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=========================================================== explorator 27.28 April 27, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, cut marks on animal bones suggest | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-ancestor-was-in-eurasia-nearly-2-million-years-ago-cut-marks-on-animal-bones-suggest Rewriting History: Researchers Rethink the Origin of Stone Tools https://scitechdaily.com/rewriting-history-researchers-rethink-the-origin-of-stone-tools/ Sunscreen, Clothing and Caves May Have Given Modern Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals When Earth's Magnetic Field Wandered https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sunscreen-clothing-and-caves-may-have-given-modern-humans-an-edge-over-neanderthals-when-earths-magnetic-field-wandered-180986462/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Sudan: How war ravaged museums and priceless artefacts https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4lxxj055o Humans lived in African rainforests 150,000 years ago, far earlier than believed: New research https://phys.org/news/2025-04-humans-african-rainforests-years-earlier.html [AI?]Stone tools found in S. Africa show Ice Age tech skill - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-850879 News - Tools Uncovered in South African Caves May Indicate Ice Age Social Networks - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/04/24/tools-uncovered-in-south-african-caves-may-indicate-ice-age-social-networks/ Women from the Bronze Age already carried heavy loads on their heads, skeletal analysis finds https://phys.org/news/2025-04-women-bronze-age-heavy-skeletal.html Legendary kingdom comes alive in songs of griots and archaeological dig : Goats and Soda : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/04/27/g-s1-61299/griots-legendary-africa-archaeology How activity in Earth's mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa https://phys.org/news/2025-04-earth-mantle-ancient-ancestors-elephants.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Antiquities ministry: Ramses III inscription discovery in Jordan testament to Egyptian civilization's major regional effect-SIS https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/208260/Antiquities-ministry-Ramses-III-inscription-discovery-in-Jordan-testament-to-Egyptian-civilization%27s-major-regional-effect?lang=en-us 'Royal Egyptian inscription' of Ramesses III's name is first of its kind discovered in Jordan | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/royal-egyptian-inscription-of-ramesses-iiis-name-is-first-of-its-kind-discovered-in-jordan Ancient Egyptian inscription uncovered in Jordan - Egypt Independent https://egyptindependent.com/ancient-egyptian-inscription-uncovered-in-jordan/ [AI?]Inscription of Pharaoh Ramses III discovered in southern Jordan - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-850782 Pharaonic Hieroglyphic Inscription of Ramses III Found in Southern Jordan - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/pharaonic-hieroglyphic-inscription-of-ramses-iii-found-in-southern-jordan/ Pharaonic Hieroglyphic Insc

=========================================================== explorator 27.27 April 20, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago https://phys.org/news/2025-04-tiny-animal-bone-fossils-reveal.html Ancient horse hunts challenge ideas of ‘modern’ human behavior https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-horse-hunters-behavior-modern Are Neanderthals to Blame for Lactose Intolerance in Asia? - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-04-17/ty-article-magazine/are-neanderthals-to-blame-for-lactose-intolerance-in-asia/00000196-432d-ddef-a5df-dfff66da0000 A Fossil Hunter's Chance Jawbone Find May Rewrite Human Migration https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64466448/denisovan-jawbone/ News - Denisovan Jawbone Found Off the Coast of Taiwan - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/04/16/denisovan-jawbone-found-off-the-coast-of-taiwan/ News - Earliest Evidence of Ivory Tool Production Dates Back 400,000 Years - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/04/14/earliest-evidence-of-ivory-tool-production-dates-back-400000-years/ Earth's magnetic pole shift: Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo sapiens survive 41,000 years ago https://phys.org/news/2025-04-earth-magnetic-pole-shift-sunscreen.html Thorin the Neanderthal Was One of the Last of These Ancient Humans | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/thorin-the-neanderthal-was-one-of-the-last-of-these-ancient-humans ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Ancient humans ritually feasted on great bustards as they buried their dead https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ancient-humans-ritually-feasted-great.html News - Prehistoric Moroccans Feasted on Giant Bird - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/04/18/prehistoric-moroccans-feasted-on-giant-bird/ For one griot, the unearthing of this ancient West African capital offers vindication : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5336398/for-one-griot-the-unearthing-of-this-ancient-west-african-capital-offers-vindication 12th-century bronze coins reveal role of Northern Mozambique in Swahili trade history https://phys.org/news/2025-04-12th-century-bronze-coins-reveal.html An Elite Nubian Woman's Burial, Dating Back 4,000 Years, Reveals the Oldest Evidence of Tumpline Use - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/an-elite-nubian-womans-burial-dating-back-4000-years-reveals-the-oldest-evidence-of-tumpline-use/ South Africa's 'cradle of humankind' caves reopen to public – DW – 04/20/2025 https://www.dw.com/en/south-africas-cradle-of-humankind-caves-reopen-to-public/g-72272666 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Tomb of prince Waser-If-Re unearthed in Saqqara - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities - Ahram Online https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/544833/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Tomb-of-prince-WaserIfRe-unearthed-in-Saqqara.aspx Ancient Tomb of Fifth Dynasty Prince Unearthed in Saqqara | Egyptian Streets https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/04/19/ancient-tomb-of-fifth-dynasty-prince-unearthed-in-saqqara/

