by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 18, 2007 | Africa, First human..., Genes, Prehistoric humans, Skeleton
Modern humans originated in Sub-saharan Africa, and from there spread all over the globe. Cambridge scientists, who published their study today in Nature, used genetic information combined with the measurements of 6000 skulls from collections all over the world in...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 14, 2007 | Material culture, Prehistoric humans, Sculpture
Late last month, German archeologists announced the discovery of intricate figurines that were made around 35,000 years ago. Made from mammoth ivory, the beautiful carvings include a mammoth and a lion. Recall from June 27’s post–the oldest human...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 10, 2007 | Beads, Infants, Ochre, Prehistoric humans, Preserved animals, Twins
Twenty-seven thousand years ago, a human parent or parents buried their ten-month-old twins. They decorated their babies with red ochre and jewellery, and sheltered them under the shoulder blade of a mammoth. The huge animal scapula protected the infants, and their...
