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  1. DNA reveals extended hunter-gatherer family ties in 5,500-year-old Stone Age graves on Gotland

    A 5,500-year-old cemetery on Gotland is offering a close look at family life among one of the last hunter-gatherer groups in northern Europe. Researchers studied graves at Ajvide, a major site linked to the Pitted Ware Culture...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/hun

    @archaeology

  2. DNA reveals extended hunter-gatherer family ties in 5,500-year-old Stone Age graves on Gotland

    A 5,500-year-old cemetery on Gotland is offering a close look at family life among one of the last hunter-gatherer groups in northern Europe. Researchers studied graves at Ajvide, a major site linked to the Pitted Ware Culture...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/hun

    @archaeology

    #archaeology #archaeologynews #StoneAge #anthropology

  3. New uranium-thorium dates from a deer rib place China’s Lingjing site 20,000 years deeper in time, squarely in an ice age. The sophisticated stone tools found there weren’t made during good times. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #StoneAge anthropology.net/p/the-crystal

  4. A 15,000-year-old seal tooth pendant reveals surprising connections, craftsmanship, and symbolism in Ice Age Europe. What did such objects truly represent in early human societies?
    #AncientHistory #Archaeology #StoneAge #HumanOrigins #HiddenHistory
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  5. 🎲🧐 Wow, breaking news! Apparently, Native Americans were rolling dice before it was cool—12,000 years ago! Meanwhile, NBC News struggles to load on outdated browsers because, you know, the Stone Age and IE 11 are practically the same thing. 🤦‍♂️✨
    nbcnews.com/science/science-ne #NativeAmericanHistory #DiceGame #TechStruggles #NBCNews #IE11 #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated

  6. When power thinks it can command time, poetry still whispers between the stars and the earth. A ballad of civilization, verse, and memory that cannot be destroyed. #stoneage #usa #iran #culture #rumi #nomorewar

    kanteldenker.wordpress.com/202

  7. 🧊🔬 Wow, #science just discovered that #Ötzi the #Iceman has a cousin 5,000 years removed. 📜 Because apparently, the only thing harder to kill than a cockroach is a lineage from the Stone Age. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 What’s next, a family reunion with the Pharaohs?
    blog.familytreedna.com/otzi-th #FamilyHistory #Archaeology #AncientDNA #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated

  8. Soil samples from 1980s excavations just revealed Stone Age graves weren’t empty after all — microscopic feathers, weasel fur, and owl barbules survived 7,000 years. A new method is rewriting Mesolithic burial research. #Mesolithic #Archaeology #StoneAge anthropology.net/p/what-the-so

  9. DNA reveals rare dwarfism in teenager who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago

    An international research team has confirmed the earliest known genetic diagnosis in an anatomically modern human, identifying a rare skeletal disorder in a prehistoric adolescent female who lived more than 12,000 years ago...

    © Image courtesy of Dr. Adrian Daly

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rar

    @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #stoneage #Archaeogenetics #Osteoarchaeology #anthropology

  10. TIL about Kessler Syndrome compliments of NASA

    Quote 0:
    Currently, there are over 27,000 tracked pieces of debris, each larger than 10 cm, and millions of smaller, untraceable fragments orbiting Earth. Even a tiny fragment, moving at speeds of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour, can cause catastrophic damage.

    Quote I:
    Sudden Alarm?

    In recent years, space activity has surged dramatically. Companies like SpaceX are launching thousands of satellites for mega-constellations aimed at providing global internet access. While these projects are revolutionary, they also contribute significantly to space congestion. According to Dr. Vishnu Reddy, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, “The number of objects in space launched in the last four years has increased exponentially.”

    In 2009, a wake-up call came in the form of a collision between the defunct Kosmos-2251 satellite and the operational Iridium-33 communications satellite. The impact created thousands of debris pieces, many of which are still orbiting Earth today.

    Similar incidents could set off the cascade envisioned by Kessler, leading to a debris belt so dense that space exploration would become nearly impossible.
    ^Z

    nasaspacenews.com/2025/01/urge

    #NASA #Kessler #Syndrome #technology #doom #civilization #collapse #stoneage #spaceX #junk #ElonMusk #moron

  11. TIL about Kessler Syndrome compliments of NASA

    Quote 0:
    Currently, there are over 27,000 tracked pieces of debris, each larger than 10 cm, and millions of smaller, untraceable fragments orbiting Earth. Even a tiny fragment, moving at speeds of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour, can cause catastrophic damage.

