What France's ancient cave drawings may reveal about the origin of language, art, and human thought--insights into one of the greatest mysteries in anthropology They roam deep underground in the recesses of French (and some Spanish) caves: Bulls and bison. Horses and stags. Rhin…
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development.
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development.
Until very recently there was almost universal agreement amongst scientists that human beings first entered the Americas from Siberia around 13,000 years ago by walking into Alaska across the Bering landbridge. Over the next two thousand years their descendants supposedly spread…
The well-preserved archaeological site at Oldeholtwolde was inhabited by a small group of people during the final phase of the last Ice Age, some 13,000 years ago. This text focuses on the analysis of the ca. 10,000 flint artefacts from Oldeholtwolde.
Bien que les plus anciennes informations sur la découverte d'outils lithiques en Grèce remontent à la fin du xixe s., il a fallu attendre l'époque de la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour qu'une première fouille soit effectuée sur un site paléolithique. Par la suite, prospections et f…
