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Oshun: African Goddess of Love and Sweet Waters
... goddesses as Ishtar and Astarte. Further afield in West Africa, the Yoruba people believe in a love goddess by the ... 1894. Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa. [Online] Available at: ...
dhwty - 25/12/2019 - 12:28
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Archaeologists to seek remains of new human species in South African Cave
... Geographic’s expert explorer, Lee Berger of South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand, is about to launch a new expedition of an elaborate cave system in South Africa. The aim is to recover recently discovered fossils of ... and describe them," said Berger. Excavations in South Africa have added many pieces to the jigsaw puzzle of human ...
aprilholloway - 08/11/2013 - 05:46
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Footprints Reveal Passage of Early Humans From Africa Through Arabia
... long after modern humans first started to migrate out of Africa and into Eurasia. Dr Al-Herbish is quoted by the Saudi ... of a stone industry, which was similar to finds in Africa, especially in the famous Olduvai Gorge . An Acheulean ... a period when our ancestors had begun to migrate out of Africa to Eurasia. Increasingly it is being recognized that ...
Ed Whelan - 17/09/2020 - 15:56
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What were remains of 1,000-year-old African skeleton doing in England?
... that the remains belong to a woman who was from Sub-Sahara Africa and aged between 18 and 24 when she died. They are now ... early times, people travelling considerable distances but Africa to Fairford is a long journey." It is hoped that ...
aprilholloway - 25/09/2013 - 06:51
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Tracks on a South African Beach Offer Oldest Evidence Yet of Human Footwear
... team from the Cape south coast ichnology project in South Africa recently reported. Over the past 15 years we have ... shod hominins: western Europe and the Cape coast of South Africa. We followed up with a little crafting of our own to ... about our discoveries. They support the notion of southern Africa being one region where human cognitive and practical ...
ancient-origins - 12/09/2023 - 14:55
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Lost African City Found and Recreated With Laser Technology
... Tswana -speakers that dotted the northern parts of South Africa for generations before the first European travelers ...
ancient-origins - 31/01/2019 - 18:54
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The Great Berber Kingdom of Numidia in the Shadow of Rome
... but somewhat short-lived, kingdom situated in northern Africa. Who were the inhabitants of Numidia? And why was this ... the most important periods of Berber history and of North Africa too! Who Are the Berbers and How Did Numidia Emerge? ... are an old and very diverse ethnic group, native to North Africa and parts of West Africa too. Today, they number well ...
Aleksa Vučković - 20/01/2021 - 00:46
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New Stash of Mysterious Homo Naledi Bones Shows They Coexisted with Homo Sapiens
... has been found in a very important cave site in South Africa. Scientists now suggest that Homo naledi was alive ... has been found in a very important cave site in South Africa. Scientists now suggest that Homo naledi was alive ... which means "a gift" in the Sesotho language of southern Africa. The study of his limb bones reveals that he was ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 10/05/2017 - 23:02
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Oldest human footprints outside Africa discovered in England
... of the earliest footprints left by humans outside Africa in estuary mud in England, in a finding that has been ... be older than anything outside of the cradle of humanity, Africa. According to the research report, published yesterday ... Only three other sets of footprints, discovered in Africa, are more ancient than these ones. The footprints ...
aprilholloway - 07/02/2014 - 23:18
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Paying With Shells: Cowrie Shell Money Is One of the Oldest Currencies Still Collected Today
... was used in various parts of the world, including Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Shell money is a form of currency ... was used in various parts of the world, including Asia , Africa, and Oceania . This type of money makes use of a type ... materials including bronze, gold, and stone. Over in West Africa , shell money is believed to have been introduced into ...
dhwty - 26/04/2019 - 13:58
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Stone Age or Bone Age? Knife from Morocco is Oldest Specialized Tool of the Culture
... now found to be the oldest of its type to come from North Africa. This find indicates the appearance of a ‘unique technological complex’ in North Africa around 90,000 years ago. A single bone artifact found ... suggesting a unique technological industry in North Africa. The tool was recovered in 2012 from Dar-es Soltan 1 ...
