Going both ways across the Land Bridge
Now it seems there is some evidence humans used the Bering Land Bridge to pass from the Americas back to Eurasia….. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-dna-evidence-charts-native-american-migrations-back-across-the-bering-sea-180981435/
Further evidence – ancient seafaring
Check out this article arguing that ancient humans reached some islands in the Mediterranean sea as long ago as 450,000 years, by boat, not on foot. If this is true, …
Woke human origins?
Here below is an article about a new take on ancient humans and the eating of meat. Essentially it argues that the thesis that ancient humans shifted from plant-based foods …
Tribal urge stronger than survival urge?
The urge to survive is one of the strongest forces within humans. It seems that this urge is overcome, or overridden, only when a parent’s child or close relative is …
How did humans reach the Americas?
The article below continues a series of findings and speculations that humans arrived in the Americas long before the end of the last ice age. For decades the prevailing view …
Are we becoming less intelligent?
I wonder if we as a species are dumbing down. Before farming (ie, dense settlements, crowds, and a need for administration) human bones we have recovered shows that skeletons were …
The Plot Thickens
When the Kennewick Man was discovered in Washington State a great argument ensued. Native tribes demanded that the bones remain with them, as an honored ancestor of 9,000 years ago. …
Razor Stone
I built this theory that during the last ice age, thousands of years, even tens of thousands of years before the accepted time of crossing the land bridge ( less …
Ancient Humans Thought Experiment (3)
I think there has been a lack of imagination about how ancient humans lived and survived. In addition to missing, until recently, the awareness that throughout human history humans have …
Ancient Humans Thought Experiment (2)
Humans arose during the last two million years, according to available fossil evidence, with so-called “modern humans” – that is, humans leaving behind evidence of culture, art, technology – emerging …
Ancient Humans Thought Experiment (1)
It seems we now have fossil evidence of at least 6500 individuals from ancient times; that is, older than, say, 10,000 years, and much of this evidence has appeared in …
Making a Spear Thrower (atlatl)
My publisher put up this great video showing how you can make a spear thrower usimg only natural materials. Worth watching to the end to get a sense of the …
Ancient Underwater Footprints
This article from Hakai Magazine talks about ancient footprints found around the world, including (at the end of the article) a site in British Columbia along the coast. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/where-our-human-ancestors-made-an-impression/?utm_source=Hakai+Magazine+Weekly&utm_campaign=83d22b4056-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-83d22b4056-121608961