ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
According to current knowledge, figurative art began to develop after Homo sapiens started spreading across Europe. However, the origins of figurative art are until today not completely understood and new information and discoveries might contradict this assumption. Continue reading “The ‘Lion Man’; Upper Palaeolithic Art from Germany”
Klissoura Cave 1 preserves a regionally unique sequence of Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic though Mesolithic cultural layers dating to the Late Pleistocene. Continue reading “Klissoura Cave 1; the earliest Palaeolithic sequence in Southern Greece”
A single bone artefact found in a Moroccan cave is the oldest well-dated specialized bone tool associated with the Aterian culture of the Middle Stone Age, according to a study by Abdeljalil Bouzouggar of the Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine in Morocco and colleagues. Continue reading “Bone knife from Morocco is oldest specialized tool associated with Aterian culture – Unique technological complex in North Africa around 90,000 years ago”
In this post we present published information, in chronological order, on Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, a species belonging to the Hominidae family, dating back to the Late Miocene. Continue reading “Ouranopithecus macedoniensis; a prehistoric species of the Hominidae family from the Late Miocene of Greece”
Wooden artifacts were found in the stratified site of Poggetti Vecchi in southern Tuscany (central Italy) that was dated to the final Middle Pleistocene. Continue reading “Poggetti Vecchi, Tuscany, Italy; evidence of the use of fire for working wooden implements by Neanderthals (∼171,000 years B.P.)”
In this post we present an original analysis of Homer’s Hymn to Hermes. There seem to be many interesting things appearing in front of our eyes once we look at the text with the proper attention. Continue reading “Homer’s Hymn to Hermes; a description of Man’s distant past”
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