06/18/are-colorado-moose-invasive-new-research-says-no <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/orpLT22YnKQ?si=aThWWjMhKOUELwuv <-- shared overview video
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70279 <-- shared paper
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“The modern Colorado moose is often considered just that: modern - brought to the state by wildlife officials in the late 1970s, preceded by very occasional reports of moose sightings in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Since being translocated to Colorado, these charismatic megafauna have been a source of both fascination and concern. In Rocky Mountain National Park [RMNP], where moose populations have thrived, ecosystems have been changing, and moose-associated impacts have sparked renewed conversations about managing an animal labeled “non-native.”
However, newly published research [link above] by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, archivists and Tribal cultural heritage leaders shows that the “non-native” label is inaccurate. They present evidence demonstrating that moose have been in Colorado for at least centuries and likely longer.
The researchers analyzed newspaper archives, archaeological site reports, scientific journals, museum collections and photo archives to understand where and when moose were present in Colorado prior to the mid-1900s. Perhaps most importantly, notes lead author William Taylor, a University of Colorado Boulder associate professor of anthropology and CU Museum curator of archaeology, the scholars sought Indigenous histories, and in doing so found evidence of moose being well known and deeply integrated into traditional knowledge of Native people in the southern Rockies.
Crystal C’Bearing, a study co-author and Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, notes that among the Northern Arapaho, "the moose is considered a valued commodity among the Tribe.” She adds that societies within the Northern Arapaho "utilize many animals, including moose, in their clothing, society items and regalia. This tradition continues today."
The scholarly approach of joining Indigenous knowledge with historical accounts, archaeology and paleontology, "shows the power of multiple independent lines of evidence converging on the conclusion that moose were part of southern Rocky Mountain ecosystems long before modern reintroductions," says study co-author Jonathan Dombrosky of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and the University of Alabama. "More broadly, the study demonstrates how historical sciences can help us better understand the origins of modern ecosystems and make more informed decisions about their future…"
#moose #populations #Colorado #USA #native #invasive #introduced #nonnative #translocated #megafauna #herbivore #ungulate #impacts #ecosystems #environment #vegetation #native #indigenous #tribal #FirstNation #archaeology #paleontology #symbology #reporting #historicalscience #history #RockyMountain #Rockies #regional #prehistory #Holocene #biogeography #archaeozoological #modern #premodern #management #archivists -
Stonehenge, au coucher du soleil.
Version entièrement gratuite, puisqu'il y a un sentier, une route historique anglaise, qui longe le site, et avec sa tente ou son véhicule, on peut se garer sur la piste qui mène à cette petite route. On est juste à 10m plus loin que ceux qui paient le tarif grand public (ou ceux qui paient le tarif VIP pour aller au milieu des pierres, encore un autre débat, ça).
Mais bref, une manière simple et économique de profiter du site car non limité dans le temps.#Stonehenge #Travel #Voyage #England #UnitedKingdom #Prehistory #Préhistoire #Stones #OldStones
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Archaeologists uncovered a breathtaking 5,000-year-old crystal dagger inside a massive Spanish tomb, revealing an elite ritual weapon unlike anything from prehistoric Europe.
#AncientOrigins #Archaeology #CrystalDagger #AncientMysteries #Prehistory #LostCivilizations
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/5000-year-old-prehistoric-crystal-weapon-00102987 -
Archaeologists May Have Been Wrong About Olive Oil for Decades, New Study Finds
A new study challenges decades of archaeological interpretations by showing that Medi…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #Archaeology #CornellUniversity #foodscience #Mediterranean #Olive #organicchemistry #Prehistory
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Archaeologists May Have Been Wrong About Olive Oil for Decades, New Study Finds
A new study challenges decades of archaeological interpretations by showing that Mediterranean soils can alter the chemical traces of anci…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #Archaeology #CornellUniversity #foodscience #Mediterranean #Olive #organicchemistry #Prehistory
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2721322/archaeologists-may-have-been-wrong-about-olive-oil-for-decades-new-study-finds/ -
Archaeologists May Have Been Wrong About Olive Oil for Decades, New Study Finds https://www.diningandcooking.com/2721322/archaeologists-may-have-been-wrong-about-olive-oil-for-decades-new-study-finds/ #Archaeology #CornellUniversity #FoodScience #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #Olive #OliveOil #OrganicChemistry #Prehistory
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Everyone links boomerangs to Australia. But the oldest known example was discovered in Europe, carved from mammoth ivory nearly 40,000 years ago.