=========================================================== explorator 27.26 April 13, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Bone Tool Factory Found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge From 1.5 Million Years Ago - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-04-06/ty-article/bone-tool-factory-found-in-tanzanias-olduvai-gorge-from-1-5-million-years-ago/00000196-0b2c-df1e-a1be-6b6da3f50000 780,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals That Early Humans Thrived on a Plant-Based Diet https://scitechdaily.com/780000-year-old-discovery-reveals-that-early-humans-thrived-on-a-plant-based-diet/ Earliest evidence of ivory tool production discovered in Ukraine, dating back 400,000 years https://phys.org/news/2025-04-earliest-evidence-ivory-tool-production.html Denisovan jawbone found in Taiwan confirms the group was widely distributed throughout Asia, researchers suggest | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/extremely-rare-denisovan-jawbone-confirms-human-cousins-spread-across-asia Denisovans Extend Their Range to Asia’s Pacific Coast - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/science/archaeology-denisovan-taiwan.html Fishermen Accidentally Dredge Denisovan Jawbone From Taiwanese Seabed - Science - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/2025-04-11/ty-article-magazine/fishermen-accidentally-dredge-denisovan-jawbone-from-taiwanese-seabed/00000196-1f04-d710-a1bf-bf7fb7210000 Ancient jawbone belongs to mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say | AP News https://apnews.com/article/denisovan-human-ancestor-taiwan-bea8556942c2d73370e2c2a6406e66f5 Jawbone Pulled From Ocean Floor Unveils a Long-Lost Human Species in Taiwan https://indiandefencereview.com/jawbone-lost-human-species-in-taiwan/ Rare Denisovan Jawbone Confirms Human Relatives Spread Across Asia - GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2025/04/11/denisovan-jawbone-confirm-spread-across-asia/ A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan | Science https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads3888 Jawbone Found Off the Coast of Taiwan Connects Denisovans to Southeast Asia | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/jawbone-found-off-the-coast-of-thailand-connects-denisovans-to-southeast ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ancient-tools-south-african-cave.html Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250409212539.htm 4,000-year-old burial of elite woman with ostrich fan reveals world's oldest known evidence of head straps | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4-000-year-old-burial-of-elite-woman-with-ostrich-fan-reveals-worlds-oldest-known-evidence-of-head-straps News - Oldest Evidence of Tumpline Head Strap Use Identified in Sudan - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/04/08/oldest-evidence-of-tumpline-head-strap-use-identified-in-sudan/ Moroccan Archeologists Unearth Lost Chapter in Moroccan History https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/04/189963/moroccan-archeologists-unearth-lost-chapter-in-moroccan-history/ ==

=========================================================== explorator 27.24 April 6, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Smallest human relative ever found may have been devoured by a leopard 2 million years ago | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/smallest-human-relative-ever-found-may-have-been-devoured-by-a-leopard-2-million-years-ago News - Smallest Human Relative May Have Been Eaten By Leopard - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/04/01/smallest-human-relative-may-have-been-eaten-by-leopard/ Stone tool discovery shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic https://phys.org/news/2025-04-stone-tool-discovery-people-east.html Discovery of Quina technology challenges view | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078915 Discovery of Quina technology challenges view of ancient human development in East Asia | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250331192135.htm Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East https://theconversation.com/stone-tool-discovery-in-china-shows-people-in-east-asia-were-innovating-during-the-middle-paleolithic-like-in-europe-and-middle-east-252868 Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic - The Leakey Foundation https://leakeyfoundation.org/stone-tool-discovery-in-china/ Unknown human species in East Asia used sophisticated tools at the same time Neanderthals did in Europe | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/unknown-human-species-in-east-asia-used-sophisticated-tools-at-the-same-time-neanderthals-did-in-europe Stone tools discovery suggests Neanderthals migrated as far east as China, according to new study | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/science/stone-tools-discovery-neanderthals-china/index.html Stone tools discovery suggests Neanderthals migrated as far east as China, according to new study | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/science/stone-tools-discovery-neanderthals-china/index.html Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/archaeologists-find-neanderthal-stone-tool-technology-in-china/Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery Stone Tools Discovered in China Resemble Neanderthal Technology Used in Europe, Creating a Middle Stone Age Mystery https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-tools-discovered-in-china-resemble-neanderthal-technology-used-in-europe-creating-a-middle-stone-age-mystery-180986355/ Neanderthals Continued to Grow into Adulthood — Even Their Faces | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-continued-to-grow-into-adulthood-even-their-faces Why humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-humans-smaller-neanderthals.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter Oldest handprints left by humans in Mediterranean region discovered in 'treasure' cave on the Costa del Sol | Sur in English https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/researchers-document-the-oldest-human-footprints-the-20250404065506-nt.html Why children may have taken part in creating prehistoric cave art https://phys.org/news/2025-03-chil

=========================================================== explorator 27.23 March 30, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A 'landmark finding': Homo naledi buried their dead 250,000 years ago, according to newly updated research | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/a-landmark-finding-homo-naledi-buried-their-dead-250000-years-ago-according-to-newly-updated-research 1.5 million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania rewrite the history of human evolution https://theconversation.com/1-5-million-year-old-bone-tools-discovered-in-tanzania-rewrite-the-history-of-human-evolution-251826 [AI?]Researchers propose early humans used ‘naturalites’ before making tools - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847357 Neanderthals: Who were they and what did our extinct human relatives look like? | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-our-extinct-human-relatives Hominin Face Over a Million Years Old Found in Spain - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-03-24/ty-article-magazine/hominin-face-over-a-million-years-old-found-in-spain/00000195-c8ac-da24-affd-fbacd5c30000 Oldest Known Human Face in Western Europe Discovered in Spain - tovima.com https://www.tovima.com/science/oldest-known-human-face-in-western-europe-discovered-in-spain/ Fragment of a human face aged over one million years discovered https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/03/24/fragment-of-a-human-face-aged-over-one-million-years-discovered/ Why humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-humans-smaller-neanderthals.html Why modern humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals and chimpanzees | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/why-modern-humans-have-smaller-faces-than-neanderthals-and-chimpanzees Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004724842500020X A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral structure shared by all modern humans | Nature Genetics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02117-1 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ News - European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/03/24/european-hunter-gatherers-sailed-to-north-africa-8500-years-ago/ I study ancient trade patterns in the Kruger National Park https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-025-00089-2 Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history https://theconversation.com/discovery-of-a-4-000-year-old-bronze-age-settlement-in-morocco-rewrites-history-253172 Newly discovered 4,000-year-old settlement in Morocco rewrites history | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-morocco-bronze-age-maghreb-b2724054.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Mysterious artifacts from King Tut's tomb might have been used in 'awakening Osiris' ritual | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/mysterious-artifacts-from