ancient-origins - 06/10/2018 - 01:44
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Lost in the Mists of Time: The Ancient Sao Civilization in Central Africa
... Sao Civilization was an ancient culture located in Central Africa, in an area which is today partly owned by the ... Hominids Brought to Life in Remarkable Detail Out-of-Africa Yesterday, Australia Today and the Pleiades Tomorrow - ... ) By Ḏḥwty References Gearon, E., 2005. Central Africa, Northern: Chadic Peoples. In: K. Shillington, ed. ...
dhwty - 26/09/2015 - 04:01
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Archaeozoology at Mapungubwe: Let the Bones Speak
... (circa 1220 to 1290 AD) on the northern border of South Africa, is an Iron Age settlement and can probably be viewed ... (circa 1220 to 1290 AD) on the northern border of South Africa, is an Iron Age settlement and can probably be viewed ... location of Mapungubwe and K2 at the border between South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe (Image: A Antonites) ...
Annie Antonites - 20/04/2018 - 15:28
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105,000-Year-Old Kalahari Crystals Challenge Cultural Evolution Story
... a rockshelter on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa challenges the assumption that modern human origins ... a rockshelter on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa challenges the assumption that modern human origins ... and modern human cognition can be located in southern Africa. Since many of the archaeological sites linked to ...
Alicia McDermott - 02/04/2021 - 01:56
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Archaeological Discoveries Are Occurring Faster Than Ever
In 1924, a 3-year-old child’s skull found in South Africa forever changed how people think about human origins. ... In 1924, a 3-year-old child’s skull found in South Africa forever changed how people think about human origins. ... focus of human origins research from Europe and Asia onto Africa, setting the stage for the last century of research on ...
ancient-origins - 24/12/2019 - 01:48
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Out-of-Africa Yesterday, Australia Today and the Pleiades Tomorrow - Pleiadians and the Elders (Part 3)
... and Aliens stand as one in declaring that Australia, not Africa, was the birth of modern humans, and that this ... Australia. Irrespective of whether the date of entry from Africa was supposed to have happened 40,000, 60,000 or ... 2012. Personal Communication – email. Out-of-Africa Yesterday, Australia Today and the Pleiades Tomorrow - ...
strong - 19/07/2013 - 13:06
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50,000-year-old Siberian bones may be the ‘oldest Homo sapiens' outside Africa and Middle East
... eastern Siberia could be the oldest modern humans outside Africa and the Middle East. The discovery would change ... eastern Siberia could be the oldest modern humans outside Africa and the Middle East. The discovery would change ... years old, twice the age of any previous discovery outside Africa where our species is believed to have originated. Top ...
ancient-origins - 23/05/2018 - 14:00
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Ancient Human Fossil Finger Discovery Points to Earlier Eurasian Migration
... Arabian Peninsula is a vast landmass at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia. Yet until the last decade almost nothing ... Arabian Peninsula is a vast landmass at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia. Yet until the last decade almost nothing ... Pre-Human Fossil Suggests Mankind Arose in Europe NOT Africa At Nearly Half a Million-Years-Old, the Fossil of a ...
ancient-origins - 11/04/2018 - 01:27
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Breaking News! 300,000-Year-Old Remains Place Oldest Homo Sapiens in Morocco
... search in the area around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa for the origin of our species. A re-evaluation of ... search in the area around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa for the origin of our species. Phys.Org reports that ... tales.” Although the stones were found all over Africa by 300,000 years ago, human fossils were thought to be ...
Alicia McDermott - 07/06/2017 - 22:58
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Clay Wonders: The Handmade Figurines of Djenne-Djenno
... years ago. The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture The Legend of How Mansa Abu Bakr II ... was an ancient city located in what is now Mali, West Africa . It was one of the oldest known cities in sub-Saharan Africa and is believed to have been founded around 800 BCE, ...
Lex Leigh - 17/03/2023 - 13:53