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How smart were our fire-taming ancestors?
The discovery of fire was a key moment in the human prehistory. With fire our ancestors would’ve been able to cook food, making digestion more efficient. The benefits of this are so great that we’ve n… more →
EvoAnth
Sunken Continent?
wrote 6 hours ago: Scientists have found evidence of a lost land off South America. Sunken part of that continent? Or a … more →
Open Field
wrote 20 hours ago: The more I think about the countryside, the more machine-made it seems. But I still feel something i … more →
THE UPRIGHTS - AUTHOR'S COMMENTS
wrote 1 day ago: I’m really excited that you are reading my first ever blog. Also grateful – because an autho … more →
THE UPRIGHTS - BOOK DESCRIPTION
wrote 1 day ago: At first they only hear deep, rumbling roars and grunts, and higher-pitched squeals of fear – and ul … more →
A pot to piss in
wrote 2 days ago: BRBs: ceramic fungi blooming in Trench F I just hauled four big sacks and five crates of pottery bac … more →
Building a Bronze Age Board walk...
wrote 5 days ago: Wednesday the 15th of May saw the first Hands on Heritage Volunteer day at Shapwick Heath National N … more →
Miracle at Hengistbury Head, September 1984
wrote 5 days ago: Lots of things in life are unexplainable and the camera is a unique tool with its forensic ability t … more →
The Minotaur Was Not An Expat
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wrote 6 days ago: When British archaeologist Arthur Evans discovered the 4,000-year-old Palace of Minos on Crete in 19 … more →
Great Orme Copper Mines
wrote 6 days ago: I wrote this short essay last summer, after spending a week in North Wales. Both the landscape of th … more →
Something Prehistoric This Way Comes
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wrote 1 week ago: Day 121 Just about sundown I happened to look out the front door…and racing across the yard wa … more →
1st Year Prehistory
wrote 1 week ago: When 1st year students went to Atapuerca site they were told a new Homo was found but archaeologists … more →
In the footsteps of the Neolithic...
wrote 1 week ago: Last week we stepped back in time to about 3806BC to reconstruct a section of the famous Neolithic t … more →
In search of timber...
wrote 1 week ago: In order to get started on one of the prehistoric dugout canoes, we needed some wood. In fact, we ne … more →
Dinosaur, Dinosaur (Bryan Barton)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Title: Dinosaurs, dinosaurs Author/Illustrator: Barton, Byron. Bibliographic information: Place: Har … more →
Giving a face to Malta's Temple builders
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Giving a face to Malta’s Temple builders Malta’s fascinating prehistory is not only of l … more →
The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things
wrote 2 weeks ago: an exhibition curated by Mark Lecky, 27 April – 30 June 2013 The Universal Addressability of D … more →
The nativity of creativity: Ice Age art at the British Museum
wrote 2 weeks ago: My visit to this exhibition, called Ice Age Art: arrival of the modern mind left me feeling a sense … more →
Menschenbilder und Menschenbild
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bilder aus: Menschenbilder und Menschenbild: Anthropomorphe Bildwerke der frühen Eisenzeit Christoph … more →
Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind exhibition extended
wrote 2 weeks ago: Female figure sculpture approximately 20,000 years-old Due to popular demand the exhibition, Ice … more →
