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=========================================================== explorator 27.06 December 8, 2024 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago https://phys.org/news/2024-11-muddy-footprints-species-early-humans.html Fossilized Footprints Reveal Two Extinct Hominin Species Did In Fact Live Side By Side https://www.inverse.com/science/fossilized-footprints-hominin-species-living-side-by-side A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot https://phys.org/news/2024-11-fossil-scientists-million-year-footprints.html Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/science/footprints-ancient-kenya.html Footprints in Kenya reveal the cohabitation of two hominin species https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2024/12/06/footprints-in-kenya-reveal-the-cohabitation-of-two-hominin-species_6735325_10.html Footprints Reveal Two Early Human Species Walked the Same Lakeshore in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/footprints-reveal-two-early-human-species-walked-the-same-lakeshore-in-kenya-15-million-years-ago-180985561/ News - Footprints in Kenya Suggest Ancient Human Relatives Shared Space - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/12/03/footprints-in-kenya-suggest-ancient-human-relatives-shared-space/ Rock found by a 6-year-old on a beach is actually a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal ax | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rock-found-by-a-6-year-old-on-a-beach-is-actually-a-50-000-year-old-neanderthal-ax A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal's Hand Ax | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-little-boy-found-a-strange-stone-on-the-beach-archaeologists-told-him-it-was-a-neanderthals-hand-ax-180985578/ Neanderthals were making hand stencil rock art more than 66,000 years ago, U-series dating suggests https://phys.org/news/2024-12-neanderthals-stencil-art-years-series.html Neanderthals created hand stencil rock art over 66,000 years ago, U-series dating reveals | Archaeology News Online Magazine https://archaeologymag.com/2024/12/neanderthals-created-hand-stencil-over-66000-years-ago/ The age of hand stencils in Maltravieso cave (Extremadura, Spain) established by U-Th dating, and its implications for the early development of art - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X24005194 New Species of Archaic Human Proposed: Homo juluensis | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/homo-juluensis-13487.html Homo juluensis: Possible new ancient human species uncovered by researchers https://phys.org/news/2024-11-homo-juluensis-ancient-human-species.html Meet Homo juluensis: a potential new human species https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/meet-homo-juluensis-a-potential-new-human-species/ New, big-headed archaic humans discovered: Who is Homo juluensis? | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/new-big-headed-archaic-humans-discovered-who-is-homo-juluensis 'Large Head People': Mysterious New Form of Ancient Human Emerges : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/large-head-people-mysterious-new-form-of-ancient-human-emerges Neanderthals and modern humans mus

=========================================================== explorator 27.05 December 1, 2024 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Francis Deblauwe,Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/fossil-footprints-kenya-show-two-ancient-human-species-coexisted-2024-11-28/ Ancient footprints give clues about bipedalism : NPR A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241128200732.htm https://www.npr.org/2024/11/29/nx-s1-5208950/ancient-footprints-give-clues-about-bipedalism Mysterious Human Footprints From 1.5 Million Years Ago Reveal a Surprise : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-human-footprints-from-1-5-million-years-ago-reveal-a-surprise These two ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03907-z Footprints in Kenya ‘show distant relatives of modern humans coexisted’ | Evolution | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/28/footprints-in-kenya-show-distant-relatives-of-modern-humans-coexisted Footprints offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths https://www.sciencenews.org/article/footprints-ancient-human-relatives Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/science/fossilized-footprints-ancient-human-species/index.html Two ancient human species walked the same path together 1.5 million years ago https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/28/two-ancient-human-species-walked-same-path-15-million-years/ At Least Two Hominin Species Coexisted in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/homo-erectus-paranthropus-boisei-footprints-kenya-13464.html 1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-5-million-year-old-footprints-reveal-our-homo-erectus-ancestors-lived-with-a-2nd-proto-human-species Homo juluensis: Possible new ancient human species uncovered by researchers https://phys.org/news/2024-11-homo-juluensis-ancient-human-species.html Archaeologists identify a technological milestone in human evolution https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/archaeologists-identify-a-technological-milestone-in-human-evolution/153972 The first advanced stone tools in Europe were manufactured in Tarragona 900,000 years ago https://www.lavanguardia.com/mediterranean/20241126/10143271/first-advanced-stone-tools-europe-manufactured-tarragona-barranc-boella-acheulean-technology-africa-migration-spain-archaeology-canonja-hominins-prehistory.html Archaeologists Find First European Advanced Stone Tools in Spain - GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/28/european-advanced-stone-tools-spain/ How and When Did Humans First Move Into the Pacific? – SAPIENS https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/migration-first-seafarers-asia-pacific/ First complex structure for tar extraction was made by Neanderthals https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/11/28/first-complex-structure-for-tar-extraction-was-made-by-neanderthals/ The archaeological discovery that reveals how Neanderthals made tar in Gibraltar 60.000 years ago - Divulga UAB - University research dissemination m