    Quote I:
    Sudden Alarm?

    In recent years, space activity has surged dramatically. Companies like SpaceX are launching thousands of satellites for mega-constellations aimed at providing global internet access. While these projects are revolutionary, they also contribute significantly to space congestion. According to Dr. Vishnu Reddy, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, “The number of objects in space launched in the last four years has increased exponentially.”

    In 2009, a wake-up call came in the form of a collision between the defunct Kosmos-2251 satellite and the operational Iridium-33 communications satellite. The impact created thousands of debris pieces, many of which are still orbiting Earth today.

    Similar incidents could set off the cascade envisioned by Kessler, leading to a debris belt so dense that space exploration would become nearly impossible.
    ^Z

    nasaspacenews.com/2025/01/urge

    #NASA #Kessler #Syndrome #technology #doom #civilization #collapse #stoneage #spaceX #junk #ElonMusk #moron

  12. TIL about Kessler Syndrome compliments of NASA

    Quote 0:
    Currently, there are over 27,000 tracked pieces of debris, each larger than 10 cm, and millions of smaller, untraceable fragments orbiting Earth. Even a tiny fragment, moving at speeds of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour, can cause catastrophic damage.

    Quote I:
    Sudden Alarm?

    In recent years, space activity has surged dramatically. Companies like SpaceX are launching thousands of satellites for mega-constellations aimed at providing global internet access. While these projects are revolutionary, they also contribute significantly to space congestion. According to Dr. Vishnu Reddy, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, “The number of objects in space launched in the last four years has increased exponentially.”

    In 2009, a wake-up call came in the form of a collision between the defunct Kosmos-2251 satellite and the operational Iridium-33 communications satellite. The impact created thousands of debris pieces, many of which are still orbiting Earth today.

    Similar incidents could set off the cascade envisioned by Kessler, leading to a debris belt so dense that space exploration would become nearly impossible.
    ^Z

    nasaspacenews.com/2025/01/urge

    #NASA #Kessler #Syndrome #technology #doom #civilization #collapse #stoneage #spaceX #junk #ElonMusk #moron

  13. TIL about Kessler Syndrome compliments of NASA

    Quote 0:
    Currently, there are over 27,000 tracked pieces of debris, each larger than 10 cm, and millions of smaller, untraceable fragments orbiting Earth. Even a tiny fragment, moving at speeds of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour, can cause catastrophic damage.

    Quote I:
    Sudden Alarm?

    In recent years, space activity has surged dramatically. Companies like SpaceX are launching thousands of satellites for mega-constellations aimed at providing global internet access. While these projects are revolutionary, they also contribute significantly to space congestion. According to Dr. Vishnu Reddy, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, “The number of objects in space launched in the last four years has increased exponentially.”

    In 2009, a wake-up call came in the form of a collision between the defunct Kosmos-2251 satellite and the operational Iridium-33 communications satellite. The impact created thousands of debris pieces, many of which are still orbiting Earth today.

    Similar incidents could set off the cascade envisioned by Kessler, leading to a debris belt so dense that space exploration would become nearly impossible.
    ^Z

    nasaspacenews.com/2025/01/urge

    #NASA #Kessler #Syndrome #technology #doom #civilization #collapse #stoneage #spaceX #junk #ElonMusk #moron

  14. TIL about Kessler Syndrome compliments of NASA

    Quote 0:
    Currently, there are over 27,000 tracked pieces of debris, each larger than 10 cm, and millions of smaller, untraceable fragments orbiting Earth. Even a tiny fragment, moving at speeds of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour, can cause catastrophic damage.

    Quote I:
    Sudden Alarm?

    In recent years, space activity has surged dramatically. Companies like SpaceX are launching thousands of satellites for mega-constellations aimed at providing global internet access. While these projects are revolutionary, they also contribute significantly to space congestion. According to Dr. Vishnu Reddy, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, “The number of objects in space launched in the last four years has increased exponentially.”

    In 2009, a wake-up call came in the form of a collision between the defunct Kosmos-2251 satellite and the operational Iridium-33 communications satellite. The impact created thousands of debris pieces, many of which are still orbiting Earth today.