=========================================================== explorator 27.22 March 23, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Smallest human relative ever found may have been devoured by a leopard 2 million years ago | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/smallest-human-relative-ever-found-may-have-been-devoured-by-a-leopard-2-million-years-ago Leopard Dined on the Shortest-Ever Early Human Relative, 2 Million Years Ago | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/leopard-dined-on-the-shortest-ever-early-human-relative-2-million-years-ago First articulating leg of Paranthropus robustus discovered https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/03/20/first-articulating-leg-of-paranthropus-robustus-discovered/ Fragment of a human face aged over one million years discovered | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250312123847.htm 1.1-Million-Year-Old Facial Bones of Archaic Homo Found in Spain | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/archaeology/facial-bones-homo-erectus-spain-13752.html Oldest human face in Western Europe found in Spain, rewriting early European settlement history | Archaeology News Online Magazine https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/oldest-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain/ Fossil face discovery highlights challenges faced by Europe’s earliest settlers https://theconversation.com/fossil-face-discovery-highlights-challenges-faced-by-europes-earliest-settlers-252413 News - Researchers Reconstruct Western Europe's Oldest Human Face - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/03/20/researchers-reconstruct-western-europes-oldest-human-face/ News - Humans and Neanderthals Interacted in Israeli Cave - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/03/17/humans-and-neanderthals-interacted-in-israeli-cave/ Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250318141412.htm Mysterious Human Ancestors Gave Us 20% of Our Genes that Boosted Our Brain Function - GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/18/human-ancestors-genes-brain-function/ Human Evolution's Lost Chapter Revealed - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/human-evolution-ancestral-populations-mixing-dna-homo-2046352 Mysterious Ancestors: Scientists Just Uncovered a Shocking Secret About Human Origins https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-ancestors-scientists-just-uncovered-a-shocking-secret-about-human-origins/ Scientists discover a 'hidden chapter' in human evolution - and it suggests our history is MUCH more complex than we thought | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14508089/Scientists-hidden-chapter-human-evolution.html Humans Arose From Two Ancestral Populations That United 300,000 Years Ago | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/humans-arose-from-two-ancestral-populations-that-united-300-000-years-ago Modern Humans Descended from Two Ancestral Populations, New Study Suggests | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/modern-humans-two-ancestral-populations-13758.html Study suggests ancient hominins used unmodified volcanic rock spheres as tools https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ancient-hominins-unmodified-volcanic-spheres.html Researchers propose new hypothesis for the origin of stone tools https://phys.org/

=========================================================== explorator 27.21 March 16, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Archaeologists discover partial human face fossil in Spain | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/face-fossil-human-ancestor-archaeologists-spain-europe-b2714334.html [AI?]Meet 'Pink': The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe's human story - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-845886 Oldest human FACE is discovered: Ancient man nicknamed 'Pink' lived in Spain up to 1.4 million years ago, scientists say | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14494023/Oldest-human-FACE-discovered-Spain.html Human ancestors arrived in Western Europe much earlier than previously thought, fossil face fragments reveal | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-4-million-year-old-skull-found-in-spain-is-earliest-human-face-of-western-europe Earliest human face fossil from Western Europe, nicknamed "Pink," discovered in Spanish pit - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earliest-human-face-western-europe-pink-new-species/ Fragments of a million-year-old face found in Spain shed new light on ancient human migrations https://theconversation.com/fragments-of-a-million-year-old-face-found-in-spain-shed-new-light-on-ancient-human-migrations-252146 Spanish fossils may represent unknown ancient human species | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/science/spanish-fossils-may-represent-unknown-ancient-human-species-2025-03-12/ Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe | AP News https://apnews.com/article/europe-human-ancestor-fossil-face-8cf87fb1730d45e35ca984af8b80a0a2 Oldest human facial bones found in western Europe rewrite prehistory https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/oldest-human-facial-bones-found-in-western-europe-rewrites-prehistory-pmz8cd586 Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain | Archaeology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/bone-fragments-of-oldest-known-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain Oldest human facial bones found in western Europe rewrite prehistory https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/oldest-human-facial-bones-found-in-western-europe-rewrites-prehistory-pmz8cd586 Fossilized face fragments are oldest human ancestor remains found in Western Europe https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fossilized-face-fragments-oldest-human-ancestor-western-europe-rcna195391 Earliest known human fossils in Western Europe discovered in cave | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/science/earliest-human-fossils-western-europe/index.html 1.4 Million-Year-Old Hominin Is the Oldest Face of Western Europe | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/1-4-million-year-old-hominin-is-the-oldest-face-of-western-europe Fossil face found in Spanish cave belongs to first known Western European | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/fossil-face-found-in-spanish-cave-belongs-first-known-western-european An archaic European face more than one million years old https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00678-z Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution https://www.sciencenews.o

=========================================================== explorator 27.20 March 9, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scientists-date-ancient-child-resembles.html Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals | AP News https://apnews.com/article/human-neanderthal-lagar-velho-lapedo-child-d1fccf53728ebc10c90ef068912449e0 28,000-year-old Neanderthal-and-human 'Lapedo child' lived tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinct | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/28-000-year-old-neanderthal-and-human-lapedo-child-lived-tens-of-thousands-of-years-after-our-closest-relatives-went-extinct [AI?]Researchers precisely date Lapedo child, Neanderthal-Human hybrid - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-845276 Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal) | Science Advances https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp5769 New fossil discovery of an early human relative reveals that it walked upright, just like humans https://phys.org/news/2025-03-fossil-discovery-early-human-ancestor.html First articulating leg of Paranthropus robustus discovered https://www.mpg.de/24298235/first-articulating-leg-of-paranthropus-robustus-discovered Standardized production of bone tools by our ancestors pushed back 1 million years https://phys.org/news/2025-03-standardized-production-bone-tools-ancestors.html Prehistoric bone tool 'factory' hints at early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250305134707.htm Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago | AP News https://apnews.com/article/early-humans-bone-tools-tanzania-olduvai-gorge-aac84e0b46e0ad6537d5bdcd48088574 1.5 million-year-old bone tools crafted by human ancestors in Tanzania are oldest of their kind | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-5-million-year-old-bone-tools-crafted-by-human-ancestors-in-tanzania-are-oldest-of-their-kind Archaeologists Find World’s Oldest Known Bone Tools in Africa | TheCollector https://www.thecollector.com/archaeologists-find-oldest-bone-tools-africa/ 1.5 million-year-old bone tools suggest early human ancestors were capable of advanced craftsmanship | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/science/oldest-bone-tools-hominins/index.html [AI?]‘Toolbox’ find in Tanzania pushes back bone tool use by 1 million years - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-844917 Human ancestors making 'bone tech' 1.5 million years ago, say scientists | Jordan Times https://www.jordantimes.com/news/features/human-ancestors-making-bone-tech-15-million-years-ago-say-scientists Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-ancestors-oldest-bone-tools Discovery of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Bone Tools Rewrites Early Human History : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-1-5-million-year-old-bone-tools-rewrites-early-human-history Prehistoric bone tool cache suggests advanced reasoning in early hominins - Ars

