Neanderthals Used Toothpicks, New Research Reveals (Heritage Daily 22/03/21)
Neanderthals from around 46,000 years ago used ‘toothpicks and oral hygiene’ an international team of scientists have found
La Fundación Palarq es una entidad privada y sin ánimo de lucro que se crea con la finalidad de apoyar las Misiones en Arqueología y Paleontología Humana Españolas en el extranjero, excluyendo Europa, dentro de una perspectiva que abarca desde la etapa paleontológica a las épocas prehistóricas y las históricas en interés monumental
Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old gold mask in southwest China (CNN 22/03/21)
The remains of a gold mask are among a huge cache of 3,000-year-old artifacts found at an archaeological site in China’s Sichuan province.
Lunch Break Science #23| Ashley Hammond
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #23| Ashley Hammond Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Ashley Hammond and learn how fossils, especially the pelvis, are an indicator of locomotor evolution through time.
Meave Leakey: ‘Definitely, Africa is where it all began’ (The Guardian 16/03/21)
The renowned fossil hunter on the anti-African prejudice in palaeontology, her dream discovery, and bathing her daughter beside a baby hippo.
Ancient Maya Ambassador’s Bones Show Life of Privilege and Hardship (Heritagedaily 16/03/21)
An important Maya man buried nearly 1,300 years ago led a privileged yet difficult life. The man suffered malnutrition or illness as a child, but as an adult he helped negotiate an alliance between two powerful dynasties that ultimately failed.
Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls (Phys.org 16/03/21)
Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago.
What fueled humans’ big brains? Controversial paper proposes new hypothesis (Live Science 12/03/21)
As the largest animals on the landscape disappeared, the scientists propose, human brains had to grow to enable the hunting of smaller, swifter prey.
Ancient Christian ruins discovered in Egypt reveal ‘nature of monastic life’ (The Guardian 14/03/21)
Archaeologists unearth monks’ cells and churches with biblical inscriptions dating back to fourth century AD.
She Was Buried With a Silver Crown. Was She the One Who Held Power? (The New York Times)
Participant in the II National Archaeology and Paleontology Award Palarq Foundation.
She Was Buried With a Silver Crown. Was She the One Who Held Power? (The New York Times 03/11/21)
A tomb unearthed in Spain has prompted archaeologists to reconsider assumptions about women’s power in Bronze Age European societies.
Shivering in the Pleistocene (CENIEH 11/03/21)
CENIEH researchers have used a thermoregulation model that simulates heat loss to show that humans in Middle Pleistocene Europe could adapt to harsh environmental conditions without making use of fire.
Prehistoric women were successful big-game hunters, challenging beliefs about ancient gender roles (Phys.org 11/03/21)
Archeological evidence from Peru has revealed that some ancient big-game hunters were in fact women, challenging what science writer James Gorman wrote was “one of the most widely held tenets about ancient hunters and gatherers -that males hunted and females gathered.”
