Read more about the article POO-HISTORIC: Scientists Crack Secrets Of Ancient Farming With Stone Age Dung
Image shows sheep or goat droppings, undated photo. The animals were reportedly kept inside the settlements on Mondsee lake, in Upper Austria, Austria, during the winter. (OAeW/Newsflash)
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POO-HISTORIC: Scientists Crack Secrets Of Ancient Farming With Stone Age Dung

Scientists have cracked the secrets of Stone Age farmers after studying ancient animal poo still perfectly preserved after 5,500 years. Image shows sheep or goat droppings, undated photo. The animals were reportedly kept inside the settlements on Mondsee lake, in Upper Austria, Austria, during the winter. (OAeW/Newsflash) The Neolithic dung…

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February 16, 2023
Read more about the article TUSK MASTERS: Neanderthals Were Expert Giant Elephant Hunters, Says Study
Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, poses in undated photo. She was standing next to a life-size reconstruction of an adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. (Lutz Kindler, LEIZA/Newsflash)
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TUSK MASTERS: Neanderthals Were Expert Giant Elephant Hunters, Says Study

Primitive human ancestors were skilled hunters tracking down and killing giant elephants for food 125,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, poses in undated photo. She was standing next to a life-size reconstruction of an adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the State Museum…

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February 12, 2023
Read more about the article SHELL OF A FIND: Ancient Ostrich Eggs Found At Prehistoric BBQ
Photo shows the flint finds uncovered during the excavation in the right tray and the Ostrich eggshell fragments in the left tray, undated. Ostrich eggs believed to be 4000-year-old were uncovered in the Negev in Israel. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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SHELL OF A FIND: Ancient Ostrich Eggs Found At Prehistoric BBQ

Ostrich eggs dating back up to 7,500 years have been found beside a prehistoric barbecue pit where a tribe of hunter-gatherers cooked giant omelettes. The astonishing desert discovery was made in the Negev, southern Israel, on farmland near Moshav Be’er Milka. The find - announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority…

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January 14, 2023
Read more about the article HULL OF A FIND: Medieval Shipwreck Found At Bottom Of Lake
Picture shows the ten meter long wooden boat at the bottom of Lake Mjosa, Norway. Scientists suspect it has been there since the Middle Ages, it was dicovered during a two-week investigation using Hugin, an autonomous submarine mapping explosives and ammunition waste, in November, 2022. (FFI, NTNU/Newsflash)
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HULL OF A FIND: Medieval Shipwreck Found At Bottom Of Lake

A shipwreck thought to date back hundreds of years to medieval times has been found perfectly preserved at the bottom of a lake. Picture shows the ten meter long wooden boat at the bottom of Lake Mjosa, Norway. Scientists suspect it has been there since the Middle Ages, it was…

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December 2, 2022
Read more about the article OWLS ABOUT THAT: Scientists Reveal First-Ever Mass Produced Children’s Toy Is 5,000-Year Slate Bird
Picture shows Placa de Valencina, undated. Researcher Juan Jose Negro suggests that the owl-shaped slate plates from 5,000 years ago could have been created by children to be used as toys, in a study conducted at the Donana Biological Station, in Sevilla, Spain. (Museo Arqueologico de Sevilla, Ministerio de Cultura/CEN)
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OWLS ABOUT THAT: Scientists Reveal First-Ever Mass Produced Children’s Toy Is 5,000-Year Slate Bird

Forget Lego, Barbie or even teddy bears, the world's first-ever kids' toy craze was actually carved slate owls covered with real feathers according to the latest research. Picture shows Placa de Valencina, undated. Researcher Juan Jose Negro suggests that the owl-shaped slate plates from 5,000 years ago could have been…

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December 2, 2022