'Trust' provides answer to handaxe enigma
Trust rather than lust is at the heart of the attention to detail and finely made form of handaxes from around 1.7 million years ago, according to a University of York researcher.
Trust rather than lust is at the heart of the attention to detail and finely made form of handaxes from around 1.7 million years ago, according to a University of York researcher.
Archaeology
Nov 21, 2012
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Archaeology has long associated advanced blade production with the Upper Palaeolithic period, about 30,000-40,000 years ago, linked with the emergence of Homo Sapiens and cultural features such as cave art. Now researchers ...
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2011
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Stone Age humans were only able to develop relatively advanced tools after their brains evolved a greater capacity for complex thought, according to a new study that investigates why it took early humans almost two million ...
Archaeology
Nov 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research on human remains from Kent’s Cavern in Devon has led scientists to believe that humans from the Mesolithic period (after the Ice Age) may have engaged in complex ritualistic burial practices, and ...
Archaeology
Aug 7, 2009
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Scientists at the Cantabria International Institute for Prehistoric Research have traced the steps of the human beings that inhabited the region during the Palaeolithic era. Through computer programmes for geographical analysis, ...
Archaeology
Jan 30, 2014
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In an international cooperative project, archaeologists from the Monrepos Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the Evolution of Hominin Behaviour are excavating the 35,000 year old site of Breitenbach, close to Zeitz ...
Archaeology
Sep 27, 2012
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