#Boomerang #AncientHistory #HistoricMysteries #Archaeology #Prehistory #AncientHumans #LostHistory
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/40000-year-old-worlds-oldest-boomerang-00102947 -
Solving the Riddle, is an attempt to solve a simple mystery. Did neolithic people have boats capable if crossing between Scotland and Orkney? If not how did huge numbers get there to build the Ring of Brodgar?
#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #Archaeology #skaraBrae #NessofBrodgar
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2026/06/solving-riddle.html
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Quick set of conclusions about the possibility that neolithic people being able to walk from Scotland to Orkney across land that was washed away as global sea levels rose. Conclusions may or may not be correct, What do you think?
#neolithic #orkney #prehistory #archaeology #SkaraBrae #NessofBrodgar
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-conclusion.html
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The #Pentland Firth is the stretch of water that separates the north of #Scotland from #Orkney.
It is a temperamental passage of water.
Proper archaeologists believe that #Neolithic people migrated to Orkney, across the Firth in boats, to live in #skarabrae and the #NessOfBrodgar.
I'm not a proper archaeologist!
#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Brodgar #Skara
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Ars Praehistorica - Book
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #ClassicalArchaeology #neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Balcans #Serbia #LaTene #scythians #celts #funerary #materialculture #EastEurope #hellenistic #Rome #books #openaccess
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #ClassicalArchaeology #neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Balcans #Serbia #LaTene #scythians #celts #funerary #materialculture #EastEurope #hellenistic #Rome #books #openaccess
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That time of the year … snart vänder det www.newgrange.com/solstice-lot... Avundsjuk på dem som vann i årets #Newgrange lotteri. Det är naturligtvis där man ska vara om en vecka. Ingen annanstans Det gick utan & digitala almackor då & fungerar fortfarande #förhistoria #Prehistory #Midwintersolistic
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@henriksundstrom
Äntligen … den här tiden på året är den allra värsta.
Nu kan man börja vara avundsjuk på dem som lyckats knipa åt sig en biljett i #NewGrange lotteriet. Det optimala stället att uppleva midvintersolståndet. I alla fall i Europa
https://www.newgrange.com/solstice-lottery.htm#wintersolistice #prehistory #megalitic #archaeology #midvinter #megaithcalender
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US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev
This article is more than 20 years old.But while the gains of the orange-bedecked "chestnut revolution" are Ukraine's, the campaign is an American creation, a sophisticated and brilliantly conceived exercise in western branding and mass marketing that, in four countries in four years, has been used to try to salvage rigged elections and topple unsavoury regimes.
Funded and organised by the US government, deploying US consultancies, pollsters, diplomats, the two big American parties and US non-government organisations, the campaign was first used in Europe in Belgrade in 2000 to beat Slobodan Milosevic at the ballot box.
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In Ukraine, the equivalent is a ticking clock, also signalling that the Kuchma regime's days are numbered.
Stickers, spray paint and websites are the young activists' weapons. Irony and street comedy mocking the regime have been hugely successful in puncturing public fear and enraging the powerful.
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The Democratic party's National Democratic Institute, the Republican party's International Republican Institute, the US state department and USAid are the main agencies involved in these grassroots campaigns as well as the Freedom House NGO and billionaire George Soros's open society institute.
US pollsters and professional consultants are hired to organise focus groups and use psephological data to plot strategy.
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Officially, the US government spent $41m (£21.7m) organising and funding the year-long operation to get rid of Milosevic from October 1999. In Ukraine, the figure is said to be around $14m.
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If the events in Kiev vindicate the US in its strategies for helping other people win elections and take power from anti-democratic regimes, it is certain to try to repeat the exercise elsewhere in the post-Soviet world.
#^https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
#ukraine #ukrainian #government #coup #Maidan #prehistory #history #politics #eu #europe #USA #US #american #usaid #NGO #Soros #softpower #imperialism #Western #deception #lie #mindmanipulation #anglo-saxons #anti-Russia -
Rock Art on Screen: 12 Free Documentaries That Bring the Painted Past to Life
By Seth Chagi for World of Paleoanthropology
“We carry the torch of ancient storytellers each time we switch on a screen.” — Stoic reflection after too many late‑night documentary binges
Rock art feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic—handprints that whisper I was here across 30,000 years. The internet, bless its algorithmic heart, is brimming with free films that let us wander those caves and escarpments without the knee‑scrapes, bat guano, or UNESCO paperwork. Below are a dozen feature‑length (20 min +) documentaries your audience can stream today. I’ve grouped them by theme and noted what each one can teach us. Pop some popcorn (or Aquafor‑coated trail mix if you’re truly hardcore) and prepare to time‑travel.
