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Zooarchaeological study indicating hominids already practiced sophisticated hunting techniques in East Asia

More than ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province during 2005 and 2006. By taking statistical analyses of the skeletal elements of the two predominant species ...

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New Paleolithic remains found near the Liuhuaishan site in Bose Basin, Guangxi

The Liuhuaishan site is an important early Paleolithic site found in the Bose Basin. In December 2008, Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The success of Homo sapiens may be due to spatial abilities

While the disappearance of Neanderthals remains a mystery, paleoanthropologists have an increasing understanding of what allowed their younger cousins, Homo sapiens, to conquer the planet. According to Ariane ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Origin of skillful stone-tool-sharpening method pushed back more than 50,000 years

A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people appears to have been developed at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously ...

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created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Taking a new look at old digs: Trampling animals may alter Stone Age sites

Archaeologists who interpret Stone Age culture from discoveries of ancient tools and artifacts may need to reanalyze some of their conclusions.

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created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

8,000-year-old home, hippo bones found near Tel Aviv

Israeli archaeologists have found remains of an 8,000-year-old building as well as hippopotamus bones and pottery shards in the Tel Aviv area, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Monday.

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created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought

Evidence of sophisticated, human behavior has been discovered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers as early as 750,000 years ago - some half a million years earlier than has previously been estimated ...

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Archaeological study of ostrich eggshell beads collected from SDG site

Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from SDG site reflect primordial art and a kind of symbolic behavior of modern humans. Two different manufacturing pathways are usually used in the manufacture of OES beads in Upper Paleolithic. ...

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A 200,000-year-old cut of meat

Contestants on TV shows like Top Chef and Hell's Kitchen know that their meat-cutting skills will be scrutinized by a panel of unforgiving judges. Now, new archaeological evidence is getting the same scrutiny ...

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Early human hunters had fewer meat-sharing rituals

A University of Arizona anthropologist has discovered that humans living at a Paleolithic cave site in central Israel between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago were as successful at big-game hunting as were later ...

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created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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