Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too
It’s a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women were ...
Tag: Prehistoric
Prehistoric people occupied upland regions of inland Spain in even the coldest periods of the last Ice Age
Paleolithic human populations survived even in the coldest and driest upland parts of Spain, according to a study published October ...
A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant
Agriculture in Syria started with a bang 12,800 years ago as a fragmented comet slammed into the Earth’s atmosphere. The ...
Modelling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition
Studying prehistoric production processes of birch bark tar using computational modelling reveals what kinds of cognition were required for the ...
Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull
A 455-million-year-old fossil fish provides a new perspective on how vertebrates evolved to protect their brains, a study has found. ...
The need to hunt small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities
A new study from the Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University found that the extinction of large prey, upon ...
Detailed analysis of two Late Bronze Age urn burials uncovers animal bones and jewelry amidst the cremated remains of a woman and child, and reveals insights into prehistoric funerary rites
Detailed analysis of two Late Bronze Age urn burials uncovers animal bones and jewelry amidst the cremated remains of a ...
USTC finds evidence of the formation and structural evolution of prehistoric agricultural economy
A research team led by Prof. YANG Yuzhang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the ...
Atlatl weapon use by prehistoric females equalized the division of labor while hunting
A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has ...
Whale like filter-feeding discovered in prehistoric marine reptile
A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like ...
The invisible plant technology of the prehistoric Philippines
Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study published June 30, 2023 in the open-access ...
Xrays reveal ancient secrets about our prehistoric world this World Dinosaur Day
Researchers are shedding light on our ancient prehistoric world using state-of-the art Xray technology. This World Dinosaur Day, scientists are ...
The elusive minority: Non-binary gender in prehistoric Europe
People tend to think that the idea that biological sex is linked with one’s role in society belongs in the ...
Copper artefacts reveal changing connections in prehistoric Europe
The geochemistry of copper artefacts reveals changes in distribution networks across prehistoric Europe, according to a study published May 10, ...
Prehistoric poo reveals ‘waves’ of extinction in Colombia
Fungal spores found in dung have revealed that large animals went extinct in two “waves” in the Colombian Andes. Credit: ...
X-ray analysis sheds new light on prehistoric predator’s last meal
We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half metres ...
Swimming secrets of prehistoric reptiles unlocked by new study
Some of the most extraordinary body transformations in evolution have occurred in animals that adapted to life in water from ...
Tracing Earth’s past in prehistoric rock deposits
What did the Earth look like about two billion years ago, when the planet’s atmosphere was being oxygenated? Credit: Yogaraj ...
Ants took over the world by following flowering plants out of prehistoric forests
Ants are pretty much everywhere. There are more than 14,000 different species, spread over every continent except Antarctica, and researchers ...
A reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in North America
Scientists often look to the past for clues about how Earth’s landscapes might shift under a changing climate, and for ...
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Baboons in captivity in Ancient Egypt: insights from collection of mummies
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ECNU review of education highlights network ethnography in researching global education policy