Tag: archaeology
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Ancient Teenage Girl’s 12,000-Year-Old Dwarfism Discovery in Italian Cave
New Clues from a Stone Age Skeleton Researchers have uncovered a remarkable glimpse into the life of a Stone Age teenager from Italy. A human femur and other skeletal remains, buried in a cave roughly 12,000 years ago, carried evidence of a rare genetic disorder that visibly affected the length of her limbs. A recent…
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Stone Age Dwarfism: 12,000-Year-Old Italian Teen
Unearthing a Stone Age Mystery in Italy Scientists have piercingly revisited a burial from roughly 12,000 years ago to understand how prehistoric communities looked after their youngest and most vulnerable members. In a cave in Italy, the skeleton of a teenage girl was found with a distinctive set of physical traits that pointed researchers toward…
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Ancient DNA Reveals Stone Age Teen in Italy Had Rare Dwarfism
New Window into the Stone Age Mystery In a remarkable discovery at a cave site in Italy, researchers have identified a teenage girl from roughly 12,000 years ago who carried a rare form of dwarfism. The finding comes from a detailed DNA analysis of her skeleton, providing a rare glimpse into the health and genetics…
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500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Tool Found in the UK: A New Chapter in European Prehistory
Uncovering an Ancient Toolmaker Archaeologists have announced a groundbreaking discovery in the United Kingdom: a 500,000-year-old tool fashioned from an elephant bone. Unearthed at a site where elephant remains are unusually scarce, this find pushes back the timeline for early tool use in Europe and broadens our understanding of how ancient humans or hominins interacted…
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Ancient UK Site Reveals 500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Tool
A remarkable find reshapes our view of early human ingenuity in Europe Researchers have announced a groundbreaking discovery at a site in the United Kingdom: the oldest known elephant bone tool in Europe, dating to about 500,000 years ago. This extraordinary artifact, made from an elephant bone, provides rare insight into the technological capabilities of…
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Hafted Stone Tools Dating Back 160,000 Years Found in China
Ancient Hafted Tools Revealed in Henan Archaeologists working in central China’s Henan Province have uncovered a remarkable collection of hafted stone tools dating back as far as 160,000 years. The site, known as Xigou, yielded more than 2,600 individual lithic pieces, many showing signs of hafting—the practice of attaching a stone or blade to a…
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160,000-Year-Old Stone Tools in China Challenge Assumptions About Early Humans
New discoveries push back the timeline of stone tool technology in Asia Archaeologists have unveiled stone tools in China dating back about 160,000 years, suggesting that sophisticated tool-making may have emerged among early humans in Asia far earlier than previously believed. The find raises questions about who crafted these tools and how their techniques compared…
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160,000-Year-Old Stone Tools in China Challenge Homo Sapiens
New Evidence Pushes Back the Timeline for Stone Tool Technology Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable set of stone tools in what is now China dating back around 160,000 years. The find suggests that sophisticated toolmaking occurred in East Asia far earlier than many previous assessments, and it raises possibility that the tools were not made…
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Ancient Tools in China Suggest Sophisticated Skills Precede Homo sapiens by 160,000 Years
New Findings Push Back the Dawn of Advanced Tool Making Archaeologists have unveiled a remarkable discovery in what is now China: sophisticated stone tools dating to about 160,000 years ago. The findings, unearthed at a site where early humans inhabited the landscape, suggest that the development of complex tool technology may have occurred much earlier…
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Ancient Grains and Wooden Tools: Greece Reveals 430,000-Year-Old Artifacts at a Lake Shore
Unveiling an Early Chapter in Tool Technology Archaeologists have announced a breakthrough discovery from a lake shore in Greece: two wooden artifacts dating back an astonishing 430,000 years. The finds—one a long, spindly stick and the other a shorter, suggestive wooden implement—mark the oldest known wooden tools recovered to date. The excavation site, located along…