=========================================================== explorator 27.04 November 24, 2024 =========================================================== Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens buried their dead differently, study suggests | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-and-early-homo-sapiens-buried-their-dead-differently-study-suggests Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggests | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-human-ancestor-lucy-was-not-alone-she-lived-alongside-at-least-4-other-proto-human-species-emerging-research-suggests Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery https://phys.org/news/2024-11-human-ancestor-lucy-secrets-years.html Lucy's last day: What the iconic fossil reveals about our ancient ancestor's last hours | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lucys-last-day-what-the-iconic-fossil-reveals-about-our-ancient-ancestors-last-hours Neanderthal adhesive manufacturing site found in Gibraltar cave https://phys.org/news/2024-11-neanderthal-adhesive-site-gibraltar-cave.html 60,000-Year-Old Fire Pit Shows Neanderthal Innovation With Tar | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/75-000-year-old-fire-pit-shows-neanderthal-innovation-with-tar A Neanderthal's specialised burning structure compatible with tar obtention - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124005274 Fossil collection found in Neanderthal cave suggests abstract thinking https://phys.org/news/2024-11-fossil-neanderthal-cave-abstract.html News - Marine Fossil Collection Excavated in Neanderthal Cave in Spain - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/11/19/marine-fossil-collection-excavated-in-neanderthal-cave-in-spain/ Neanderthal remains found in Abreda Cave https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/neanderthal-remains-found-in-abreda-cave/153917 Fossils in Greece Suggest Human Ancestors Evolved in Europe, Not Africa - GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/20/greek-fossils-human-ancestors-europe-not-africa/ Exploring the cognitive underpinnings of early hominin stone tool use through an experimental EEG approach | Scientific Reports https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-77452-0 How humans evolved to be 'energetically unique' https://phys.org/news/2024-11-humans-evolved-energetically-unique.html Ancient Humans Were Apex Predators For 2 Million Years, Study Discovers : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-humans-were-apex-predators-for-2-million-years-study-discovers Fossil finds: Footprints on South Africa's coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors' lives https://phys.org/news/2024-11-fossil-footprints-south-africa-coast.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Remains of a Ptolemaic temple uncovered in Sohag - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities - Ahram Online https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/535767/Antiquities/Remains-of-a-Ptolemaic-temple-uncovered-in-Sohag.aspx Egyptian-German team uncovers complete Ptolemaic temple pylon in Sohag - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-830498 Is the Great Pyramid under threat? - Heritage - Al-Ahram Weekly - Ahram Online https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/535572/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Is-the-Great-Pyramid-under-threat-

=========================================================== explorator 27.03 November 17, 2024 =========================================================== The revival continues ... thanks to the many who have sent messages of support ... (too many to reply to individually in a timely way)! You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Our ancestor Lucy may have used tools more than 3 million years ago | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/our-ancestor-lucy-may-have-used-tools-more-than-3-million-years-ago Why do humans mature so slowly? An ancient youth offers clues | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-humans-mature-so-slowly-ancient-youth-offers-clues Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhoods https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-teeth-tooth-human-childhood Growing up slowed down for an early Homo individual https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03547-3 News - When Did Long Childhoods Begin? - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/11/15/when-did-long-childhoods-begin/ The secrets of fossil teeth revealed by the synchrotron: A long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241113123122.htm Fossil teeth suggest a long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain https://phys.org/news/2024-11-fossil-teeth-childhood-prelude-evolution.html New insights into the Denisovans—the hominin group that interbred with modern day humans https://phys.org/news/2024-11-insights-denisovans-hominin-group-interbred.html 150,000-year-old rock-shelter in Tajikistan found on 'key route for human expansion' used by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/150-000-year-old-rock-shelter-in-tajikistan-found-on-key-route-for-human-expansion-used-by-homo-sapiens-neanderthals-and-denisovans Archaeologists discover ancient ‘migration route’ likely followed by several human species | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/human-species-migration-route-asia-b2646207.html The Lion’s Den: Use of Ochre 48,000 Years Ago https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/11/11/the-lions-den-use-of-ochre-48000-years-ago/ News - Study Analyzes Paleolithic Ocher Use in Southern Africa - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/11/08/study-analyzes-paleolithic-ocher-use-in-southern-africa/ Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows https://news.artnet.com/art-world/prehistoric-cave-art-fishing-2567776 Oldest engravings of fishing discovered in Ice Age art https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/11/11/oldest-engravings-of-fishing-discovered-in-ice-age-art/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Strontium isotope analysis tracks prehistoric ostrich eggshell bead exchange in southern Africa https://phys.org/news/2024-11-strontium-isotope-analysis-tracks-prehistoric.html For 300 Years, a Jewish Kingdom Flourished in Africa. This Israeli Archaeologist Set Out to Find It - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-11-15/ty-article-magazine/a-jewish-kingdom-once-flourished-in-africa-this-israeli-archaeologist-set-out-to-find-it/00000193-311a-dd57-a9bb-7d5f12320000 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============

