These Paleolithic Skulls Had Odd Tooth Damage. One Anthropologist Says It was Caused By Cheek Piercings.
The piercings many have been associated with community participation and major life events. Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s ...
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Researchers Stunned to Discover a 35,000-Year-Old Ritual Complex of Hunter-Gatherers Inside an Israeli Cave
Researchers Stunned to Discover a 35,000-Year-Old Ritual Complex of Hunter-Gatherers Inside an Israeli Cave Researchers ...
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Early Cheek Piercings Found in Paleolithic Skeletons, Unique Dental Features Hints at Facial Adornments
Early Cheek Piercings Found in Paleolithic Skeletons, Unique Dental Features Hints at Facial Adornments Biological ...
Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools
A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...
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Did These Ice Age Europeans Wear Cheek Piercings?
Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets ...
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Cannibalism existed 18,000 years ago in Poland, human remains consumed ‘systematically’
A new study examines the mortuary practices of Magdalenian people in Poland, including evidence of cannibalism.
Taras Yoom’s “Echoes of Time” Collection Blends Paleolithic Art Forms With Minimalist Design
In the “Echoes of Time” series, modern technologies are placed within ancient forms and timeless contexts. An interplay ...
Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have had cheek piercings, even as children
A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...
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Paleolithic ingenuity: 13,000-year-old 3D map discovered in France
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A 13,000-year-old three-dimensional map has been discovered in a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin, potentially the oldest of its kind. This ...
Ice Age Kids Sported Cheek Piercings, 29,000-Year-Old Teeth Suggest
Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may ...
Hand axes discovered in Iraqi desert may go back 1.5 million years
Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface ...
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Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...