First ever preserved adult cave bear unearthed - "'Today this is the first and only find of its kind - a whole bear carcass with soft tissues. " Preliminary analysis suggests the bear to be between 22,000 and 39,500 years old.
Scientists have used carbon dating to identify the oldest known musical instruments. The flutes made of bird bones and mammoth ivory come from a cave in southern Germany and are between 42,000 and 43,000 years old.
@tommyhigham
Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
THE HORSE OF LOURDES - this 15,000-year-old sculpture carved of mammoth ivory was found in 1886 in the cave of Les Espélugues, France. via
@Archeonationale
Geneticist David Reich has retrieved DNA from more than 900 ancient people. His findings trace the prehistoric migrations of our species.
@carlzimmer
via
@nytimes
Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
I am listening to the
#Kindred
audiobook read by the author
@LeMoustier
. It is a wonderful, beautifully told account of Neanderthals and their place in the world. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
La Ferrassie 1 - 50,000 year old male Neanderthal with cranial capacity of 1641 cm³. Severely worn down front teeth may stem from their use as a third hand in the preparation of animal hides (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Neanderthals, Closer to Us: Like many Native American tribes, Neanderthals liked to adorn themselves with bird feathers, recent discoveries suggest (Article in Spanish)
(Neanderthal reconstruction by Fabio Fogliazza)