=========================================================== explorator 27.02 November 10, 2024 =========================================================== ... still adapting You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ CUT AND PASTE CORRIGENDA ============================================================ ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ New Archaeological Research Reveals Rare Evidence of Early Human Presence in Tajikistan - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-11-04/ty-article-magazine/israeli-tajik-archaeologists-prove-early-human-presence-in-central-asia/00000192-f6c9-d9d0-a996-f7edbbdc0000 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Lion Cavern in Eswatini is World’s Oldest Ochre Mine, Archaeologists Say | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/archaeology/lion-cavern-ochre-mine-eswatini-13403.html News - Study Analyzes Paleolithic Ocher Use in Southern Africa - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/11/08/study-analyzes-paleolithic-ocher-use-in-southern-africa/ Earliest evidence of Ephedra use found in 15,000-year-old Moroccan burial https://phys.org/news/2024-11-earliest-evidence-ephedra-year-moroccan.html Researchers found evidence of the use of medicinal herbs in the Grotte des Pigeons Cave in Morocco dating back 15,000 years - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/researchers-found-evidence-of-the-use-of-medicinal-herbs-in-the-grotte-des-pigeons-cave-in-morocco-dating-back-15000-years/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ 4,000-year-old town discovered hidden in Arabian oasis https://phys.org/news/2024-10-year-town-hidden-arabian-oasis.html Archaeology breakthrough! 4,000-year-old fort city found hidden in Saudi Arabian oasis | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/saudi-arabia-oasis-fort-city-b2641611.html Archaeologists unearth forgotten city in Arabian desert built by 4,000-year-old advanced 'utopian' society | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14059553/Long-lost-city-desert-oasis-reveals-ancient-humans-urbanized-Saudi-Arabia.html Bronze Age Town of Al-Natah Represents ‘Slow Urbanism,’ Archaeologists Say | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/archaeology/bronze-age-town-al-natah-13389.html Archaeological town from bronze age discovered at Khaybar... https://www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/2024/11/03/archaeological-town-from-bronze-age-discovered-at-khaybar-oasis-in-saudi-arabia Designs on ancient stone cylinders correspond to origin of writing in Mesopotamia, researchers discover https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ancient-stone-cylinders-correspond-mesopotamia.html Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454631-ancient-mesopotamian-clay-seals-offer-clues-to-the-origin-of-writing/ New insights into the origins of writing https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/new-insights-into-the-origins-of-writing/153838 Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/origins-of-worlds-earliest-writing-point-to-symbols-on-seals-used-in-mesopotamian-trade News - Study Investigates the Origins of Writing - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/11/06/study-investigates-the-

=========================================================== explorator 27.01 November 3, 2024 =========================================================== This is my first attempt to revive my newsletter after my stroke a year ago. I have diffficulties using a keyboard, so there are some format changes (and more might come). Most notable is headline+link ... apologies if some seem clickbaity. You can still read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ [I'll be updating this section] Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). There's some minimal catch up in some sections... ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Ancient graves reveal distinct burial practices of Neanderthals and early humans in the Levant https://phys.org/news/2024-10-ancient-graves-reveal-distinct-burial.html News - Who Made and Used the First Tools? - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/10/22/who-made-and-used-the-first-tools/ Early human species benefited from food diversity in steep mountainous terrain | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241009144755.htm Fossils and fires: Insights into early modern human activity in the jungles of Southeast Asia https://phys.org/news/2024-10-fossils-insights-early-modern-human.html Fossils and fires: Insights into early modern human activity in the jungles of Southeast Asia | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241010002142.htm Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2432435-early-humans-took-northern-route-to-australia-cave-find-suggests/ Archaeologists Discover Clues to Ancient Migration Route That Brought Humans to Australia | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-clues-to-ancient-migration-route-that-brought-humans-to-australia-180984475/ Excavation reveals ‘major’ ancient migration to Timor Island https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/05/24/excavation-reveals-major-ancient-migration-to-timor-island/ Ancient humans were so good at surviving the last ice age, they didn't have to migrate like other species https://phys.org/news/2024-10-ancient-humans-good-surviving-ice.html Archaeologists discover 450,000-year-old artifacts in Türkiye's Southeast - Türkiye Today https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archae-discover-450000-yo-67058/ Archaeologists find 30,000-year-old artifacts in Kazakhstan - AKIpress News Agency https://akipress.com/news:801534:Archaeologists_find_30,000-year-old_artifacts_in_Kazakhstan/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Geochemical fingerprints trace ochre origins to world's oldest mine https://phys.org/news/2024-10-geochemical-fingerprints-ochre-world-oldest.html “Rewriting the History of Paleontology” – Ancient San Rock Painting Depicts 250-Million-Year-Old Animal Long Before Scientists Knew It Existed https://scitechdaily.com/rewriting-the-history-of-paleontology-ancient-san-rock-painting-depicts-250-million-year-old-animal-long-before-scientists-knew-it-existed/ ‘People did not go quietly’: divers explore wreck of 18th-century slave ship where mutiny took place | Global development | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/16/divers-explore-18th-century-slave-ship-off-mozambique In search of evidence of ancient human existence, researchers traverse the inhospitable Namib desert https://phys.org/news/2024-10-evidence-ancient-human-traverse-inhospitable.html Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fill

