December
22
/ 2020
A recent analysis of artifacts obtained from North Sea beaches has revealed a surprising fact about life in ancient Europe. It seems that some Ice Age peoples carved weapons from human bones. This was confirmed through a process of molecular analysis that allows scientists to identify the specific animal source of fossilized skeletal remains. The startling discovery was just announced by scientists associated with Leiden University in the Netherlands, who designed the study that produced these remarkable results. “As an expert in this field, I really wasn’t expecting that,” Newcastle University archaeologist Benjamin Elliot told Smithsonian Magazine. Elliot wasn’t involved in the research project that uncovered the shocking evidence, but the surprise he is voicing is shared by many in
