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Indeed, the reason for that first trip to Olduvai Gorge was to test the idea that a modern-looking skeleton, discovered by German scientist Hans Reck in 1913, was, as Reck claimed, about half a ...
If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species ...
If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million ...
stone alignments in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species representing one of the earliest branches of humanity’s family ...
A group of scientists have discovered a buried altar in Guatemala which had remains of people left in mysterious positions so many centuries ago.
These implements, known to experts as Oldowan—named after the Olduvai Gorge, an archaeologically rich site nearby in Tanzania—were shaped by our human ancestors into an impressive variety of ...
This evening will see showery rain clear, but soon clouding over into the night with further spells of heavy rain developing. Turning drier towards dawn. Increasingly windy, with strong gusts ...
At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...
This Special Feature (SF) on Economic Inequality represents a collective effort to accelerate archaeological assessment of economic inequality. The associated papers use the rich archaeological record ...