Hi Im pretty much recovered from my ailments now but i need one more week to put together a viable workspace. Explorator will resume in th new year. Thank you for your patience. Dm

Delays and apologies accrue as im still in stroke recovery mode... Dm

Apologies agafolks ...i jad a stroke and am ib hospital sans laptop .well catch up soon

=========================================================== explorator 26.28 October 29, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Neanderthal stone tools from Poland's Moravian Gate area: https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C98539%2Cneanderthal-stone-tools-discovered-raciborz.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11862-231026-poland-neanderthal-tools Evidence of shoes (flip flops?) being used in the Mesolithic: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-earliest-evidence-flip-flops-middle.html Study suggests early hominids might have had a cannibalistic side 1.45 million years bp: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ancient-human-cannibalism/ Study suggests Neanderthals knew how to start a fire and regularly used it: https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-10-22/ty-article/neanderthals-in-spain-started-the-fire-researchers-deduce/0000018b-57c2-d2b2-addf-77fa1d650000 Study suggests part of the Neanderthal genome came from an extinct lineage of modern humans: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/neanderthals-carried-genes-acquired-ancient-interactions-cousins-modern-humans https://phys.org/news/2023-10-neanderthals-inherited-genome-now-extinct-lineage.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11848-231019-neanderthals-extinct-humans ... another paper in a similar vein it seems: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-encounter-neanderthals-homo-sapiens-told.html Mone on Neanderthal/sapiens interbreeding: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/humans-and-neanderthals-mated-250000-years-ago-much-earlier-than-thought Suggestion that Neanderthals were a 'different human form' rather than a separate species: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/neanderthals-different-human-form-not-species-b2434280.html Study of when the first modern humans reached Europe (60 000 years bp?): https://phys.org/news/2023-10-modern-humans-europe.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/who-were-the-first-modern-humans-to-settle-in-europe/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/first-modern-humans-in-europe-are-associated-with-the-gravettian-culture/148967 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ More on the chi-rho tattoo found on a medieval body excavated in Sudan: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/christ-tattoo-discovered-on-1300-year-old-body-in-sudan https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/23/a-rare-medieval-christogram-tattoo-from-ghazali-sudan-reveals-greek-letters/ https://arkeonews.net/a-rare-medieval-christogram-tattoo-from-ghazali-sudan/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/rare-christogram-tattoo-found-in-nubian-burial/148957 https://archaeonewsnet.com/a-rare-medieval-tattoo-from-ghazali-sudan/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/24/a-rare-medieval-tattoo-from-ghazali-sudan/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11854-231023-sudan-medieval-tattoo A study of South African pots (137 CE - 1643 CE) sheds light on herders' diets: https://theconversation.com/ancient-pots-hold-clues-about-how-diverse-diets-helped-herders-thrive-in-southern-africa-211462 https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-pots-clues-diverse-diets.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Brief item on the find of a pair of tombs from the Valley of the Kings (date?): https://see.news/hawass-2-new-tombs-discovered-in-luxor A genetic study of mummified

=========================================================== explorator 26.27 October 22, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Study of the 'integration' of Neanderthal DNA into the sapiens genome: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/neanderthals-carried-genes-acquired-ancient-interactions-cousins-modern-humans https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-might-not-be-the-separate-species-we-always-thought https://archaeonewsnet.com/the-encounter-between-neanderthals-and-sapiens-as-told-by-their-genomes/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231018161850.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/11848-231019-neanderthals-extinct-humans More on Neanderthals hunting cae lions: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-neanderthals-dangerous-cave-lions.html https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23858705.university-reading-research-cavemen-hunted-cave-lions/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1222741/from-hunted-to-hunter-neanderthals-preyed-on-cave-lions-study-finds/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/this-may-be-the-earliest-evidence-that-neanderthals-hunted-cave-lions/ https://archaeonewsnet.com/neanderthals-hunted-dangerous-cave-lions-study-shows/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/16/neanderthals-hunted-dangerous-cave-lions-and-used-their-pelts/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neanderthals-may-have-hunted-cave-lions-180983079/ More on a child homo erectus jawbone from a high altitude site in Ethiopia with tool-making finds as well: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-reexamination-ancient-jawbone-ethiopia-homo.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11836-231016-ethiopia-infant-jawbone cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9115 Another (podcast) about Neanderthal intelligence: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/oct/20/justice-for-neanderthals-what-the-debate-about-our-long-dead-cousins-reveals-about-us-podcast ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Iron Age pottery from a site in Weenen: https://www.citizen.co.za/witness/news/kzn/ancient-pottery-artefacts-found-in-weenen-reveal-secrets-of-the-iron-age/ Study of water supply and the Garamantian Empire: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-society-sahara-rose-fell.html A Chi-Rho tattoo on a 1300 years bp body excavated near a medieval monastery in Sudan: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/christ-tattoo-discovered-on-1300-year-old-body-in-sudan ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Overview of finds from the 3000 years bp burial ground being excavated at Tuna el-Gebel: https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/510284.aspx https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/510448/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/New-discovery-in-Minya.aspx https://www.egyptindependent.com/ancient-cemetery-containing-unique-coffins-papyri-discovered-south-of-minya/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12635763/Ancient-tombs-containing-colourful-mummified-bodies-high-priests-officials-3-400-years-ago-unearthed-Egypt.html https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-cemetery-found-high-priest-daughter-colorful-coffin-1835108 http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2023-10/16/conte

