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75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Wound Points to a Wooden Spear
A round hole in a shoulder blade from Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan may be the first trace of wooden weapons in the prehistoric Middle East.
Oct 15
9
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51:50
Vocal Tract Variation Explains Half of Vowel Differences
An MRI study of 32 speakers suggests the anatomy behind individual accents may seed phonetic divergence, and with it language evolution, between groups.
Oct 15
3
2
40:37
13,800-Year-Old Beringia Camp Shows People Settled In
At Shég’ Xdaltth’í’ in Alaska, an earth oven, bone needles and diamond-shaped stone tools complicate the story of the Bering Land Bridge.
Oct 15
6
3
36:13
2,316 Burials Say Farming Didn’t Start Inequality in China
Central Plain graves from 7000 to 1500 BCE show high inequality among hunter-gatherers, then livestock, violence and ritual power hardened it.
Oct 15
3
3
39:22
89% of Ancient Inuit Dog Bones Match Modern Sled Dogs
A biomechanical model and 82 ancient bones from Chukotka suggest dog sledding in the Bering Strait, though no site yields clear sled evidence.
Oct 14
4
2
35:16
A 700,000-Year-Old Elephant Tooth From Gesher Benot Ya’aqov
A straight-tusked elephant molar found among Acheulian handaxes in Israel records roughly three years of one animal’s diet and drinking water.
Oct 9
6
1
39:58
Neanderthal Woodworking: 13 Artifacts in 597 Wood Remains
Travertine at Abric Romaní kept the shapes of Neanderthal spears, trays and a club, and the Middle Paleolithic toolkit looks larger for it.
Oct 8
11
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52:37
Trypillia Pottery: Six Decoration Styles Became One
Pottery diversity can rise or fall as Neolithic societies grow, and Trypillia and Linear Pottery sites in Europe show both directions.
Oct 8
6
1
52:32
Maya Maize Farming Was Wetland Farming for 4,000 Years
Soil isotopes from southern Belize show wetland-adjacent maize fields by 6,000 years ago and a slow move uphill that began only after 4,000 years ago.
Oct 7
4
1
44:01
Hadza and Tsimane Share 1,231 Gut Microbiome Species
Gut bacteria from Tanzania and the Bolivian Amazon share deep ancestry, and a Nature study says their split roughly tracks human migration.
Oct 7
6
2
40:17
Scandinavian Aurochs: Still Alive 6,500 Years Ago
Ancient DNA, 108 radiocarbon dates and Mesolithic bone piles suggest hunting, inbreeding and spreading forest together ended the Scandinavian aurochs.
Oct 4
5
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Coca Leaves Found in Wool of 3 Sacrificed Inka Llamas
Excavations at Tambo Viejo in Peru’s Acarí Valley found whole coca leaves where Spanish chroniclers said the Inka burned them.
Oct 4
4
2
40:36
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