Oetzi at the time of his discovery, in 1991, among the ice of Similaun Oetzi, primitive man also known as Mummy of the Similaun , continues to reveal so much about himself and, in this way, also about the very distant time in which he lived (see also https://www.pilloledistoria.it/7218/preis
The Neolithic sieves found in Croatia Found in Croatia ceramic objects , very similar to sieves, dating back to about 7200 years ago , in full Neolithic. traces of milk fatty acids are still present on them , the oldest so far found in the Mediterranean basin, which suggests that they
The payment methods they have existed for centuries and have always played an important role within societies. Their evolution over the years has been considerable:we have gone from simple and physical barter to the difficult and abstract world of technological innovations . The technologi
Remains of prehistoric elephants in the quarries of Revadim, Israel The meals of the men of the Paleolithic they also included elephant meat. This is documented by the recent discovery in the Revadim quarries , in Israel , of the remains of fat and ribs of the aforementioned animals th
The beautiful prehistoric bracelet found in Siberia In 2008, in the Denisova Cave , near the Altai mountains, in Siberia , the body of a woman was found wearing a jewel, a green chlorite bracelet, which now, after careful analysis and in-depth studies, has been found to date back to about
The fossil pollen found on the tomb of the Red Lady in Spain The custom of bringing flowers to the dead is very ancient, more than we could have assumed, or probably, has existed since man himself has existed. The recent discovery is a clear demonstration of this , in a cave in Spain, of fo
One of the ancient stone tools recently discovered in Kenya They were recently discovered in Kenya some stone tools whose precise purpose is still being examined by scholars. However, it is certain that they date back to 3.3 million years ago, so they are about 700,000 years older than those
The fossil teeth found in Israel, containing the oldest traces of pollution found so far pollution its not just a modern problem, on the contrary. A recent discovery also contributes to demonstrating how old and consolidated the coexistence between human beings and harmful substances is occur
Sperm The spermatozoa of man survive for five days, but those produced by a small and unknown prehistoric worm now extinct have lasted much longer, as they were found intact by a group of archaeologists of various nationalities in Antarctica only a few months ago and are 50 million years old.
Neanderthal man hot water a luxury of our times? It certainly seems not, at least judging by a recent discovery made by researchers from the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution, who analyzing a prehistoric shelter on the site of Abric Romani in Catalonia (Spain), t
Reconstruction of the physiognomy of Lucy, the specimen of Australopithecus afarensis found in Africa 41 years ago Today Google celebrate with one of her beautiful doodle themed, the 41st anniversary of one of the most important discoveries always, the remains of an Australopithecus af
The footprints of Homo erectus recently discovered in Eritrea A research coordinated by the University of Rome La Sapienza and the National Museum of Eritrea , led to the discovery of the first footprints of Homo erectus . These are traces left on the sand of a lake around which, 800,000
Prehistoric camp. Traces of rudimentary cigarettes have recently been found in one of them An interesting discovery recently covered a desert area in Utah (USA), where a team of scholars found a camp used by human hunters and gatherers who lived approximately 12,300 years ago. The most
Footprints of prehistoric men near Norfolk (photo:effedieffe) A sensational archaeological discovery recently concerned the small town of Happisburgh, near Norfolk, England, where 49 footprints were found , 12 of which complete, printed over a period of time from 850 to 950 thousand years
Mesolithic Man (from lastampa.it) The news is one that arouses some surprise:unlike what has always been assumed, it seems that our ancestors had, at least some, clear eyes. The discovery is due to researchers from the Barcelona Institute of Evolutionary Biology, who carried out the DNA test
Pen and inkwell The need to communicate and to fix ones thoughts has belonged to mankind since the dawn of civilization, an inalienable desire which, in the absence of adequate means and comfort, has been satisfied from the beginning with the help of the tools made available by nature. Thanks
Old advertisement for Colgate toothpaste As far as toothpaste and toothbrush , as we understand them, are a modern invention, since the dawn of time man has been forced, also for health reasons, to take care of their oral hygiene. Obviously, he made do with what was available. Even primit
Typical prehistoric flint tools (knives) (not those found in the London camp) England continues to reveal precious treasures buried by the earth and by time. It was recently found in London a prehistoric camp of nomadic hunters dating back to about 10,000 years ago, complete with interesting
Archaeological site of El Salt, in Spain, where ancient human excrement was found (photo Reuters) Everything is useful for understanding history, even ... the excrement . In the prehistoric site of El Salt , in Spain, fossilized excrements almost certainly human have been found , which
Mammoth hunting in prehistoric times was practiced with the help of dogs The dog he is truly mans best friend and probably for much longer than previously assumed. If until today the first certain traces of canine domestication date back to about 14,000 years ago, the recent discovery of bone
There is no doubt that the two most important and famous archaeological sites in the Italian region of Campania are Pompeii and Herculaneum, the two cities buried by the pyroclastic flow of Vesuvius. However, there is a third city in ruins very close, to the north of Naples, which was not reached
In August 1955, the construction work on the A28 motorway between Utrecht and Groningen in the Netherlands, at the height of the town of Pesse (province of Drenthe), passed through a peat bog, an old lagoon where decomposing organic material had accumulated. for centuries. One of the workers who we
Thousands of years ago, the Sahara was surprisingly green, with rich vegetation, trees, and lakes covering almost all of what is now sandy desert. There were vast open grasslands, forests, rivers, lakes and wetlands, which allowed the survival of a wide variety of animal species. Antelopes, gazelles
14th Book of Egypt. The representations of craft scenes painted in the Theban tombs in Luxor provide valuable information on the technical practices and gestures used to melt gold, prepare ebony or jewelry, etc. Sawing the ebony trunk. Tomb of Ipuky and Nebamon. For this 14th part of the Notebook