History
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The Lion-man Toy
The Löwenmensch (German for lion-person) is a figurine of a man with a lion’s head, carved from a mammoth’s tusk at least 35,000 years ago.…
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Neanderthal News: Three surprising things about Neanderthals
Stone Age Herbalist lists what we have recently learned about Neanderthals. Here are the most interesting developments:
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The Venus of Monruz: Looks mid-century but is 11,000 years old
This figurine looks like it was created in the second half of the twentieth century. It’s abstract and only hints at a human form. In…
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The Best of Billions: 8 billion humans now, 9 billion in the stone age
Why is paleolithic cave art so good? The artistic standard of the painting in Chauvet, created 35,000 years ago, is outstanding. My preferred explanation is…
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Chauvet Virtual Tour: The next best thing to visiting the cave
The French National Museum of Archeology has a good virtual tour of the Chauvet cave here. They also have a good gallery of the cave’s…
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Avoiding the Paleolithic: Why is there no Netflix show set in the stone age?
Why are there no movies, TV series or even novels set in the paleolithic? After all, it’s the epoch that made us who we are,…
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