A development of the human spirit, especially in the Middle Paleolithic, contributed to the emergence of speech and language, art, religion and technical skill. Speech over time went through the following development path: the first phase is characterized by general pantomime accompanied by addition
The Stone Age was a time in prehistory when humans made and used stone tools. (Prehistory is the time before people invented writing.) Early humans began using stones as…
Thousand of animal incisors discovered at an 8,000-year-old Russian cemetery may have been valued for their role in keeping a beat
Today I wish to share with you the amazing art of Tom Björklund, who creates stunning illustrations of life in the Ice Age.
A Stone Age woman who lived 4,000 years ago is leaning on her walking stick and looking ahead as a spirited young boy bursts into a run, in a stunning life-size reconstruction now on display in Sweden.
Experts have uncovered several hundreds of basic sounds from the language first spoken in the Stone Age which archaeologists have dubbed proto-Indo-European, or IE.
Settled more than 9,000 years ago in Turkey, Çatalhöyük focused on farming with the seeds of urban living planted at its heart.
Facebook puts the kibosh on the Venus of Willendorf.
Nordic Stone Age Bread made with nuts and seeds, mix an bake. It is perfect to eat with some cheese, fruits or roasted in the toaster.
Nordic Stone Age Bread made with nuts and seeds, mix an bake. It is perfect to eat with some cheese, fruits or roasted in the toaster.
Lola, a young girl who lived in Denmark 5,700 years ago, had blue eyes, dark skin and dark hair. Her last meal included hazelnuts and mallard duck. And the reason we know any of this is because she chewed on birch pitch, a material that functioned a bit like an ancient chewing gum.
Kultur der Steinzeit I. Eolithikum und älteres Paläolithikum. Kultur der Steinzeit II. Das jüngere Paläolithikum. Kultur der Steinzeit III. Die Kunst des jüngern Paläolithikums
Up to 10 to 15 years ago, the first settled life for human beings in terms of animal feeding and agriculture, the so called “Neolithic Age” society, was being marked in history as B.C. 9500 by the …
Surprising as it may seem, we know quite a lot about the food which prehistoric people ate. Much of our information comes simply from archaeological finds and also from just studying the landscape with its flora and fauna. Now and again archaeologists discover concrete evidence about food preparation and sometimes even the remains of foodstuffs. […]
A mysterious mound excavated in Turkey in the 1960s was to revolutionize archaeological thinking. For a large community had flourished on the ancient site 2000 years before the onset of civilization…
Explore Joost Adriaanse's 852 photos on Flickr!
Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme went through a rough patch, but came out of it on a career high.
Kiliii Yuyan lives a life less ordinary.
Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.
Analyses of Stone Age settlements reveal that the hunters were healthy and would gladly eat anything they could get their hands on, including carbohydrates – contrary to the modern definition of the Paleolithic, or Stone Age diet.
A masterpiece of late Stone Age art, this terracotta sculpture, known as The Thinker (“Ganditorul”), was unearthed in 1956 during archeological excavations of Neolithic settlement and burial debris in the lower Danube region, near Cernavoda in Romania. Created during the Hamangia culture, it is believed to be the oldest known prehistoric sculpture that reflects human introspection.
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The skill of some forensic artists, professionals who are dedicated to the Facial reconstruction of the deceased, is awe-inspiring. This time, we want to talk about one professional in particular who, unlike most in forensic science, did not resort to using a computer-aided approach, but instead used his hands.
“The Lovers of Valdaro" Archaeologists unearthed in 2007 two skeletons from the Neolithic period locked in an embrace and buried outside Mantua, Italy. Their loving embrace has lasted an eternity. 5000 years to be precise By Phil Stewart VALDARO, Italy (Reuters) - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers". In a Valentine's Day gift to the country, scientists said they are determined to remove and preserve together the remains of a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in an enduring embrace. Instead of removing the bones one-by-one for reassembly later, archaeologists plan to scoop up the entire section of earth where the couple was buried, they told Reuters. The plot will then be transported for study before being put on display in an Italian museum, thereby preserving the world's longest known hug for posterity. "We want to keep can them just as they have been all this time -- together," archaeologist Elena Menotti, who announced the discovery a week ago, told Reuters. Their removal will be a relief for archaeologists who had to hire extra security to guard the rural site outside the northern city of Mantova after the discovery made world headlines. STAR-CROSSED LOVERS? More importantly, it will give scientists a chance to figure out what was has become one of Italian archaeology's greatest mysteries: the first known Neolithic couple to be buried together, hugging. Was it a sudden death? A ritual sacrifice? Or maybe they were prehistoric, star-crossed lovers who took their own lives. That is a crowd-pleasing theory in these parts, since Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was set in nearby Verona. But scientists acknowledge they still know precious little about the now-famous Stone Age couple, whose embrace has become a subject of world newspaper headlines and chat shows. Italians dubbed them the "Lovers of Valdaro" after the Mantova suburb of farmland and factories. But even their gender is a open question until scientists confirm the theory that they were a man and a woman. Archaeologists seem certain the couple died young, since their teeth are intact and that they died during the Stone Age because of an arrowhead and tools found with the remains. But new evidence indicates the couple were not alone and that the remains