At 7,000–8,000 years old, they predate the domestication of camels (so far as we know). Ancient people get smarter every time we run into them.
Tag: archaeology
Weaponizing the term “creationism” in debates on racism
That includes, for example, dragging it into debates over repatriation of the remains of Indigenous peoples.
Early humans at Gobekli Tepe did not live on meat, as earlier supposed
So you still don’t believe that starch is responsible for human brain evolution? Well, there is always sugar. No, wait… also popcorn. To evolve smartness, try popcorn, candy floss, and marshmallows. People had to be smart to invent popcorn, candy floss, and marshmallows. Let’s get in while we can.
Huge structures found from 7000 years ago in Arabia
Over a thousand of them. How does it compare with Gobekli Tepe? Well, that was ten thousand years ago. The past gets thicker all the time as the dumb caveman recedes …
At the Smithsonian: “Humans in the Americas” story is always evolving
One problem is that some points of view are understood to arise from a philosophical position but others are thought to be “just science” when they also arise from a philosophical point of view.
Çatalhöyük, a window on life 9,500 years ago
At her blog, Oscillations, Suzan Mazur reflects on what we have learned to date (it is only 5% excavated). One of the issues is whether there was any religion at Çatalhöyük: Suzan Mazur: I’m asking this because Templeton has come under fire for putting its fingers all over science from the investigation of the origin Read More…