=========================================================== explorator 26.26 October 15, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Dorothy Lobel, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). A few catchup items in this one too ... ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Study suggests Neanderthals were actively hunting cave lions: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-neanderthals-dangerous-cave-lions.html https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/oldest-evidence-of-neanderthals-hunting-cave-lions-dates-to-48000-years-ago-punctured-bones-reveal https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/science/archaeology-neanderthals-lions-hunting.html https://www.science.org/content/article/neanderthals-hunted-and-revered-cave-lions http://www.archaeology.org/news/11833-231013-neanderthal-cave-lion cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42764-0 Another study suggests homo erectus lived at high altitudes in Ethiopia 2 million years bp and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-reexamination-ancient-jawbone-ethiopia-homo.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1004056 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397291-early-humans-lived-in-ethiopian-highlands-2-million-years-ago/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/ cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9115 Another one on the intelligence of Neanderthals, as evidence by their cooking skills: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-neanderthal-cuisine-excavations-reveal-neanderthals.html cf: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/ ... similar: https://theconversation.com/a-tooth-that-rewrites-history-the-discovery-challenging-what-we-knew-about-neanderthals-podcast-215313 More on the 476 000 years bp wooden structure found in Zambia: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-discovery-half-million-year-old-wooden-wrong-underestimate.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/africa/oldest-wooden-structure-zambia-scn/index.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zambia-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-2367672 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ England's first outpost in Africa (1631) may have been found in Ghana: https://news.syr.edu/blog/2023/10/11/the-first-scramble-for-africa-maxwell-professor-unearths-englands-first-outpost/ A study of Garamantian water use: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-society-sahara-rose-fell.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ 5000 years bp intact wine jars from the tomb of Meret-Neith in Abydos: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-archaeologists-year-old-wine-tomb-meret-neith.html https://www.sci.news/archaeology/meret-neith-wine-12342.html https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-discover-remains-of-5000-year-old-wine-in-ancient-egyptian-tomb https://www.archaeology.org/news/11826-231011-egypt-queen-merneith-wine More on the additional rooms located in Sahura's pyramid: https://hyperallergic.com/849445/archaeologists-find-hidden-chambers-in-pyramid-of-egyptian-pharaoh/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/archaeologists-discovered-hidden-storerooms-in-sahuras-pyramid/ More on Old/Middle Kingdom mummified persons, statues, and more from a well in Saqqara: https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/127

