Ancient chickens seen as sacred, not food, study shows (Phys.org 07/06/21)
Ancient chickens lived significantly longer than their modern equivalents because they were seen as sacred—not food—archaeologists have found
Archaeological research shows prehistoric pendants used in dance (Phys.org 03/06/21)
“Ornaments composed of elk teeth suspended from or sown on to clothing emit a loud rattling noise when moving,” says auditory archaeologist and Academy of Finland Research Fellow Riitta Rainio from the University of Helsinki
How did Neanderthals and other ancient humans learn to count? (Nature 02/06/21)
Archaeological finds suggest that people developed numbers tens of thousands of years ago. Scholars are now exploring the first detailed hypotheses about this life-changing invention
Church discovered in Sudan could be medieval cathedral (Heritage Daily 01/06/21)
Archaeologists conducting excavations in Old Dongola (Sudan), have discovered the remains of a large church from medieval Nubia, that could have been a cathedral and seat of an archbishop
Researchers unearth oldest gold find in southwest Germany (Phys.org 28/05/21)
Archaeologists working in the district of Tübingen in southwest Germany have discovered the region’s earliest gold object to date
A non-invasive procedure allows obtaining archaeological information without excavating (Phys.org 28/05/21)
A new approach to understand the functional and symbolic uses of the place
Tiny tools point to specialist skills of ancient Indonessians (Phys.org 27/05/21)
New research has questioned theories that a mysterious group of hunter-gatherers from Indonesia interacted with Aboriginal Australians thousands of years ago and provides a basis for future understanding of the people who made tiny, but precise implements out of stone
Egyptian fossil surprise: Fishes thrived in tropics in ancient warm period, despite high ocean temperatures (University of Michigan 25/05/21)
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, was a short interval of highly elevated global temperatures 56 million years ago that is frequently described as the best ancient analog for present-day climate warming
Lunch Break Science #28| Enquye Negash
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #28| Enquye Negash Meet Leakey Foundation grantees Enquye Negash and learn about paleoenvironments and hominin evolution.
Less wastage during production of marble slabs in the Roman imperial period than today (Phys.org 14/05/21)
The material loss during marble slab production at the time was likely lower than it is today
Bronze Age migrations changed societal organisation and genomic landscape in Italy (Heritage Daily 10/05/21)
A new study from the Institute of Genomics of the University of Tartu, Estonia has shed light on the genetic prehistory of populations in modern day Italy through the analysis of ancient human individuals during the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age transition around 4,000 years ago
