Tag: prehistory
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Lucy: How the 1974 Australopithecus afarensis Find Rewrote Human Evolution
Introduction: A Serendipitous Find in Hadar In the arid landscapes of Hadar, Ethiopia, a routine excavation in November 1974 yielded one of the most influential discoveries in paleoanthropology. What began as a glint in a gully became the fossil of a young Australopithecus afarensis, a specimen that would illuminate a pivotal chapter in human evolution…
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Formidable crocodile-like predator discovered in Egyptian desert
Discovery in the Western Desert Signposts a New Chapter in Crocodile Evolution Scientists have identified a new species of ancient marine crocodile from Egypt’s Western Desert, shedding light on how this group adapted after the age of dinosaurs. Based on fossil finds from the arid plains around the Kharga Oasis, the animal has been named…
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Ma forêt
Ma forêt: a radical reimagining of prehistory Antoinette Rychner’s Ma forêt imagines a prehistoric world where the forest itself seems to breathe with the wind, where animal cries punctuate life, and where human beings are woven into a larger ecological tapestry. The novel blends science fiction with a lyrical, arborescent prose that feels at once…