=========================================================== explorator 27.19 March 2, 2025 =========================================================== 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, Salima Ikram Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ New study reveals Neanderthals experienced population crash 110,000 years ago | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250225121653.htm Neanderthal 'population bottleneck' around 110,000 years ago may have contributed to their extinction | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthal-population-bottleneck-around-110-000-years-ago-may-have-contributed-to-their-extinction New study reveals Neanderthals faced a population crash 110,000 years ago | Archaeology News Online Magazine https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/neanderthals-faced-a-population-crash/ 150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/150-000-year-old-stone-tools-reveal-humans-lived-in-tropical-rainforests-much-earlier-than-thought Study finds West Africa’s rainforests were key to human evolution - The Jerusalem Post Early Humans Thrived in Rainforests - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/science/early-humans-rainforests.html Evolution: 150,000-Year-Old Rainforest Discovery Shakes Up Human History - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/human-evolution-rainforests-archaeology-west-africa-ivory-coast-2036488 [AI?] https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-843969 Humans moved into African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago https://www.sciencenews.org/article/humans-african-rainforests-evolution Earliest evidence for humans in rainforests – Popular Archeology https://popular-archaeology.com/article/earliest-evidence-for-humans-in-rainforests/ News - Earliest Evidence of Humans in Rainforests Discovered - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/28/earliest-evidence-of-humans-in-rainforests-discovered/ Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08613-y ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Ancient stone walls and power: What data science tools can reveal in African archaeology https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-stone-walls-power-science.html Ancient stone walls and power: what data science tools can reveal in African archaeology https://theconversation.com/ancient-stone-walls-and-power-what-data-science-tools-can-reveal-in-african-archaeology-248603 Unveiling Site Visibility: A Study of Farming Communities in the Magaliesberg Region, South Africa | African Archaeological Review https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10437-024-09586-5 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ A collection of jewellery from 26th Dynasty unearthed at Karnak Temples - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities - Ahram Online https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/541255/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/A-collection-of-jewellery-from-th-Dynasty-unearthe.aspx Photos: Dynasty 26 jewels unearthed at Karnak Temples - Egypt Independent https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-dynasty-26-jewels-unearthed-at-karnak-temples/ [AI?] Tutankhamun tomb discoverer's s

=========================================================== explorator 27.18 February 23, 2025 =========================================================== 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). *** please note: I am marking items think are ai generated to some degree with the designation [AI?] ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ The inner ear of Neanderthals reveals clues about their enigmatic origin https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ear-neanderthals-reveals-clues-enigmatic.html Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56155-8 The Inner Ear Reveals Neanderthals May Have Went Through Great Genetic Loss | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-inner-ear-reveals-neanderthals-may-have-went-through-great-genetic-loss Archaeologists discover oldest evidence of stone blade production on the Arabian Peninsula https://phys.org/news/2025-02-archaeologists-oldest-evidence-stone-blade.html [AI?]80,000-year-old Homo sapiens stone blades discovered in Arabia - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842785 80,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Discovered in Arabia Puzzle Archaeologists, as No Human Remains Are Found https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/02/80000-year-old-stone-tools-discovered-in-arabia-puzzle-archaeologists-as-no-human-remains-are-found/ The Oldest Evidence of Stone Blade Production in Southern Arabia: 80,000-Year-Old Stone Blades Discovered - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-evidence-of-stone-blade-production-in-southern-arabia-80000-year-old-stone-blades-discovered/ News - Oldest Stone Blade Production in Arabia - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/20/oldest-stone-blade-production-in-arabia/ Archaeology, chronology, and sedimentological context of the youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage from Jebel Faya, United Arab Emirates | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02164-z ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ [AI? ]Senegal announces archaeological excavations to uncover contested Thiaro - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-843142 9 shipwrecks from World War I discovered off Morocco's southern coast - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-war-i-shipwrecks-discovered-morocco/ [AI?] Morocco identifies preliminary sites of nine WWI shipwrecks off southern - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842948 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Tomb of Egyptian pharaoh is first found in Luxor since Tutankhamun—here's how we know who lay inside https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tomb-egyptian-pharaoh-luxor-tutankhamun.html Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut’s, Egypt Says - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/world/middleeast/egypt-tomb-archaeologists.html Tomb of mysterious missing pharaoh is biggest archaeological find in a century | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-new-pharaoh-tomb-found-b2702026.html Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ym30v356po Egypt

=========================================================== explorator 27.17 February 16, 2025 =========================================================== 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 ============================================================ Prehistoric artifacts from Israel prove our ancestors made art 100,000 years ago | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/prehistoric-artifacts-from-israel-prove-our-ancestors-made-art-100000-years-ago/ Study reveals earliest known symbolic engravings, abstract thinking in I - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-841761 Paleolithic Artifacts from Levantine Caves were Deliberately Engraved with Geometric Patterns: Study | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/archaeology/paleolithic-levantine-artifacts-from-geometric-patterns-13643.html Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-objects-from-50000-years-ago-reveal-mysterious-symbols News - Were Levantine Hominins Capable of Abstract Thought? - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/11/were-levantine-hominins-capable-of-abstract-thought/ In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/in-a-1st-ancient-proteins-reveal-sex-of-human-relative-from-3-5-million-years-ago News - Paleoproteomic Analysis Reveals Sex of Australopithecus africanus Individual - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/10/paleoproteomic-analysis-reveals-sex-of-australopithecus-africanus-individual/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ As Sudan’s civil war rages on, its heritage is under siege - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/14/sudan-civil-war-rages-on-heritage-under-siege History of the Fulani, one of the largest pastoral populations in Africa, unraveled in study https://phys.org/news/2025-02-history-fulani-largest-pastoral-populations.html New study unravels the history of the largest pastoral population in Africa | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250211134303.htm Africa's ancient city that's over 2,000 years old and abandoned for 700 years | World | News | Express.co.uk https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2010778/africas-incredible-ancient-city-volubillis-morocco South Africa's history uncovered: The 1,000-year gap they don't teach in school https://phys.org/news/2025-02-south-africa-history-uncovered-year.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ 'Woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet': Smell of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies reveals new insights into embalming practices https://phys.org/news/2025-02-woody-spicy-sweet-ancient-egyptian.html Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet' | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250214003231.htm Researchers took a whiff of Egyptian mummies for science. This is how they described the smell | AP News https://apnews.com/article/mummy-scent-egypt-6f34a4cbb4bf180335310b5fcfb35a70 Smell like an Egyptian: researchers sniff ancient mummies to study preservation | Egyptology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/14/smell-like-an-egyptian-researchers-sniff-ancient-mummies-to-study-preservation The mystery o

