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1. Are These Tools Left by Paleolithic Travelers on the Beringia Land Bridge?

   By The Siberian Times reporter

   Excavations are to be made after the discovery of evidence indicating the world’s most northerly paleolithic site on this remote island off the Arctic coast of Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic. 

   An expedition to Stolbovoy in the eastern Laptev Sea, some 184 km (114 miles) from the mainland, found implements believed to belong to ancient humans at the time when there was a land bridge between modern Siberia and North America, known as Beringia. 

   ancient-origins - 17/08/2018 - 14:00

2. Peking Man and China’s Paleontological Nationalism

   At the beginning of the 20th century, a team of international paleontologists prepared to excavate a cave located in a limestone formation known as Dragon-Bone Hill, a few hours outside of Beijing. The Cave of Zhoukoudian had traditionally been the haunt of dragon bone collectors, eager to find remnants of a legendary creature that had been celebrated in Chinese mythology for centuries.

   Jake Leigh-Howarth - 20/05/2022 - 19:00

3. Oldest Paleolithic Rock Art in Siberia May Be More Ancient than Previously Believed

   There is something in the soul of humans that inspires us to create. Evidence of this creative impulse going back to 8,000 or  even 10,000 years is found in Siberia in the form of drawings of horses and bison scratched into rocks.

   Mark Miller - 06/08/2015 - 05:14

4. The Controversial Iwajuku Site and the Argument for the Japanese Paleolithic Period

   It was once thought that the human habitation of the Japanese archipelago began during the Jōmon period (approximately between 13,000 and 500 BC) This view changed however, with the discovery of Paleolithic sites on the archipelago, which stretched the occupation of Japan by human beings as far back as 30,000 BC. One source even suggests that humans might have inhabited the Japanese islands as far back as 50,000 BC. The first of these Paleolithic sites that was rediscovered is a site known as Iwajuku.

   dhwty - 01/01/2016 - 01:48

5. Wyoming Declared Oldest Mine in Americas: Red Ochre Mined there 13,000 Years Ago!

   Excavations that concluded in 2020 have confirmed an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming that was allegedly used by humans to produce red ochre 13,000 years ago! It is now officially the oldest known mine of any sort in the Americas, and the findings have been published in the May issue of the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

   Sahir - 22/05/2022 - 14:59

6. The New Paleo? The Staples of Neanderthal Diets Unlocked by Looking at the Gunk in Their Teeth

   Alan Cooper  & Laura Weyrich  /The Conversation

   ancient-origins - 13/03/2017 - 22:07

7. Paleolithic Tools Prove Hominins Were in Europe 1.4 Million Years Ago

   After five decades of speculation about their true origin, ancient stone tools removed from the archaeological site of Korolevo in western Ukraine have been successfully dated for the first time.

   Nathan Falde - 06/03/2024 - 16:00

8. Bones Reveal Gruesome Fate of Scottish Clan Members Who Were Smoked to Death in a Cave

   More than 400 years ago, the Macleod clan massacred about 400 of the Macdonalds on the Isle of Eigg in Scotland, when the Macleods smoked them to death in a cave in which they took refuge. Now a group of tourists have found more bones of the Macdonalds clan in that cave.

   The attack on the Macdonalds wiped out most of the island’s residents after a clan feud erupted over some Macleod men possibly molesting some Macdonalds girls. As many as 400 Macdonalds islanders were slain in this outbreak of clan warfare.

   Mark Miller - 25/03/2017 - 00:46

9. Rosetta-style engraving lauding Cleopatra I and two Ptolemaic Pharaohs unearthed in Egypt

   A 2,200-year-old Rosetta-style limestone stele has been found at an ancient site near the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Alexandria in Egypt. Though archaeologists and Egyptologists haven’t deciphered the entire meaning yet, they say that, like the Rosetta Stone, the stele commemorates ancient Egyptian royalty, in this case two Ptolemaic pharaohs and Cleopatra I.

