History & Archaeology

“Fatfabrik” of the Neanderthals discovered

A dense accumulation of crushed and edited animal bones (green), mixed with tool fragments suggests that Neanderthals once systematically extracted fat from bones. ©...

Crisis in the grain memory

The Roman mosaic from the early 3th century shows farmers when plowing and sowing. AKG-Images / Erich Lessing Food supply in ancient Rome was a constant...

Pioneers of demography

Title page of the publication "London's Dreadful Visitation, OR, A Collection of All the Bills of Mortality" from 1665. AKG-Images / Middle Temple Library /...

The bearded brothers of the Cistercian

The inclusion of lay brothers who lived and worked in the monastery and allowed the choir goals to concentrate on their prayer duties was...

There were tools from whale bones earlier than expected

Between 18,000 and 17,500 years old large projectile tip of gray whale bones from the Duruthy rock undership in Land, France. © Alexandre Lefebvre ...

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