#Jerusalem site reveals ancient Judean tax centre

“#Jerusalem site reveals ancient Judean tax centre” < div> Seal impressions unveiled in Jerusalem this week offer rare insight about the administration of the ancient Kingdom of Judah centred in Jerusalem and the collection of taxes Seal impressions dating back 2,700 years were unveiled in Jerusalem this week offering rare new details about the administration…

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#Humans may have reached the Americas 15,000 years earlier than previously thought

“#Humans may have reached the Americas 15,000 years earlier than previously thought” Dr Juan I. Macías-Quintero, Martín Martínez-Riojas, Prof. Eske Willerslev and Dr Mikkel Winther Pedersen (from left to right), collecting samples for ancient DNA analyses at Chiquihuite Cave, 2019. Credit: Devin A. Gandy Humans may have reached the Americas over 30,000 years ago, new…

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#Neanderthals of the Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate

“#Neanderthals of the Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate” Researchers sampled this 50-cm long stalagmite in the Pozzo Cucù cave, in the Castellana Grotte area (Bari) and they carried out 27 high-precision datings and 2,700 analyses of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes. Credit: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become…

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#First exhaustive analysis of use-wear traces on basalt tools from Olduvai

“#First exhaustive analysis of use-wear traces on basalt tools from Olduvai” Beta vulgaris processing during the experimental basalt program/P. Bello-Alonso The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución humana (CENIEH) has participated in an experimental study published recently in the journal Archeological and Anthropological Sciences, on the possible uses of tools fashioned from basalts—volcanic rocks…

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#Finding 1154 holes in the ground… and a riddle

“#Finding 1154 holes in the ground… and a riddle” Caroline Fredriksen gets results with the metal detector. Credit: Arne Anderson Stamnes, NTNU You can say all kinds of things about cooking pits, but sensational they’re not. They’re more what experts in the field might call an everyday archaeological discovery, if such a thing exists. Cooking…

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#New dinosaur discovery in Switzerland fills a gap in evolutionary history of sauropods

“#New dinosaur discovery in Switzerland fills a gap in evolutionary history of sauropods” Schleitheimia (left) and Plateosaurus (above right). Credit: University of Utrecht, Author provided Dinosaurs were the dominant group of animals on Earth for over 150 million years. Long-necked, plant-eating sauropods such as Brontosaurus, Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus are probably among the most famous dinosaurs,…

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