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Gejvall wrote an article with the title "The fisherman from Barum – mother of several children! Palaeoanatomic finds in the skeleton from Bäckaskog." [3] In the late 1970s, Danish archaeologists started a discussion about the flint-edged bone point, suggesting it was not a grave offering but the weapon that killed her. This conclusion has ...
The remains of seven adults and three children were found, some of which (Skhul 1, 4, and 5) are claimed to have been burials. [21] Assemblages of perforated Nassarius shells (a marine genus), which are significantly different from local fauna, have also been recovered from the area, suggesting that these people may have collected and employed ...
This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists. Primates are generally thought to have evolved from a small, unspecialized mammal, which probably fed on insects and fruits.
Apidima Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Απήδημα, Spilaio Apidima) is a complex of five caves [2] [3] [4] located on the western shore of Mani Peninsula in southern Greece. A systematic investigation of the cave has yielded Neanderthal and Homo sapiens fossils from the Palaeolithic era.
The Petralona skull is the skull of a hominid found in Petralona Cave, about 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Thessaloniki city on the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece.According to Aris Poulianos, head of the excavation team since 1965, it was found by a villager, Christos Sariannidis, in 1960.
Eve of Naharon (Spanish: Eva de Naharon) is the skeleton of a 20– to 25-year-old human female found in the Naharon section of the underwater cave Sistema Naranjal in Mexico [2] near the town of Tulum, around 80 miles (130 km) south west of Cancún. [3] The Naranjal subsystem is a part of the larger Sistema Ox Bel Ha. [4]
Unlike many other bog bodies, which are often found naked, the Huldremose Woman was found clothed with an array of accessories. Analysis of these items, including the rare evidence of plant fibre textile, has shown that peoples of the Scandinavian Early Iron Age had knowledge of and used a wide but previously unrecognized range of textile weaving and dyeing technologies, as well as animal skin ...
During a visit to Trachilos on Crete, Gierliński found the tracks, and as he was not planning on staying in Trachilos, he recorded the footprints to investigate them in the future. In 2012 Gierliński received permission from the Greek government to research the area, returning to Trachilos with other researchers to explore the tracks in detail.