The Paleo Diet Never Existed. Scientists Found What Early Humans Were Really Eating.

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...
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The world’s oldest form of proto-writing may have been discovered in Germany — it’s over 40,000 years old

A possible 40,000-year-old proto-writing system is reshaping the story of humanity’s earliest methods of communication.

Archaeologists May Have Discovered the Oldest Form of Writing—Ever

Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system ...

40,000-year-old Paleolithic carvings may be the precursor to human writing

Rows of tiny crosses and dots run along the flank of a mammoth no bigger than your palm. Someone carved it from a tusk around 40,000 years ago, then went back and added the marks with care.
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Paleolithic humans invented an early predecessor to writing at least 40,000 years ago, carved signs suggest

A statistical analysis of a series of signs carved into artifacts from around 40,000 years ago suggests humans developed ...
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Skeletons reveal Stone Age mother and daughter had a rare genetic condition

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1963, paleoarchaeologists working in southern Italy discovered ...
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Researchers Say This Paleolithic Teenage Boy Died a Slow Death After a Bear Mauled Him

The Prince of Arene Candide is displayed wearing a reconstructed headdress in the Ligurian Archaeological Museum in Genoa, Italy. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Some 27,000 years ago, a ...
The New York Times

Quiz: Can You Define ‘Lowkenuinely’?

This is a series about the mysteries of internet speak. A fictional offspring of a locust and a hen. Discoveries at sea. A door with an electronic key fob. When something is low-key, but also genuine.
The Conversation

Slanguage: How ‘6‑7’ makes sense even though it means nothing

Nicole Rosen has received funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Canada Research Chair program. University of Manitoba provides funding as a founding ...
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Neanderthal Tool Technology from 50,000 BC Found for First Time in China

While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a static period in East Asia. New research from the University of Washington ...
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Humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, study finds

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...
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Stunning blue pigment on a 13,000-year-old artifact surprises scientists

Researchers uncovered rare azurite traces on a Final Paleolithic artifact, overturning assumptions that early Europeans used only red and black pigments. The find suggests ancient people possessed ...