Archaeological Finds

Bones found in Indonesia suggest that ‘real-life hobbits’ shared Earth with modern humans

The discovery of homo floresiensis lends credence to the folklore of ‘ebu gogo’, a cannibalistic grandmother.

Paige Madison, Aeon
· Feb 05, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Tamil Nadu: Artefacts dated to 580 BCE hint at script continuity from Indus Valley Civilisation

The findings at the site in Keezhadi, near Madurai, push back the date of Tamil Brahmi script, which is the precursor to modern Tamil, by another century.

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Sep 19, 2019 · 01:52 pm
Woer woer and bullroarer: The instruments used by Stone Age ancestors in Africa to produce sound

The prehistoric man used bones to create instruments that were used in rituals and to produce hallucinatory effects.

Sarah Wurz, Joshua Kumbani, Neil Rusch and Justin Bradfield, The Conversation
· Aug 12, 2019 · 11:30 pm

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