    Similar incidents could set off the cascade envisioned by Kessler, leading to a debris belt so dense that space exploration would become nearly impossible.
    ^Z

    nasaspacenews.com/2025/01/urge

    #NASA #Kessler #Syndrome #technology #doom #civilization #collapse #stoneage #spaceX #junk #ElonMusk #moron

  15. Rare 30,000-year-old personal toolkit reveals life of a Stone Age hunter

    Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and remarkably preserved collection of stone tools, dating to around 30,000 years ago, at the Paleolithic site of Milovice IV in the Czech Republic.

    The collection, discovered during excavations carried out in 2021, consists of 29 blades and bladelets...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/09/300

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #stoneage #stonetools #paleolithic #anthropology

  16. Stoney Littleton longbarrow, a neolithic tomb a few miles from #Bath #Somerset #UK.
    Built between 3800-3400 BCE, with the larger stones thought to have been brought to the spot from at least 5 miles away.
    #archaeology #neolithic #neolithicperiod #stoneage #megalithic #longbarrow #tomb

  17. 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):

    1. 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.
    2. Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
    3. Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
    4. 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

  18. Early humans used ochre for advanced toolmaking at Blombos Cave, study finds

    A recent study led by researchers at SapienCE has revealed that ochre—previously considered primarily a symbolic pigment—played a crucial role in the production of sophisticated stone tools by early modern humans in Blombos Cave, South Africa, during the Middle Stone Age (MSA), between 90,000 and 70,000 years ago...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/ear

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #stonetools #stoneage #ochre

  19. #idw #Archaeology Where did #StoneAge hunter-gatherers get the raw material for their tools?

    International research team from the University of #Tübingen and the #Senckenberg Nature Research Society finds early humans in southern Africa traveled long distances to get the right stone color. idw-online.de/en/news855236

  20. Oldest whale bone tools discovered in Europe reveal Stone Age humans used marine resources 20,000 years ago

    A recent study has revealed that humans living on the Atlantic coast of modern-day France and Spain were crafting tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago—much earlier than previously thought...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/05/old

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #whalebone #zooarchaeology #stoneage #pleistocene #huntergatherer

  21. Please join us for our next DiPA on April 2nd at 10.30AM.
    We will have Dr. Corey Johnson, currently at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
    He will give a talk about "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency".
    Zoom registration is possible.

    #paleomonrepos #palaeolithic #paleolithic #stoneage #stonetools #science #research

  22. Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) continues on February 13th at 10.30h. Dr. Marcel Bradtmöller (University of Rostock) will give a #talk on the #Mesolithic in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

    Zoom registration is possible.

    #paleomonrepos #leiza #DiPA #Archaeology #research #lecture #science #stoneage

  23. Neolithic ‘sun stones’ sacrificed in Denmark to revive the sun after volcanic eruption

    Around 4,900 years ago, Neolithic communities on the Danish island of Bornholm ritually buried hundreds of engraved stones, so-called “sun stones,” in a remarkable act to counter drastic climate changes caused by a massive volcanic eruption...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/01/neo

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #ancientrituals #anthropology #volcaniceruption #bornholm #neolithic #stoneage #sunstone

  24. Vast Viking burial ground with ship burials uncovered in Halland, Sweden

    Archaeologists have unearthed a vast Viking Age burial ground near Varberg in Halland County, Sweden, during what began as an investigation of a Stone Age settlement. Initially, the team was conducting a routine preliminary examination for the installation of new water pipes and a roundabout..

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/10/vik

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #halland #stoneage #vikingage #vikings #vikingburial

  25. Forget the #paleodiet fad – study shows #cavemen dined on #plants
    Our #huntergatherer ancestors ate more #vegetables than meat.
    Analysis of bones and teeth found in a cave in Morocco that was inhabited about 15,000 years ago revealed the #StoneAge #diet “unequivocally” had a plant-based aspect. Acorns, pine nuts and wild pulses made up a “significant” part of #paleo diet of the prehistoric community.
    telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2

  26. A #stoneage wall stretching for nearly a mile over the seabed in the Bay of Mecklenburg at the bottom of #BalticSea may by the oldest "#megastructure" in #Europe. Named the #Blinkerwall, it rests under about 70 feet of water and the best guess is that it was constructed by hunter-gatherers by a lake or marsh in about 8,000 B.C.
    theguardian.com/science/2024/f

