PREHISTORIC HUMANS ATE BONE MARROW LIKE CANNED SOUP 400,000 YEARS AGO (Archaeology World 01/16/20)
A new study has found that prehistoric humans have preserved bone marrow in their caves for up to nine weeks as a soup pot.
Homo erectus arrived in Indonesia 300,000 years later than previously thought (ScienceNews 01/09/20)
Homo erectus reached the Indonesian island of Java some 300,000 years later than many researchers have assumed, a new study finds.
170,000-Year-Old Human Diet Contained Roast Vegetables (Ancient Origins 01/03/20)
New research focused on the roasted remnants of rootstalks found in a Lebombo Mountain cave in South Africa suggests early humans brought the plants to the cave to feed to their young and old.
The 10 Biggest Archaeology Discoveries of 2019 (LiveScience 12/31/19)
Live Science takes a look at 10 of the biggest archaeology discoveries that emerged this year.
Palace Discovered at Ancient Maya City of Kuluba (Archaeology 12/27/19)
The Guardian reports that a team of archaeologists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History have unearthed the remains of a six-room palace at the site of Kuluba in northeast Yucatan.
Homo erectus’ last known appearance dates to roughly 117,000 years ago (ScienceNews 12/19/19)
New evidence helps resolve a debate over how long ago the hominid survived in what’s now Indonesia.
Easter Island’s Moai Enigma Finally Solved? (Ancient Origins 125/15/19)
Van Tilburg and her team, working with geoarchaeologist and soils specialist Sarah Sherwood, believe they have found scientific evidence of that long-hypothesized meaning thanks to careful study of two particular Moai excavated over five years in the Rano Raraku quarry on the eastern side of the Polynesian island.
Is this cave painting humanity’s oldest story? (Nature 11/12/19)
Indonesian rock art dated to 44,000 years old seems to show mythological figures in a hunting scene.
Mysterious stone-carved objects discovered in ancient archaeology dig (The Press Journal 12/9/19)
Archaeologists in Orkney have discovered an “amazing” series of ancient mysterious stone-carved objects – measuring in at less than 20 inches high.
‘Only complete’ 1,700-year-old Roman egg at Aylesbury dig (BBC NEWS 12/6/19)
The only complete chicken’s egg from Roman Britain is a “genuinely unique discovery”, according to an expert.