=========================================================== explorator 26.25 October 8, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Ian Tompkins, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ... still have a bit of catching up to do (mostly North and South America) ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Another route for 'out of Africa', across the Sinai though Jordan, some 80 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-early-human-migrants-lush-corridor-route.html https://phys.org/news/2023-10-path-early-human-migrations-once-lush.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231004150515.htm cf.: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adi6838 On the use of shells for personal ornamentation at Blombos cave 70 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-early-creation-modern-human-identities.html Pondering a 1.45 million years bp tibia that possibly shows signs of cannibalism: https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/10/this-may-be-the-earliest-evidence-of-hominin-cannibalism/ Feature on homo soloensis (actually homo erectus): https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-was-homo-soloensis-the-solo-man More on that 476 000 years bp wooden structure (apparently) in Zambia: https://theconversation.com/discovery-of-half-a-million-year-old-wooden-structure-shows-were-wrong-to-underestimate-our-ancient-relatives-214732 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1465/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1465/pub/1465/page/41/article/NaN ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Petroglyphs of animal footprints at the Doro Nawas mountains of Namibia are detailed enough to determine what animals they represent: https://www.sciencealert.com/prehistoric-carvings-are-so-accurate-animals-sex-age-and-species-can-be-determined ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ 5000 years bp sealed ceramic wine jars from the tomb of Merit-Neith in Abydos: https://www.egyptindependent.com/archaeologists-uncover-5000-year-old-wine-in-sohag/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/03/5000-year-old-wine-egypt/ https://www.newsweek.com/sealed-5000-year-old-wine-jars-ancient-egypt-unearthed-1831382 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/archaeological-mission-finds-hundreds-of-sealed-jars-in-tomb-of-merit-neith/148768 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/02/excavation-in-egyptian-1st-dynasty-queens-tomb-yields-sealed-wine-jars/ Brief mention of a 'burial well' full of mummies at Saqqara (date?): https://egyptindependent.com/photos-huge-trove-of-mummies-discovered-in-saqqara/ Restoration works at the Esna Temple have revealed new heavenly decorations: https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/509590.aspx https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/restoration-works-of-esna-temple-reveals-new-celestial-imagery/148779 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/06/esna-temples-true-colors-revealed-during-restoration-project/ Overview of the recents finds underwater at Thonis-Heracleion: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sunken-temple-of-treasures-discovered-off-coast-of-egypt-2369782 https://archaeonewsnet.com/temple-of-aphrodite-revealed-in-thonis-heraklion/ More on new rooms being found in the pyramid of Sahura: https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-761577 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptologists-chambers-pyramid-2369026 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68428 Trying to figure out what was going on at the

=========================================================== explorator 26.22-24 October 1, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). A partial catch up; lots to wade through ... we should be fully caught up by next week ... ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Early humans deliberately made stone 'spheres' some 1.4 million years bp: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/early-human-relatives-purposefully-crafted-stones-into-spheres-14-million-years-ago-study-claims https://phys.org/news/2023-09-early-humans-deliberately-mysterious-stone.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-or-what-made-these-mysterious-stone-balls-found-at-ancient-sites https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/mysterious-million-year-old-stone-spheres/ A 476 000 wooden 'structure' apparently build by hominins in Zambia/Tanzania: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/archaeologists-in-zambia-discover-oldest-wooden-structure-in-the-world-dating-to-476000-years-ago https://phys.org/news/2023-09-archaeologists-world-oldest-wooden.html https://phys.org/news/2023-09-simple-oldest-early-humans-wood.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230920111301.htm https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/09/20/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/science/ancient-human-woodworking.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/20/oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-on-border-of-zambia-and-tanzania https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66846772 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/20/stone-age-renamed-wooden-structures-zambia-archaeologists/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/oldest-human-structure-extinct-species-kalambo-river-b2415625.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230920-world-s-oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-in-zambia https://apnews.com/article/early-humans-oldest-structure-zambia-wood-de6350a2c9704477a2df4e0a5ba8d311 https://www.reuters.com/science/zambia-find-shows-humans-have-built-with-wood-476000-years-2023-09-20/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/africa/oldest-wooden-structure-zambia-scn/index.html https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/09/22/1200975292/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-defies-stone-age-stereotypes https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201684470/500-000-year-old-structure-has-researchers-rethinking-early-human-intelligence https://www.npr.org/2023/09/21/1200898111/this-500-000-year-old-wood-structure-has-researchers-how-advanced-early-humans-w https://www.newsweek.com/earliest-structural-use-wood-500000-years-ago-discovered-1828532 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/simple-log-structure-oldest-early-humans-building-wood-103343219 https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/a-66878895 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-20/ty-article/half-million-year-old-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/0000018a-b1a5-d6d1-addb-f5afa0a90000 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-half-a-million-year-old-wooden-structure-and-its-not-built-by-homo-sapiens/ https://www.sci.news/archaeology/wooden-structure-kalambo-falls-zambia-12283.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earliest-evidence-of-wooden-construction-uncovered/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68306 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-find-476000-year-old-wooden-structure/148632 https://archaeonewsnet.com/archaeologists-discover-worlds-olde

Greetings, Alas, my awaited laptop won't arrive until tuesday... the next issue is looking to be very large. Once again, apologies... dm

Hi, I'm dealing with massive tech issues with my laptop and it is clear a new one is necessary... as such, i have to postpone this week's edition. Look for a double issue next week. Apologies. dm

