Bob Jamieson
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Cats Migrated into Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought
Su_G
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Archeology Southwest article: More than a Pet: Exploring Canine Cultural Histories in North America, "Throw a stick for a dog, & chances are the dog will excitedly wag its tail, charge off at a gallop, & return with the stick in its mouth. Throw a stick for a wolf, & it will look at you quizzically before trotting off to do wolf things. How the latter ever became the former is a subject of much contemplation."
Hm, wolf things? 🤔
(Photo mine.)
Archeology Southwest article: More than a Pet: Exploring Canine Cultural Histories in North America, "Throw a stick for a dog, & chances are the dog will excitedly wag its tail, charge off at a gallop, & return with the stick in its mouth. Throw a stick for a wolf, & it will look at you quizzically before trotting off to do wolf things. How the latter ever became the former is a subject of much contemplation."
Hm, wolf things? 🤔
(Photo mine.)
Cats Migrated into Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought
Cumulonimbus
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Petite brève du matin dans mon Pour La Science : le #openstreetmap de l'Antiquité : "tous les chemins mènent à Rome " 😄. --> itiner-e.org
Je n'imaginais pas leur réseau si vaste ... J'adore le numérique quand il permet ce genre d'apport à la connaissance😉
#archeology #logiciellibre #freesoftware #murena #communnumérique
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Petite brève du matin dans mon Pour La Science : le #openstreetmap de l'Antiquité : "tous les chemins mènent à Rome " 😄. --> itiner-e.org
Je n'imaginais pas leur réseau si vaste ... J'adore le numérique quand il permet ce genre d'apport à la connaissance😉
#archeology #logiciellibre #freesoftware #murena #communnumérique
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FinchHaven sfba
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480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe
Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows..
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/
480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe
Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows..
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/