=========================================================== explorator 27.16 February 9. 2025 =========================================================== 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 ============================================================ In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/in-a-1st-ancient-proteins-reveal-sex-of-human-relative-from-3-5-million-years-ago Results from an Australopithecus africanus dental enamel fragment confirm the potential of palaeoproteomics for South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites | South African Journal of Science https://sajs.co.za/article/view/18571 Sangiran Ancient Human Site, Minister Fadli Zon: Evidence Of The Archipelago Has A History Of Very Old Civilizations https://voi.id/en/news/458249 The Search to Find the Remains of Homo Erectus in a Vanishing Landscape | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-search-to-find-homo-erectus-remains-in-a-vanishing-landscape-180985969/ 1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-4-million-year-old-jaw-that-was-a-bit-weird-for-homo-turns-out-to-be-from-never-before-seen-human-relative The fossil skull that rocked the world – 100 years later scientists are grappling with the Taung find’s complex colonial legacy https://theconversation.com/the-fossil-skull-that-rocked-the-world-100-years-later-scientists-are-grappling-with-the-taung-finds-complex-colonial-legacy-248605 ‘Taung Child’ fossil offers clues about the evolution of childhood https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00294-x Early humans adapted to extreme deserts | The Manitoban https://themanitoban.com/2025/02/early-humans-adapted-to-extreme-deserts/49010/ Iraq's ancient lake bed reveals hand axes dating back 1.5 million years - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-840270 Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a63654903/1-5-million-year-old-tools/ Hand axes found in Iraqi desert could date from 1.5 million-years-ago https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/hand-axes-found-in-iraqi-desert-could-date-from-1-5-million-years-ago/154460 Hand axes that may go back 1,5 million years ago in Iraqi desert https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02/05/hand-axes-that-may-go-back-15-million-years-ago-in-iraqi-desert/ News - Paleolithic Artifacts Discovered in Iraq - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/03/paleolithic-artifacts-discovered-in-iraq/ Hominid Footprints on Crete Could Change Evolutionary Theory For Good - GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/08/hominid-footprints-on-crete-could-change-evolutionary-theory-for-good/ Ancient humans evolved new blood types after leaving Africa | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-humans-evolved-new-blood-types-after-leaving-africa Human evolution quiz: What do you know about Homo sapiens? | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution-quiz-what-do-you-know-about-homo-sapiens ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ An African strontium map sheds light on the origins of enslaved people https://www.sciencenews.org/article/african-slaves-strontium-map-origins 7,000-year-old bone ho

=========================================================== explorator 27.15 February 2. 2025 =========================================================== 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 ============================================================ See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/science/running-afarensis-lucy.html Hand axes discovered in Iraqi desert may go back 1.5 million years https://phys.org/news/2025-01-axes-iraqi-million-years.html Hand axes discovered in Iraq are up to 1.5 million years old https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/iraq-hand-axe-pleistocene/ 1.5 Million-Year-Old Hand Axes and Seven Paleolithic Sites Discovered in Iraq's Western Desert - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/1-5-million-year-old-hand-axes-and-seven-paleolithic-sites-discovered-in-iraqs-western-desert/ On Way Out of Africa, Humans Halted in Persia for 15,000 Years and Evolved New Red Cell Blood System - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-01-27/ty-article/exiting-africa-humans-halted-for-15-000-years-in-persia-and-evolved-new-blood-system/00000194-a2e7-d95d-a9fd-eeff8ca20000 Desert Pioneers: How Homo Erectus Mastered Arid Africa Millions of Years Ago https://scitechdaily.com/desert-pioneers-how-homo-erectus-mastered-arid-africa-millions-of-years-ago/ Oldest hominin evidence in Europe found in Romania, dating back 1.95 million years | Archaeology News Online Magazine https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/oldest-hominin-evidence-in-europe-romania/ The human family tree may add a new branch after fossil discovery | CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/26/science/ancient-human-fossils-china-science-newsletter-wt/index.html Is There Evidence of Homo Erectus in Indonesia? – SAPIENS https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/the-vanishing-traces-of-our-earliest-ancestors-in-indonesia/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ University re-examines 7,000-year-old femur, discovers oldest multi-plan - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-839569 Archaeologists Uncover World's Oldest Known Mixed Poison - GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2025/01/28/oldest-mixed-poison/ World's Oldest Arrow Poison Discovered in South Africa, Dating Back 7,000 Years - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/worlds-oldest-arrow-poison-discovered-in-south-africa-dating-back-7000-years/ 7,000-year-old multi-component arrow poison discovered in South Africa | Archaeology News Online Magazine https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/multi-component-arrow-poison-in-south-africa/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Archaeologists Discover Mummified Legs Inside an Ancient Egyptian Tomb, Believe 'It Truly Belong to Queen Nefertari' - Knewz https://knewz.com/world/archaeologists-discover-mummified-legs-inside-an-ancient-egyptian-tomb-believe-it-truly-belong-to-queen-nefertari/ Archaeologists Uncover 3,500 Year Old Town Near Alexandria https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Archaeologists-Uncover-3-500-Year-Old-Town-Near-Alexandria Unexpected Vestiges of an Unknown Settlement from the Ramesside Period Found at Kom el-Nugus, West of Alexandria https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/01/unexpected-vestiges-of-an-unknown-settlement-from-the-ramesside-period-found-at-kom-el-nugus-west-of-alexandria/ Restoration process of the Ramesseum temple in the