1. Deep Time Immersion
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”89 minWatchDocumentaries.comWerner Herzog’s 3‑D glide through Chauvet (32 kya) is as close as most of us will get to those charcoal lions. Perfect for discussing preservation ethics, pigment chemistry, and the phenomenology of darkness.“Inside France’s Chauvet Cave” (DW Documentary)52 minYouTubeA more traditional science‑journalist tour that balances visuals with up‑to‑date uranium‑thorium dating and virtual‑reality replication work. Great classroom fodder on 3‑D scanning.2. Rock Art & Global Narratives
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Les secrets des fresques d’Amazonie”88 minARTE.tvTakes viewers into Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa cliff murals—tens of thousands of figures dated ≥12 kya—while foregrounding Indigenous perspectives and environmental stakes.“Oldest Cave Art Found in Sulawesi”24 minYouTube (Griffith Univ.)Concise but rich breakdown of the 45 kya pig panel & new 51 kya hunting scene; use it to spark debates on symbolic cognition outside Europe.“KIMBERLEY ROCK ART: A World Treasure”45 minYouTubeExplores Australia’s Gwion Gwion & Wandjina iconography, weaving in modern Aboriginal custodianship and cutting‑edge optically stimulated luminescence dating.“The Rock Art of Arnhem Land” (Part I)26 minYouTubeVeteran archaeologist Paul Taçon walks viewers through x‑ray kangaroos and Lightning Man motifs; ideal primer on superimposition sequences.3. Mediterranean & Atlantic Europe
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Rock‑Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus” (UNESCO/NHK)28 minUNESCO.orgSahara pastoralism in motion—perfect for stressing how climate shifts shaped iconographic changes.“Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin”28 minYouTube (UNESCO)Surveys 758 Iberian sites; includes rare footage of Levantine‑style hunters in eastern Spain. Good segue into discussions of pigment sourcing.“Prehistoric Rock Art of the Côa Valley & Siega Verde”30 minUNESCO.orgNight‑shot filming of open‑air engravings (≈25 kya onward) highlights why Foz Côa is a conservation victory.“Exploring the Ancient Art of Altamira”24 minYouTubeA guided VR‑style tour of Spain’s “Sistine Chapel of the Palaeolithic,” complete with replica cave construction details—great for public‑engagement case studies.4. Decoding Symbolic Systems
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“How Art Made the World – Ep 2: The Day Pictures Were Born”59 minYouTube (BBC series)Frames cave art within a cognitive‑evolution story: why image‑making matters for social cohesion.**“Paleo Cave Art Mysteries” (Episode 1 of 3)22 minYouTube**Paleoanthropologist Neil Bockoven dives into dot‑and‑line signs (à la von Petzinger) and therianthropes; a bite‑sized springboard for symbol taxonomy exercises.How to Use This Playlist – (of course, you could just be like me and want to watch them, but here are some fun activities for those of you who may be teachers, professors, and the like for your students to better engage with the content):
- Chronological Viewing Party: Start with Acacus for Holocene climate context, swing through European Upper Palaeolithic masterpieces, then finish in the Amazon to spotlight New World debates.
- Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
- Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
- DIY Experimental Archaeology: After watching the Altamira VR segment, try recreating blowing techniques with ochre and charcoal on butcher paper (outdoors, trust me).
Remember: every dash of ochre, every engraved aurochs, is a dialogue across millennia. Hit play, listen closely, and pass the story on.
Feel free to embed this post—just credit World of Paleoanthropology and link readers back to the documentary sources. Happy cave‑surfing!
#Altamira #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #ArtHistory #CaveArt #CavePainting #ChauvetCave #GwionGwion #HandsOnHistory #HumanEvolution #Lascaux #PaleoArt #Paleolithic #ParietalArt #Petroglyphs #PrehistoricArt #Prehistory #RockArt #RockArtResearch #StoneAge #SulawesiRockArt #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UpperPaleolithic