  27. Ness of Brodgar 1

    The Ness of Brodgar, a major Neolithic site found in Orkney in 2003, has been under excavation since 2004, transforming our understanding of European prehistory.

    wulliebroon.com/ness-of-brodga

    #Islands #Orkneys #archaeology #BronzeAge #Neolithic #NessOfBrodgar #orkney #Scotland #StoneAge

  28. Scientists found a Stone Age megastructure submerged in the Baltic Sea - Enlarge / Graphical reconstruction of a Stone Age wall as it may been u... - arstechnica.com/?p=2002955 #megastructures #archaeology #stoneage #science

  29. Fancy a deep dive into An Unearthly Child? I've curated a Wakelet board with as much as I can find about the story online - reference works, biographies, videos, images, podcasts and related items such as linked stories in the Whoniverse. If you think I've missed something obvious, let me know.

    wakelet.com/wake/PltegbX7HWv3b

    #doctorwho #AnUnearthlyChild #anthonycoburn #WarisHussein #williamhartnell #williamrussell #caroleannford #jacquelinehill #cavemen #stoneage #TARDIS #doctorwho60

  30. Stonehenge under gales & a lowering sky today, sheep grazing on it. Prehistory is more important than ever at times when the roar & clamour of now seems to drown us. To stand with the megaliths and barrows, their cultural urgency in Neolithic Britain dissolved into monumental uncertainty, relic & grazing status, is to understand the absurd futility of lines on maps.

    #stonehenge #salisburyplain #neolithic #deeptime #prehistory #prehistoric #stoneage #overvieweffect #ozymandias #megalithic

  31. Gefühl ist alles - 5000 Jahre sind Schall und Rauch.


    Steinzeitmädchen mit Ziehspielzeug auf einer Schautafel am #Lautariusgrab bei #Metze:

    Girl with Balloon in der Grebengasse in #Fritzlar:

    Hinten links der Giebel eines Fachwerkhauses und die Turmspitzen des Doms:

    Der Baumkronenhimmel über dem Lautariusgrab im Stadtwald von #Gudensberg.

    #myphoto, #TourDeChattengau

    Gefühl ist alles;
    5000 Jahre sind Schall und Rauch,
    Umnebelnd Himmelsglut.

    #FaustByGoethe, Vers 3456 - 3458

    Feeling is all;
    5000 years are sound and smoke,
    beclouding Heaven’s glow.

    Translated by #PeterSalm

    Le sentiment est tout,
    5000 ans ne sont que bruit et fumée,
    qui nous voile l’éclat des cieux.

    Traduit par #GérardDeNerval

    #Banksy, #GirlWithBalloon, #graffiti, #Wartberg-Kultur, #Steinzeit, #StoneAge, #Archäologie, #archeology, #Vorgeschichte, #Prehistory, #Foto, #photo, #Natur, #nature, #Radtour, #biking, #Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, #Nordhessen, #Hessen, #fedibikes, @fedibikes_de, @fedibikes

  32. Der Himmel über dem Hasenberg.



    #myphoto, #DaLiegtDerFels, #TourDeChattengau

    Auf dem #Hasenberg, einer 4 km vom #Wartberg entfernten und zwischen den Fritzlarer Stadtteilen #Haddamar, #Lohne und #Züschen gelegenen 304 m hohen #Basaltkuppe, befand sich eine späte jungsteinzeitliche Höhensiedlung, die der #Wartberg-Kultur zugeordnet wird. Gefunden wurden insbesondere Pfeilspitzen, die im Regionalmuseum in #Fritzlar ausgestellt sind. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasenber…


    Der #Hoheberg, 2100m vom Hasenberg entfernt und 376 m hoch:

    #Foto, #photo, #Abendrot, #BlaueStunde, #Basalt, #Basaltkegel, #Natur, #nature, #Archäologie, #archeology, #Vorgeschichte, #Prehistory, #Steinzeit, #StoneAge, #Jungsteinzeit, #Neolithikum, #Neolithic, #Wandern, #hiking, #Radtour, #Fahrrad, #biking, #Chattengau, #Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, #Nordhessen, #Hessen, #fedibikes, @fedibikes_de, @fedibikes