Tag: Stone age
How the Neanderthals cooked – Knowledge
A kind of flatbread, lentils, peas, pistachios and mustard: The cuisine of the Neanderthals and that of modern humans as early as the Palaeolithic Age was apparently more sophisticated than…
An ice-cold case: new questions about the murder of Ötzi – knowledge
Of Jacob Wetzel The discovery of the body on September 19, 1991 was a stroke of luck for science. That day, two mountaineers discovered a frozen, naturally mummified dead man…
Ancient family ties: Researchers analyze the genetic material of the Neanderthals – Knowledge
The rocks of Chagyrskaya Cave picturesquely tower over a river valley in the foothills of the Altai Mountains in Central Asia. Tens of thousands of years ago, groups of Neanderthals…
Ancient family ties: – Knowledge – SZ.de
The rocks of Chagyrskaya Cave picturesquely tower over a river valley in the foothills of the Altai Mountains in Central Asia. Tens of thousands of years ago, groups of Neanderthals…
Archaeology: Since when do people pay with money? – Knowledge
Of Jacob Wetzel Either way, it’s pretty to look at. The Arnhofen chert shines, is blue-grey to golden-brown and banded in parallel, it has something like a naturally occurring pinstripe…
In the middle of Bavaria: Neolithic diet – Bavaria
In a few thousand years, roast pork will still come with a crust. But maybe there won’t be any more pork in it, rather pea proteins with a lot of…
Archeology: The Mystery of the Stones
In south-west Spain, archaeologists have discovered megaliths arranged in huge circles and lines, one of the largest prehistoric sites in Europe. What was the facility used for? source site
Thousands of animal bones and tools from the Stone Age discovered – Bavaria
Mammoth, cave bear and wild horse – archaeologists discovered thousands of animal bones and man-made tools from the Paleolithic during an excavation in Middle Franconia. Experts speak of an extremely…
Friendship pendants already existed in the Stone Age – knowledge
They come in all sorts of forms. Some are made of silver or gold, others are made of wood. Often something like “Best Friends” is engraved. Some pendants look like…
Who invented the wheel? The oldest traces are from northern Germany – knowledge
Sometimes archaeologists get lucky. This is what happened in Flintbek in Schleswig-Holstein, eight kilometers south-west of Kiel. Scientists discovered one primeval burial mound after another there in the 1970s. Together…