=========================================================== explorator 26.20-21 September 10, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Virginia A. Wulfkuhle, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, John Keller, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ... a few more items to catch up with next week! ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A study of Ubeidiya spheroids (1.4 million years bp): https://phys.org/news/2023-09-limestone-spheroids-ubeidiya-intentional-imposition.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000441 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/06/early-human-ancestors-turned-stones-into-spheres-on-purpose-study-suggests https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-experts-cast-light-on-mysterious-orbs-carved-by-humans-1-4-million-years-ago/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757748 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230906-early-humans-deliberately-made-mysterious-stone-spheroids https://arkeonews.net/early-humans-appreciated-geometry-and-symmetry-and-were-intentionally-crafting-spherical-shapes-1-4-million-years-ago-according-to-a-new-study/ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-stones-may-represent-an-ancient-quest-for-the-perfect-sphere https://www.science.org/content/article/were-these-stone-balls-made-ancient-human-relatives-trying-perfect-sphere https://www.newscientist.com/article/2390655-mysterious-ancient-stones-were-deliberately-made-into-spheres/ Suggestion (controversial) that humans almost went extinct some 930 000 years bp (based on DNA models): https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999723 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/august/human-ancestors-may-have-almost-died-out-ancient-population-crash.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/31/population-collapse-almost-wiped-out-human-ancestors-say-scientists https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-ancestors-extinction-doom-almost-b2403157.html https://www.popsci.com/science/human-population-pleistocene/ https://www.ft.com/content/af73c088-7ba9-4def-b2ef-bda93ae8e360 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/science/human-survival-bottleneck.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/human-ancestors-homo-sapiens-extinct-scientists-find-mgs9fp2pl https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-ancestors-nearly-went-extinct-900-000-years-ago/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2390124-our-ancestors-may-have-come-close-to-extinction-900000-years-ago/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02712-4 A study of early humans eating elephants in Israel some 400 000 years bp: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-humans-in-israel-once-ate-elephants-when-they-disappeared-weapons-improved/ A study of the evolution of hunting weapons: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-small-prey-compelled-prehistoric-humans.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/08/extinction-of-large-prey-drove-evolutionary-changes-in-prehistoric-humans/ Rethinking that Neanderthal 'flower burial': https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/famous-neanderthal-flower-burial-debunked-because-pollen-was-left-by-burrowing-bees https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/28/study-casts-doubt-on-neanderthal-flower-burial-theory https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/world/neanderthal-burial-flower-pollen-scn/index.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2023/08/29/neanderthal-burial-with-flowers-likely-the-result-of-animal-activity-new-study-finds/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/06/neanderthals-did-not-bury-dead-with-flowers/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11723-230905-flower-burial-pollen How ancient bee burrows expanded our knowl

=========================================================== explorator 26.19 August 27, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Simon Stoddart , Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Alexis D'Hautcourt, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). nb: there will be no Explorator next week due to travel to uncertain internet-availability locales; big double issue for the week that follows! ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Working though 86 000 years of human occupation of Inakaya Cave in Canakkale: https://arkeonews.net/inkaya-cave-excavations-in-turkiyes-western-uncovers-86000-year-old-traces-of-human-life/ Evidence Neanderthals were on Naxos some 200 000 years bp (not sure this is news): https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/neanderthals-early-humans-reached-greek-island-of-naxos-200000-years-ago/ Feature on Neanderthals: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-our-extinct-human-relatives Feature on Pamela Akuku's work with early humans and animals: https://www.snexplores.org/article/pamela-akuku-archeologist-profile ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Feature on a 200 years bp Quran in Cape Town: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66221758 More on the 16th century plantation precursor on Sao Tome island: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12430259/First-slavery-plantation-discovered-Africa-Ruins-nearly-500-year-old-sugar-estate-located-tiny-island-west.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Zahi Hawass was (apparently) dropping hints about mummified remains of Nefertiti: https://see.news/hawass-hints-at-imminent-unveiling-of-queen-nefertitis-mummy-at-bowers-museum Feature on Egyptian 'within family' marriages: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-the-ancient-egyptians-really-marry-their-siblings-and-children Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age burials from Isgam Dasht (Iran): https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488135/Ancient-tombs-discovered-in-northern-Iran Hyping an upcoming dig at the 9000 years bp site of Tepe Ozbaki: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488228/Eighth-excavation-season-to-throw-new-light-on-9-000-year-old Interesting study of DNA extracted from a 2900 years bp clay brick from Nimrud: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ancient-dna-year-old-clay-brick.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230822111659.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66595058 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-24/ty-article/do-bricks-have-dna-this-one-from-ancient-mesopotamia-did/0000018a-280e-da97-a7cb-6ebe312e0000 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/clay-brick-is-a-time-capsule-of-plants-from-over-2900-years-ago/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68106 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/researchers-extract-ancient-dna-from-a-2900-year-old-clay-brick/148366 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11699-230823-iraq-brick-dna cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38191-w Feature on recent finds and current work on the Mashki Gate in Mosul: https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2023/08/21/mosul-archaeology-project-uncovers-spectacular-assyrian-relics/ http://www.aina.org/news/20230820222019.htm Feature on efforts to save Mosul's last synagogue: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/08/22/the-race-to-save-mosuls-last-synagogue/ An 8200 years bp water channel from the Yesilova Hoyuk excavations: https://www

