New fossil ape is discovered in India (Phys.org 09/10/20)
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon.
First Temple Period Palace Discovered Under The Heart Of Old Jerusalem (Ancient Origins 09/04/20)
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have announced the discovery of several dozen stone artifacts that date back to the First Temple Period, over 2500 years ago.
An ancient whistle was crafted from a human thigh bone (Nature 09/01/20)
Prehistoric people kept the bones of relatives and friends for generations as relicts.
Researchers Uncovered a 5,000-Year-Old Crystal Dagger Buried in Spain (mymodernmet.com 08/24/20)
Archeologists have discovered many tools left behind by prehistoric civilizations. Most of these are made of stone, but in Spain, researchers have found incredible weapons made of rock crystal. Dating back to at least 3000 BCE, these weapons include an incredible crystal dagger that would have taken enormous skill to carve.
The oldest known cremation in the near east dates to 7000 BC (Phys.org 08/12/20)
Ancient people in the Near East had begun the practice of intentionally cremating their dead by the beginning of the 7th millennium BC, according to a study published August 12, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Fanny Bocquentin of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and colleagues.
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Europe’s earliest bone tools found in Britain (BBC News 08/12/20)
Archaeologists say they’ve identified the earliest known bone tools in the European archaeological record.
The oldest known cremation in the near east dates to 7000 BC (Phys.org 08/12/20)
Ancient people in the Near East had begun the practice of intentionally cremating their dead by the beginning of the 7th millennium BC, according to a study published August 12, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Fanny Bocquentin of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and colleagues.
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Intact Inca Underwater Offering Discovered in Lake Titicaca (Heritage Daily 5/8/2020)
Archaeologists conducting research at Lake Titicaca on the border between Peru and Bolivia, have discovered an intact underwater offering deposited over 500 years ago that sheds new light on the lake’s place in Inca culture.
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