   Mark Miller - 08/06/2018 - 02:36

10. Does Upper Paleolithic Cave Art with Missing Fingers Really Provide Evidence for Ritual Amputation?

    In a research paper published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, three scientists: Brea McCauley, David Maxwell, and Mark Collard from the Simon Fraser public research university in British Columbia, Canada, say that they suspect “Upper Paleolithic people practiced ritualistic finger amputation.”

    ashley cowie - 06/12/2018 - 13:50

11. The Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt: Hasty End of a Powerful Dream – Part II

    Even though Napoleon Bonaparte had tasted a series of successes within weeks of setting foot in Egypt, including an important victory against the dreaded Mamluks, his plan to conquer the entire country was thwarted often by an English naval genius, Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson, who seemed to follow him like a shadow. Soon, with his troops in low spirits due to the constant battles and the punishing weather, defeat stared the French in the face. Napoleon did the unthinkable – he quietly left for France.

    anand balaji - 03/10/2018 - 16:41

12. Solved: The 4000-Year-Old Murder Mystery Of The Cova Foradada Skull

    A murder that took place over 4,000 years ago in Spain’s Cova Foradada Cave has been “solved.” Archaeologists investigating the scene of the brutal murder in the Spanish cave have now used high-tech methods to identify the murder weapon based on forensic evidence related to the Cova Foradada skull.

    ashley cowie - 08/12/2020 - 21:45

13. Da Vinci Designed a Double Helix Staircase at the Château de Chambord

    One of the most impressive architectural features of the French Renaissance castle of Château de Chambord is its famous double helix staircase. The design of this element is popularly attributed to the renowned Italian Renaissance polymath, Leonardo da Vinci.

    dhwty - 14/01/2022 - 00:44

14. Napoleon’s Amazing Foresight: Savants, Soldiers and Science

    In 1798 the French general, Napoleon Bonaparte, led an expedition to Egypt vowing to annex the country and halt the military and commercial march of the British. But a little over three years later, despite tasting spectacular victories, he abandoned his troops and went back to France when faced with a reversal of fortunes. However, even though Napoleon’s campaign on Egyptian soil met an abrupt end, not all was lost.

    anand balaji - 17/09/2018 - 20:23

15. Paleontologists Uncover 6-Million-Year-Old Elephant Graveyard in Florida

    While digging along a dried-up riverbed in northern Florida, a team of paleontologists and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History unearthed a collection of bones from an elephant species that lived in the region during the Miocene Epoch, which spanned a period from 23 million to 5.33 million years ago.

    Nathan Falde - 02/06/2023 - 22:49

16. The Egyptian God Heryshaf – Mysterious Lord of Heracleopolis

    We all know that the wonders of the ancient Egyptian pantheon are many and so amazing – and the deities that lurk within that pantheon are almost impossible to count and mention.

    Aleksa Vučković - 27/10/2019 - 22:12

17. Did Humans Walk the Earth with Dinosaurs? Triceratops Horn Dated to 33,500 Years

    A Triceratops brow horn discovered in Dawson County, Montana, has been controversially dated to around 33,500 years, challenging the view that dinosaurs died out around 65 million years ago. The finding radically suggests that early humans may have once walked the earth with the fearsome reptiles thousands of years ago.

    aprilholloway - 24/05/2018 - 03:11

18. The Venus Figurines of the European Paleolithic Era

    The Venus figurines is a term given to a collection of prehistoric statuettes of women made during the Paleolithic Period, mostly found in Europe, but with finds as far as Siberia. To date, more than 200 of the figurines have been found, all of whom are portrayed with similar physical attributes, including curvaceous bodies with large breasts, bottoms, abdomen, hips, and thighs, and usually tapered at the top and bottom.  The heads are often of relatively small size and devoid of detail, and most are missing hands and feet.

    aprilholloway - 11/04/2014 - 13:59

19. Remarkable Paleolithic Sculpture Discovered in the Famous Cave of Foissac

    A fascinating and unique Paleolithic sculpture of a figurine carved from a large bovine bone and with unusual designs engraved in it was discovered in the well-known cave of Foissac in Aveyron, France.

    Natalia Klimczak - 04/08/2016 - 03:45

20. Paleolithic Toothache: Oldest Dentistry Revealed in 14,000-Year-Old Tooth of Young Man

    Researchers were undoubtedly smiling over a 14,000-years-old tooth that revealed the oldest known dentistry techniques, dating back to the Late Upper Paleolithic (between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago). The infected tooth was found to have been partially cleaned with flint tools, marking an important development in the history of prehistoric dental surgery treatments.

    lizleafloor - 24/07/2018 - 13:20

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