may have left been near a Stone Age settlement. A CULT? DEATH GRIP? Archaeologists on site showed Reuters photographs of another skeleton found nearby, suggesting the couple were in some sort of prehistoric burial ground. While the single body was buried East-West, possibly following the daily path of the sun across the sky, the Stone Age couple were buried "the wrong way". "They were buried North-South, and we don't know why," said archaeologist Daniela Castagna, standing over the grave site. John Robb, lecturer at Cambridge University and an expert in Neolithic Italian remains, says the trouble with the Stone Age couple is the singularity of the find -- which makes it difficult to explain using known historic data. He said Neolithic burials are almost always single burials. "There are a couple of mass burials. There are couple of examples of heads being found under houses. And then, about one burial in every 20 or 30 sites is completely unique," he said. "And these are probably things that have strange ritual circumstances of one kind or another." But until scientists get a closer look at the bones, all anyone has are loose theories. The discovery generated Internet conspiracy theories with some taking a darker interpretation of the hugging skeletons. One reader on AOL, said it was absurd to assume "this couple is in eternal bliss". "Maybe it is eternal hatred that had them locked together in a death grip," wrote another reader. Other people have called for the couple to be left alone -- something that Italian archaeologists say would leave the remains vulnerable to looters, vandals and even bad weather. There is also a practical reason, the owner of the land hopes to soon build warehouses on it. "We say rest in peace -- unless you're dead long enough to be interesting," wrote another reader, Jim Noonan. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL12831255020070214?irpc=932
Learn five ways to make a horse drawing in pencil that is fun and easy. Draw quickly and copy simplified horse art from various cultures.
Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis **From the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon, a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the eternal human drive to get sloshed “An entertaining bar hop though the past 10,000 years.”—The New York Times Book Review** Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there’s drink there’s drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day’s work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. Making stops all over the world, A Short History of Drunkenness traces humankind’s love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to the twentieth century, answering every possible question along the way: What did people drink? How much? Who did the drinking? Of the many possible reasons, why? On the way, learn about the Neolithic Shamans, who drank to communicate with the spirit world (no pun intended), marvel at how Greeks got giddy and Sumerians got sauced, and find out how bars in the Wild West were never quite like in the movies. This is a history of the world at its inebriated best.
Researchers have found Stone Age people depended heavily on fish. Previously scientists thought that they depended more on land mammals.
The ownership and custodianship of Ötzi varies, for many reasons. Photo courtesy here. When Ötzi was found, the real political question between Italy and Austria was, "In which country was Ötzi found?" This simple, yet consequential question was successfully answered when authorities confirmed Ötzi was actually found on the Italian side, in an attempt to resolve the bitter dispute over the ownership of the Iceman's historically crucial preserved body. However, instead of rectifying all confusions, this answer led to more questionings over the custodianship of Ötzi. Questions such as "Was Ötzi a pre-Italian man travelling to what is now Austria, or was he a pre-Austrian man travelling to Italy?" arose, and eventually other scientific research and investigation confirmed Ötzi to be an Italian man who was born in an Italian village of Feldthurns (also known as Velturno) which is north of present day Bolzano. Though these questions had been disputed over then answered and resolved, other questions of the ethical issues involving the dead body of a human still remain. This video states the DNA based claims by scientists and how Ötzi is actually not related to people from the Alps, where he was originally found, outbreaking more arguments and revision of how we perceive history on human migration, Photo courtesy here. Ötzi is currently on display in a built facility entrusted to the supervision of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano. He has special atmospheric conditions available to him to stop the decaying or damaging of his body; with the controlled temperature, humidity and a nitrogen rich atmosphere, and he can be seen through a window by the museum visitors. Some may argue that it is wrong to display or investigate human remains, especially of ancient bodies. In the scientific world, such examinations are crucial for the advancement of science and the broadening of our knowledge on human civilisation and history, but it is usually the religious or ethical beliefs of some people which cause them to reject the displaying of human remains. These people reason that the remains of the ancient bodies were once alive and breathing like any other human on earth, and they deserve the same amount of respect after death and should be ritually buried. Nonetheless, various secular-minded people would insist that from the time period in which these bodies belong to, they did not practice Christianity, and were most likely pagan, so religious ethical issues should be ruled out because at the time of their death, religious morals (of the modern day) would not have applied. All the same, this justification leads to the allowed investigation and experiments of human remains. Moreover, most people tend to think that as long as the body of the dead isn't being mistreated or disrespected, it is alright to conduct scientific research. With these reasonings, many still argue over this sensitive topic, upholding their personal beliefs on the dead from the past.
