KristenOne of The Biggest Hunter-Gatherers Myths Is Finally Getting Debunkedverified_publisherScienceAlert - Carly CassellaThe enduring idea that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather is a relatively baseless assumption that is facing greater academic resistance …
KristenAncient Cuneiform Tablets Become Readable With New Automatic Text Recognition Tooltechtimes.comTo unlock the secrets of ancient civilizations, a new artificial intelligence (AI) application has emerged, breathing new life into deciphering …
KristenHeadless Lamassu Sculpture Uncovered in Iraq - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica Esther SaraceniPARIS, FRANCE—Euronews reports that an 18-ton limestone sculpture of a lamassu dated to the reign of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721 …
Kristen2,700-Year-Old Guardian Deity Found in Iraq: ‘I’ve Never Unearthed Anything This Big’artnews.com - Tessa SolomonA 2,700-year-old Assyrian lamassu—a protective deity sculpture—was recently re-excavated in Iraq, astounding experts with its size and condition. The …
KristenArchaeologists discover ancient sandals buried in a bat cave 6,000 years agoverified_publisherArs Technica - Jennifer OuelletteSome basketry from same site is even older, dating back 9,500 years to Mesolithic period. In the 19th century, miners in a cave in Southern Spain …
Kristen500,000-year-old structure has researchers rethinking early human intelligenceverified_publisherNPR - Gabriel SpitzerA newly discovered wood construction is nearly 500,000 years old, and has archaeologists rethinking how technologically advanced the human who built it may have been. (Story aired on ATC on 9/21/23.) This 500,000-year-old structure has researchers rethinking early human intelligence MICHEL MARTIN, …