=========================================================== explorator 26.18 August 20, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ More on homo erectus 'leaving' Europe because of the cold some 1.1 million years bp: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-1st-humans-were-likely-wiped-out-by-a-sudden-freeze-11-million-years-ago https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66331558 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11679-230814-europe-ocean-sediments More on ice age cycles and early human interbreeding: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/a-climate-orchestrated-early-human-love-story.html More on the Neanderthal petroglyphs at La Roche-Cotard: https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-were-discovered-in-a-french-cave/ More on the unusual 300 000 years bp skull from China: https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-754588 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ A study of the 16th century sugar plantation estate (slave-based labour) on Sao Tome island: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-plantation-revealed.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/plantation-slavery-was-invented-on-this-tiny-african-island-according-to-archaeologists https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-the-material-culture-of-slavery-on-sao-tome-island/148248 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11690-230818-slavery-sugar-plantation ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Restoration work is underway at the Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque in Cairo: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/506661/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Restoration-of-the-Sariyat-AlGabal-Mosque.aspx Feature on animals in ancient Egypt: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/506664/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Animals-in-ancient-Egypt.aspx More on the Greek shipwreck find near El Alamein: https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/08/15/how-engineer-and-his-sons-found-ancient-greek-ship-on-egypts-north-coast/ Excavations are underway at Ahvaz (Iran) where urn-like tombs were discovered last year during an oil drilling project: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487915/Archaeologists-start-new-dig-at-site-previously-yielded-urn-like Feature on a talk by Erkan Konyar on Urartian settlements in northwestern Iran: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488049/Turkish-archaeologist-highlights-Urartian-settlements-in-northwest Feature on scribal education in ancient Mesopotamia: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/education/schoolboy-where-are-you-going A 3800 years bp cuneiform tablet from Turkiye's Accana tumulus: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/3-800-year-old-cuneiform-clay-tablet-unearthed-in-ancient-tumulus-in-southern-turkiye/2965848 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11682-230815-turkey-cuneiform-tablet A 13th century BCE palatial structure from the Tepecik mound in Aydin: https://arkeonews.net/in-the-excavations-at-tepecik-mound-in-aydin-turkiye-a-palace-like-structure-dating-back-to-the-13th-century-bce-was-discovered/ A 2300 years bp lead weight from a nymphaeum excavation in Assos: https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/largest-roman-griffin-weight-unearthed-in-turkiyes-assos/news A 2300 years bp statue of Hecate (and other items) from Kelenderis in Mersin: https://arke

=========================================================== explorator 26.17 August 13, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Caroline Tully, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ... a slow week ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Study suggests homo erectus was in Europe for a while, then around 1.1 million years bp 'left' because of the cold for a few hundred thousand years:when they were replaced: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-massive-north-atlantic-cooling-event.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810141044.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997982 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66331558 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/august/ancient-ice-age-could-have-caused-first-europeans-go-extinct.html https://www.reuters.com/science/frigid-apocalypse-doomed-early-humans-europe-2023-08-10/ https://scitechdaily.com/europes-ancient-freeze-new-study-reveals-ancient-cooling-wiped-out-early-humans/ Climate is also being studied as a factor in 'early human inbreeding': https://phys.org/news/2023-08-climate-drivers-early-human-interbreeding.html A bone from the Grotte du Renne cave in France is leading to speculation about an unknown lineage of homo sapiens: https://arkeonews.net/anthropologists-discovered-a-bone-in-the-grotte-du-renne-cave-in-france-that-could-indicate-the-presence-of-a-previously-unknown-lineage-of-homo-sapiens/ All the speculation attached to homo naledi over the past while: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-evolution-timeline-archaeology-homo-sapiens-b2391333.html A 40 000 years bp bracelet from the Denisova Cave: https://medium.com/@ParanormalActivityBlog/archaeologists-have-discovered-a-40-000-year-old-bracelet-in-siberia-62f833b78811 More on the 'unusual' 300 000 years bp jaw found in China: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-human-lineage.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/strange-300000-year-old-jawbone-unearthed-in-china-may-come-from-vanished-human-lineage https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/300-000-year-old-skull-found-in-china-unlike-any-early-human-seen-before-1.6502239 https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/asia/ancient-skull-china-human-evolution-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/ryjn4f0j3 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/an-ancient-skull-could-prompt-the-founding-of-a-new-human-species https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-skull-found-in-china-is-unlike-any-human-seen-before http://www.archaeology.org/news/11631-230808-china-hominin-skull cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248423000908 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Feature on the petroglyphs in Tassili N’Ajjer National Park (Algeria): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/algeria-rock-art-prehistoric-sahara-petroglyphs ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ More on the 2300 years bp shipwreck off El Alamein: https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-2300-old-sunken-ship-in-alamein/ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/126127/Ministry-of-Tourism-Antiquities-Announces-The-Discovery-Of-An-Archaeological https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article278091472.html https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/08/07/egypts-coastal-waters-reveals-ancient-shipwreck-and-relics/ https://www.newsweek.com/2000-