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Early Copper Crafting Among Anatolia's Last Hunter-Gatherers

Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2025

Credit: Gre Fılla Excavation / Özlem Ekinbaş Can The Gre Fılla Site: A Window into Prehistoric Innovation Nestled in the upper Tigris Valley, Gre Fılla has been under excavation since 2018. One particularly intriguing artifact, a copper bar-shaped object, underwent lead isotope analysis. .

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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

Traditionally, scholars have debated linguistic origins based on indirect clues—symbolic artifacts, brain size, or the complexity of tool-making. Yet, despite its central role in human evolution, determining when and how language first emerged remains a challenge. C., & Chomsky, N. Why Only Us: Language and Evolution.

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Ancient Meteors and Early Iron: How Space Rocks Became Everyday Tools in Iron Age Poland

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recent analysis of artifacts from two Lusatian Culture cemeteries suggests that early metallurgists were not only working with iron from terrestrial sources but also incorporating metal from ataxite meteorites—an extremely rare form of nickel-rich iron that originates in space. A Witnessed Meteorite Fall?

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Two Worlds, Two Technologies: The Divergent Stone Industries of the Uluzzian and Châtelperronian Peoples

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

To correct this, the team organized a workshop where archaeologists directly examined artifacts from both traditions side by side. 7, 8) Core with two opposing faces with parallel detachments This fundamental difference in technique suggests that these groups did not learn from one another or share a common cultural tradition.

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A Window Into the Early Epigravettian: Grotta della Lea and Italy’s Final Ice Age Hunters

Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

The presence of these distinct lithic technologies indicates that hunter-gatherers in this region were part of a broader cultural tradition that spanned much of southern Europe in the final millennia of the Ice Age. The radiocarbon dating places these tools firmly within the Early Epigravettian, aligning with known sites across Italy.

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Carving the Mind: Middle Paleolithic Engravings and the Dawn of Symbolic Thought

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Engraved Stones of the Levant The researchers focused on five artifacts from four archaeological sites: Manot Cave, Amud Cave, Qafzeh Cave, and Quneitra. The artifacts themselves varied in form—two engraved Levallois cores, a flint plaquette, and two incised cortical flakes—but each bore markings that required closer scrutiny.

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A Stone Age Puzzle: How Did Quina Tools Reach Ancient China?

Anthropology.net

APRIL 2, 2025

The discovery of a sophisticated stone tool tradition in southern China is now forcing a major reassessment of that assumption. These artifacts suggest that the inhabitants of Longtan were engaging in complex tool-making behavior typically attributed to Neanderthals in Europe. Who Made the Tools? Cooney Williams, M., & Janik, L.

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The Stone Blades of Jebel Faya: Rewriting the Story of Early Humans in Arabia

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Examples of retouched artifacts from the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. These artifacts stand out for their sophistication, demonstrating a clear departure from earlier Middle Paleolithic traditions. What Comes Next? PLoS ONE , 6(11), e28239.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. The walls and shelves of this 106-year-old building are covered with authentic student learning artifacts.

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A Call for Respect: Rethinking How Museums Care for Animal Remains

Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

In a new paper published in Advances in Archaeological Practice 1 , Ward and his colleagues are calling for museums to take a more ethical, culturally informed approach to caring for the bones of animals, particularly those tied to Indigenous traditions. That disregard has persisted in many collections today. E., & Peacock, E.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture

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APRIL 23, 2025

Traveling Treasures isnt just about artifacts; its about empowering Liberians to reconnect with their roots in a way that feels personal, immersive, and unforgettable. “And when the war ended, there was no effort on the part of the government to encourage people to return to their traditional homes. These places were unsafe.

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Climate, Chaos, and Cooperation: How Shifting Environments May Have Forged Early Human Solidarity

Anthropology.net

APRIL 19, 2025

Artifacts from sites like Blombos Cave in South Africa and Olorgesailie in Kenya suggest complex behaviors—ochre use, shell bead production, long-distance obsidian transport—that imply trust, planning, and collaboration across groups. But Inaba and Akiyama suggest the pressures may have run deeper. Related Research Potts, R.

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A Face in the Rock: Tracing Early Human Symbolism in the South Caucasus

Anthropology.net

APRIL 19, 2025

According to a collaborative report published by Japanese and Azerbaijani researchers in Archaeological Research in Asia 1 , this is the first such artifact known from Mesolithic layers in the South Caucasus. Yet symbolic artifacts from this period in the region have been frustratingly rare. Quaternary International. link] Soffer, O.,

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Early Copper Crafting Among Anatolia's Last Hunter-Gatherers

When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

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Ancient Meteors and Early Iron: How Space Rocks Became Everyday Tools in Iron Age Poland

Two Worlds, Two Technologies: The Divergent Stone Industries of the Uluzzian and Châtelperronian Peoples

A Window Into the Early Epigravettian: Grotta della Lea and Italy’s Final Ice Age Hunters

Carving the Mind: Middle Paleolithic Engravings and the Dawn of Symbolic Thought

A Stone Age Puzzle: How Did Quina Tools Reach Ancient China?

The Stone Blades of Jebel Faya: Rewriting the Story of Early Humans in Arabia

Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

A Call for Respect: Rethinking How Museums Care for Animal Remains

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture

Climate, Chaos, and Cooperation: How Shifting Environments May Have Forged Early Human Solidarity

A Face in the Rock: Tracing Early Human Symbolism in the South Caucasus

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