Medium: The Iron Age Began with Accidental Advances in Metallurgy Long before humans learned to forge iron weapons or build iron plows, ancient smelters were perfecting the art of making copper. In their quest to improve the metal’s quality, these early metallurgists...
Smithsonian: See the Faces of Two Sisters Who Toiled Away in a Neolithic Mine 6,000 Years Ago Archaeologists created 3D reconstructions of the women’s faces based on an analysis of their teeth and bones. Found in the Czech Republic, the siblings “did not have an easy...
Scientists pinpoint when humans had babies with Neanderthals Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, according to two new studies.Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years...
First Humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe Map source: Wikipedia – Early Human Migration Link to Article The first humans to leave Africa decamped to far east Asia, not Europe. A trove of ancient teeth found in a cave in China adds evidence to the...
Mos.ru: Prehistoric cooking pot and Neolithic fish soup Link to Article Find out more about the diet of the prehistoric people living in the Moscow region in the 4th century BC and the ways they economised on firewood plus a curious archaeological find.Today’s issue...