=========================================================== explorator 27.14 January 25. 2025 =========================================================== 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). headsup: i note Jerusalem post items all seem to have AI attributions ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Romanian fossils show hominins in Europe 500,000 years earlier than thought https://phys.org/news/2025-01-romanian-fossils-hominins-europe-years.html New evidence pushes back arrival of early hominins in Europe | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250124151229.htm Oldest Human Traces in Europe Found in Romania https://www.romaniajournal.ro/society-people/major-archaeological-discovery-oldest-human-traces-in-europe-found-in-romania/ Romania discovers Europe's oldest human traces dating back two million y - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/science/science-around-the-world/article-839029 Major find in Europe: scientists in Romania find human fossils that rewrite the history of early hominids on the continent - AS USA https://en.as.com/latest_news/major-find-in-europe-scientists-in-romania-find-human-fossils-that-rewrite-the-history-of-early-hominids-on-the-continent-n/ Romanian Animal Fossils Reveal Hominin Spread Into Europe 2 Million Years Ago | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/romanian-animal-fossils-reveal-hominin-spread-into-europe-2-million-years Hominins Were Present in Eurasia by At Least 1.95 Million Years Ago | Sci.News https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/graunceanu-hominins-13609.html Romania's 1.95 Million-Year-Old Hominin Evidence Pushes Back the Timeline of Human Presence in Europe - Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/romanias-1-95-million-year-old-hominin-evidence-pushes-back-the-timeline-of-human-presence-in-europe/ Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56154-9 Our Ancestors Were Vegetarian, Archaeologists Find - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/ancestors-vegetarian-archaeologists-australopithecus-plants-diet-2017830 Rewriting Prehistory: Archaeologists Have Discovered That Our Ancient Ancestors Were Vegetarian https://scitechdaily.com/rewriting-prehistory-archaeologists-have-discovered-that-our-ancient-ancestors-were-vegetarian/ News - What Did Early Human Ancestors Eat? - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/01/22/what-did-early-human-ancestors-eat/ Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/science/china-fossils-ancient-humans-homo-juluensis-denisovans/index.html Making sense of eastern Asian Late Quaternary hominin variability | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7 Modern humans, Homo sapiens: When, where and how did we evolve? | Natural History Museum https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/modern-humans-homo-sapiens-when-where-how-did-we-evolve.html Humanity's Ancient Ancestor Found a Way to Survive in a Harsh World : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/humanitys-ancient-ancestor-found-a-way-to-survive-in-a-harsh-world New study shows human ancestor thrived in harsh desert conditions over 1 - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/science/science-around-the-world/article-838170 A million years ago some early humans lived in extremely hot and arid desert climes that few animals could survive - Genetic Literacy Project https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/01/21/a-million-years-ago-some-early-humans-lived

=========================================================== explorator 27.13 January 19. 2025 =========================================================== 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 ============================================================ Homo erectus adapted to harsh deserts 1.2 million years ago, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-01-homo-erectus-harsh-million-years.html Early humans adapted to harsh conditions more than a million years ago | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250116133302.htm Early humans adapted to harsh conditions more | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070764 New study shows human ancestor thrived in harsh desert conditions over 1 - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/science/science-around-the-world/article-838170 Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/homo-erectus-desert.html Homo Erectus, the Extreme Ape - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-01-16/ty-article-magazine/.premium/homo-erectus-the-extreme-ape/00000194-6f8f-daba-a3d4-6faf4a8b0000 Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/homo-erectus-desert.html Homo Erectus Thrived in a Desert, Study Finds, Suggesting the Early Humans Could Adapt to Extreme Environments | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/homo-erectus-thrived-in-a-desert-study-finds-suggesting-the-early-humans-could-adapt-to-extreme-environments-180985864/ How Early Humans Adapted to Harsh Desert Climates Over a Million Years Ago | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-early-humans-adapted-to-harsh-desert-climates-over-a-million-years-ago How Homo Erectus Mastered Desert Survival Over a Million Years Ago https://scitechdaily.com/how-homo-erectus-mastered-desert-survival-over-a-million-years-ago/ Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago | Communications Earth & Environment https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01919-1 Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250117112232.htm Archaeological study challenges 'paleo' diet narrative of ancient hunter–gatherers https://phys.org/news/2025-01-archaeological-paleo-diet-narrative-ancient.html Early man ate carbs and processed food 780,000 years ago, northern Israel site shows | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/early-man-ate-carbs-and-processed-food-780000-years-ago-northern-israel-site-shows/ Study reveals human ancestors ate mostly plants, not meat - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-838166 Paleo Diet Debunked: Ancient Humans Ate Plants, Study Shows : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/paleo-diet-debunked-ancient-humans-ate-plants-study-shows Two hominid species lived side by side in Kenya 1.5 million years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-025-00008-5 Out of Africa: Discovering Our Shared Human Family, From Toumai to Turkana Boy ? Literary Hub https://lithub.com/out-of-africa-discovering-our-shared-human-family-from-toumai-to-turkana-boy/ First tools ever used on Earth were not made by human ancestors - Earth.com https://www.earth.com/news/first-tools-ever-made-on-earth-hominins-3-million-years-ago-cradle-of-humankind/ Neanderthal Interbreeding Likely Gave Human Immunity a Boost | Discover Magazin

