archaeology
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These 5,000-Year-Old Drinking Straws Were Used to Sip Beer, Researchers Say
A set of gold and silver tubes found 125 years ago in the northern Caucasus are likely drinking straws, not scepters, according to a re-analysis of the ancient artifacts.
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Neanderthals Were Altering the Landscape at Least 125,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests
An excavation in Germany appears to have uncovered the oldest evidence of Pleistocene hunter-gatherers making impactful alterations to the local environment.
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Hidden Chamber Uncovered at Famous Gibraltar Cave That Sheltered Neanderthals
An effort to find hidden passages and chambers at the Gorham’s Cave Complex in Gibraltar has paid off after nearly 10 years of searching.
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How Do We Know What Neanderthals Looked Like?
When quarry workers dislodged a skullcap and a bunch of bones from a cave near Düsseldorf in 1856, little did anyone realise the remains would reveal an entirely new branch on the tree of life, that of the genus Homo and its many constituents, including Homo neanderthalensis, to which those bones belonged. The name “Neanderthal”…