ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Provenancing obsidian facilitates the study of the procurement and exchange of this valuable raw material with a high degree of certainty. It can also be used indirectly to document prehistoric human migrations. Continue reading “Zhokhov Island in the Siberian High Arctic; long-distance (1,500km) exchange of obsidian during the Early Holocene”
In this post we present extended parts from the very informative paper titled “The Problem of the Origin of Domestic Animals in Neolithic China“, by Yuan Jing. Continue reading “Domestication of pigs in Neolithic China 8,000 yBP- Likely domestication of dogs 9,000 yBP”
In the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, between the third and second millennium BC, a widespread funeral practice consisted in burying humans with animals. Scientists have discovered that both foxes and dogs were domesticated, as their diet was similar to that of their owners. Continue reading “Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age”
Novo Scriptorium 