=========================================================== explorator 27.12 January 12. 2025 =========================================================== 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 ============================================================ Ethiopian Highlands study examines stone tool decision-making process in early human history https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ethiopian-highlands-stone-tool-decision.html Archaeologists find 3MILLION-year-old tools at site dubbed 'the cradle of humankind' | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14256551/Archaeologists-tools-africa-site-dubbed-cradle-humankind.html Sensational: Europe's oldest stone tools made by Homo Erectus found in a Hungarian village - DailyNewsHungary https://dailynewshungary.com/oldest-homo-erectus-tools-hungarian-village/ Archaeological study challenges 'paleo' diet narrative of ancient hunter–gatherers https://phys.org/news/2025-01-archaeological-paleo-diet-narrative-ancient.html Prehistoric Carb Cravings: Archaeologists Find 780,000-year-old Proof of Plant Processing - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-01-06/ty-article/prehistoric-carb-cravings-archaeologists-find-780-000-year-old-proof-of-plant-processing/00000194-3b44-d96e-a1d6-3bec9de20000 Ancient humans relied on plant-based diets - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-836842 Diets of Human Ancestors Revealed by 780,000-Year-Old Food Remains - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/diet-human-ancestor-revealed-780000-year-old-food-2011900 Ancient humans relied on plant-based diets - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-836842 'Paleo' diet narrative of ancient hunter–gatherers challenged - Archaeology Wiki https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01/08/paleo-diet-narrative-of-ancient-hunter-gatherers-challenged/ 'Paleo' diet narrative of ancient hunter–gatherers challenged - Archaeology Wiki https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01/08/paleo-diet-narrative-of-ancient-hunter-gatherers-challenged/ News - Hominins in Israel Processed a Wide Variety of Plants - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/01/07/hominins-in-israel-processed-a-wide-variety-of-plants/ Stone tech 2.0: Researchers believe they found a technological leap that - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835965 Homo juluensis: Possible 'new ancient human' identified https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kftjyg/homo-juluensis-possible-new-ancient-human-identified “Homo juluensis”: Scientists Claim To Have Discovered New Species of Humans https://scitechdaily.com/homo-juluensis-scientists-claim-to-have-discovered-new-species-of-humans/ Researchers Track Down When Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans Interbred Using Ancient Genomes | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-track-down-when-neanderthals-and-early-modern-humans-interbred-using-ancient-genomes-180985665/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Moroccan Maritime Archeologists Discover Two Historic 19th-Century Shipwrecks Near El Jadida https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/01/367563/moroccan-maritime-archeologists-discover-two-historic-19th-century-shipwrecks-near-el-jadida Slavery, tax evasion, resistance: The story of 11 Africans in South America's gold mines in the 1500s https://phys.org/news/2025-01-slavery-tax-evasion-resistance-story.html =================================================

=========================================================== explorator 27.11 January 5 2025 =========================================================== 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 ============================================================ Researchers find 3-million-year-old tools in Kenya, showing development of human ancestors - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/researchers-find-ancient-tools-kenya/ Early human ancestor 'Lucy' was a bad runner, and this one tendon could explain why | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/early-human-ancestor-lucy-was-a-bad-runner-and-this-one-tendon-could-explain-why News - How Fast Could “Lucy” Run? - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2025/01/02/how-fast-could-lucy-run/ Stone tech 2.0: Researchers believe they found a technological leap that - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835965 Archaeologists uncover 115,000 year old human footprints in Saudi Arabia desert - Irish Star https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/footprints-archaeologists-saudi-arabia-ancient-34400135 The Elephants in the Room: Human Evolution News That Surprised Us in 2024 - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-12-29/ty-article-timeline/the-elephants-in-the-room-human-evolution-news-that-surprised-us-in-2024/00000194-022a-d5fd-a7f4-0f3e68e40000 The Big-Skulled Mystery: New Enigmatic Human Species Emerges From China’s Ancient Past https://indiandefencereview.com/the-big-skulled-mystery-new-enigmatic-human-species-emerges-from-chinas-ancient-past/ 1.5 Million-Year-Old Tracks Reveal Unexpected Coexistence of Two Human Ancestors https://scitechdaily.com/1-5-million-year-old-tracks-reveal-unexpected-coexistence-of-two-human-ancestors/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Rock art acoustics: South African study suggests that a distinct echo attracted ancient artists back to one site https://theconversation.com/rock-art-acoustics-south-african-study-suggests-that-a-distinct-echo-attracted-ancient-artists-back-to-one-site-241953 Rock art acoustics: South African study suggests that a distinct echo attracted ancient artists back to one site https://phys.org/news/2025-01-art-acoustics-south-african-distinct.html Glimpses of Stone Age ‘workshops’ — archaeologists shed light on hunter-gatherers making tools https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-01-02-glimpses-of-stone-age-workshops-archaeologists-shed-light-on-hunter-gatherer-toolmaking/ Unveiling Nubia: Sudan's secret treasure of over 200 pyramids - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835501 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ French Egyptologists discover reburied 4,000-year-old sarcophagus in Lux - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835350 New discoveries in Saqqara unveil hidden secrets of old, new kingdoms - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities - Ahram Online https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/537986/Antiquities/New-discoveries-in-Saqqara-unveil-hidden-secrets-o.aspx Ancient calendar reveals how Roman-era Egyptians celebrated their New Ye - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835974 British Museum unwraps secrets of Egyptian animal mummies using scans | The National

=========================================================== explorator 27.09 December 29, 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 ============================================================ Early human ancestor 'Lucy' was a bad runner, and this one tendon could explain why | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/early-human-ancestor-lucy-was-a-bad-runner-and-this-one-tendon-could-explain-why Simulations of hominin Lucy help show how long distance running evolved in modern humans https://phys.org/news/2024-12-simulations-hominin-lucy-distance-evolved.html Discovery in Prado Vargas Cave suggests Neanderthals practiced abstract - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-834938 10 fascinating discoveries about Neanderthals in 2024, from 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal to an ancient glue factory | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-fascinating-discoveries-about-neanderthals-in-2024-from-thorin-the-last-neanderthal-to-an-ancient-glue-factory ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Gift-giving was practised by early humans in Africa – how it spread and evolved https://theconversation.com/gift-giving-was-practised-by-early-humans-in-africa-how-it-spread-and-evolved-243400 Archaeological study documents rare Christian tattoo in medieval Nubia https://phys.org/news/2024-12-archaeological-documents-rare-christian-tattoo.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Scientists Say Bakers Were Making an Early Version of Focaccia Bread 9,000 Years Ago | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-say-bakers-were-making-an-early-version-of-focaccia-bread-9000-years-ago-180985684/ Can you solve the riddle the Egyptian priestess faced to enter the next - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-834676 Nile rats and Black Death: Mummy reveals bubonic plague in Egypt 3,290 y - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-834951 Discovery of 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reveals secrets of the Black Death - Egypt Independent https://www.egyptindependent.com/discovery-of-3000-year-old-egyptian-mummy-reveals-secrets-of-the-black-death/ Nefertiti: Why her image still inspires, 3,000 years on | CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/26/style/nefertiti-beauty-inspiration-style/index.html Egyptian archaeologist weighs in on 'Tutankhamun's Curse' - The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835239 6,000-Year-Old Artifacts May Hold the Origins of the Written Word https://mymodernmet.com/mesopotamian-seals-origins-of-the-written-word/ Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music maker played for Mesopotamian royalty 4,500 years ago | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/queen-puabis-lyre-a-bull-headed-music-maker-played-for-mesopotamian-royalty-4-500-years-ago Traces of large-scale Sasanian agricultural estate discovered in southern Iran - Tehran Times https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/508014/Traces-of-large-scale-Sasanian-agricultural-estate-discovered Relics recently unearthed in southern Sistan unveiled - Tehran Times https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/507977/Relics-recently-unearthed-in-southern-Sistan-unveiled Khorsabad Reveals Vill

=========================================================== explorator 27.08 December 22, 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, Michael T. Stulac, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, Francis Deblauwe,and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ 10 fascinating discoveries about Neanderthals in 2024, from 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal to an ancient glue factory | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-fascinating-discoveries-about-neanderthals-in-2024-from-thorin-the-last-neanderthal-to-an-ancient-glue-factory Simulations of hominin Lucy help show how long distance running evolved in modern humans https://phys.org/news/2024-12-simulations-hominin-lucy-distance-evolved.html Humans evolved for distance running – but ancestor ‘Lucy’ didn’t go far or fast https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04194-4 Running performance in Australopithecus afarensis: Current Biology https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01566-5 Ancient genes pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mixed and mingled https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-genes-humans-neanderthals-mingled.html Neanderthal-human interbreeding lasted 7,000 years, new study reveals https://phys.org/news/2024-12-neanderthal-human-interbreeding-years-reveals.html Modern human ancestors and Neanderthals mated during a 7,000-year-long 'pulse,' 2 new studies reveal | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/modern-human-ancestors-and-neanderthals-mated-during-a-7-000-year-long-pulse-2-new-studies-reveal News - Neanderthals Interbred With Humans Around 50,000 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine https://archaeology.org/news/2024/12/18/neanderthals-interbred-with-humans-around-50000-years-ago/ Ancient Footprints Rewrite Human Evolution Story: Two Hominid Species Walked Kenya’s Turkana Basin 1.5 Million Years Ago https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-footprints-rewrite-human-evolution-story-two-hominid-species-walked-kenyas-turkana-basin-1-5-million-years-ago/ Scientists may have discovered a new form of ancient humans known as 'large head people' https://local12.com/news/nation-world/scientists-may-have-discovered-new-form-ancient-humans-known-large-head-people-evolution-science-discovery-juluren-eastern-asia-paleoanthropologist-homo-juluensis-large-brains-unique-trains-fossils-bones-neanderthals-sapiens-complexity-history Deseret News archives: When Piltdown Man was discovered in 1912, many were already skeptical – Deseret News https://www.deseret.com/utah/2024/12/18/deseret-news-archives-piltdown-man-discovered-1912-many-skeptical/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Archaeological study documents rare Christian tattoo in medieval Nubia https://phys.org/news/2024-12-archaeological-documents-rare-christian-tattoo.html Gladiator II: a historian on the real north African kingdom of Numidia – and the men who ruled it https://theconversation.com/gladiator-ii-a-historian-on-the-real-north-african-kingdom-of-numidia-and-the-men-who-ruled-it-245488 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ New computational method uncovers surprising variability in Neolithic building practices https://phys.org/news/2024-12-method-uncovers-variability-neolithic.html Archaeological study uncovers world's oldest evidence of livestock horn manipulation https://phys.org/news/2024-12-archaeological-uncovers-world-oldest-ev

=========================================================== explorator 27.07 December 15, 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 ============================================================ An addition to the human family: Scientists reveal a new human species that challenges conventional wisdom - AS USA https://en.as.com/latest_news/an-addition-to-the-human-family-scientists-reveal-a-new-human-species-that-challenges-conventional-wisdom-n/ Neanderthal-human interbreeding lasted 7,000 years, new study reveals https://phys.org/news/2024-12-neanderthal-human-interbreeding-years-reveals.html A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241212145726.htm Modern human ancestors and Neanderthals mated during a 7,000-year-long 'pulse,' 2 new studies reveal | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/modern-human-ancestors-and-neanderthals-mated-during-a-7-000-year-long-pulse-2-new-studies-reveal New Studies Change Our Understanding of Our Meeting With Neanderthals - Archaeology - Haaretz.com https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-12-12/ty-article/new-studies-change-our-understanding-of-human-meeting-with-neanderthals/00000193-bba9-d130-a1b7-bbf9bda90000 Breakthrough studies unveil traits of early Europeans and narrow timeline of breeding with Neanderthals | The Independent https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/neanderthal-modern-humans-breeding-timeline-breakthrough-b2663234.html Scientists pinpoint when humans had babies with Neanderthals - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/12/12/neanderthals-humans-interbreeding/ DNA Analysis Reveals 7,000 Years of Human-Neanderthal Relations | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/dna-analysis-reveals-7-000-years-of-human-neanderthal-relations Ancient genomes link early Europeans to Neanderthal ancestry https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-genomes-link-early-europeans.html Oldest modern human genomes sequenced | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241212145718.htm Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08420-x Mystery over extinction of lost race of ancient humans https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/12/mystery-over-extinction-of-lost-race-of-ancient-humans/ Neanderthals Roamed Across Eurasia Before Modern Humans | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-roamed-across-eurasia-before-modern-humans Neanderthals and modern humans must be classed as separate species to best track our origins, study claims https://phys.org/news/2024-12-neanderthals-modern-humans-classed-species.html Fossils found in Chinese cave could shed new light on origins of modern humans | South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290617/fossils-found-chinese-cave-could-shed-new-light-origins-modern-humans 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 6-year-old finds 50,000-year-old Neanderthal axe on Sussex beach | Archaeology News Online Magazine https://archaeologymag.com/2024/12/6-year-old-finds-neanderthal-axe-on-sussex-beach/ ============================================================ AFRICA ======================================